The Heysen Trail is now closed for the Fire Danger Season! Read more
One of our members, and End-to-End 7ers, Graham Loveday, will be travelling to the UK next month to undertake a walk to raise awareness and funds in support of Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK. He will be walking the Coast to Coast Path across northern England.
His granddaughter Abby, who is three years old, has been diagnosed with Rett Syndrome.
More information about his walk and Rett Syndrome can found in this document, and on the fundraising page.
Missing out on the adventure of the 19 Friends of the Heysen Trail members on the Larapinta Trail?
Follow the action at http://larapintawithfoht.blogspot.com.au
We’re looking out for the daily Spinifex Award winner – day 1 on the trail, Russell O’Brien won for his hand knitted beanie, courtesy of YouTube. And here we were thinking YouTube was all about cats.
We’re running a weekly competition to include photos of the Heysen Trail on our Facebook timeline page. Simply enter your photo, taken along or of the Heysen Trail, to us for consideration as our Cover Photo.
The rules are simple:
a) open to anyone
b) photo to be taken along or of the Heysen Trail, or an adjoining trail
c) photo will be displayed for 1 or 2 weeks
d) in addition, with your permission, we’d like to use your photo on our website at some point in the future.
To enter post your photo to us on our Facebook page facebook.com/HeysenTrail, or email us at website@heysentrail.asn.au
This week’s winner for our Facebook Cover Photo competition is Andrew Shipway for this great photo of Parsons Beach on the South Coast. www.flickr.com/photos/57372488@N07/
In conjunction with Forestry SA, we have been asked to plant over 600 trees, shrubs and grasses at the Centennial Drive campground at Mount Crawford. (Southern Guidebook, Map 3.9, Grid ref 135583)
We are looking for enthusiastic vounteers to be involved in this project and depending on numbers, the planting will be over one or two days.
Initial planting Wednesday 1st August.
If required follow-up Saturday 11th August.
Any enquiries Neil Nosworthy, Greening Committee Convenor, via the Friends’ Office 82126299
The Friends End to End 4 group of 55 walkers, spent two tough days walking the bald and stony hills of Burra, and east into the mallee country. The Xmas in July dinner Saturday night was a blast. Glorious sunshine on Saturday after a very frosty morning. Sunday was overcast, a good dry walking day. On Monday Mt Bryan East received 23mm of rain. Dust Hole Creek Road would not have been accessible by the cars. Our timing was perfect.
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Those who walk the Heysen Trail’s 1,200km length walk through Burra, along the Burra Creek as they trek from Cape Jervis in the south, to Parachilna Gorge in the Flinders Ranges. A new sign now provides details of the Heysen Trail to locals and visitors. Situated in the Burra Creek Recreation Park, it was here on Friday 6th July when the Friends of the Heysen Trail and Other Walking Trails formally handed over of the new Heysen Trail sign to the community of the Regional Council of Goyder. The new sign has been a cooperative effort, funded by the Friends of the Heysen Trail, produced by Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) and installed by the Regional Council of Goyder. It includes a map of the walking trail, with photos and a description of the various sections.
Officials present were: