The Fire Danger Season has finished in the Flinders (north of Wirrabara and the trail is open. Elsewhere the trail remains closed. Read more
The fire danger season for the Mount Lofty Ranges Fire Ban District (between Kings Beach (WSCW) and Tanunda in the Barossa Valley) has been extended by two weeks to 14 May. Read more
Warren Bonython has been recognised with a new Walking Trail named after him.
Robert Alcock and Andrew Robertson represented the Friends of the Heysen Trail at the opening ceremonies last Thursday and Friday at Hiltaba Nature Reserve, Gawler Ranges, 650km from Adelaide.
10km loop walk, 5 hours
Leaving from Hiltaba Homestead and traversing over Mt Hiltaba.
2km loop walk, 1 hour
Leaving from Pretty Point
The Friends of Black Hill and Morialta Inc with support from Natural Resources Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges are to deliver a number of public events in 2015 to celebrate the centenary of Morialta Conservation Park.
The Friends of the Heysen Trail have sponsored two images. All images are available through an online silent auction, open until November, and any proceeds we receive will go towards our work on the Heysen Trail.
| Coventry Library, Stirling | 3 – 13 March 2015 |
| Cleland Wildlife Park | 15 – 31 March 2015 |
| The Summit Community Centre, Norton Summit | 2 – 30 April 2015 |
| Campbelltown Library | 2 – 29 May 2015 |
| Burnside Civic Centre Atrium | 3 – 26 June 2015 |
| Gumeracha Library | 30 June – 30 July 2015 |
| Tea Tree Gully Library | 2 – 28 August 2015 |
| The Long Gallery, St Peters Town Hall Complex | 1 – 16 September 2015 |
| The Long Gallery, St Peters Town Hall Complex | 22 – 30 September 2015 |
| Cleland Wildlife Park | 2 – 31 October 2015 |
Check out the article in the latest SA Life magazine, Feb 2015. The story looks at walking the entire 1,200km with one of our End-to-End groups.
This year we have seven end-to-end groups walking the trail, all of which are open to new members:
One of our chief maintenance and construction volunteers is featured on the front page of today’s Advertiser. As well as volunteering on the Heysen Trail, John Potter is a volunteer with his local Cudlee Creek CFS, and is among an army of volunteers doing 12-hour shifts to protect life and property in the Adelaide Hills bushfire.
Wednesday evening walks, 1-2 hours, around Adelaide.
Warm summer evenings are perfect for short walks. Open to members and new people from just $6 per walk.
Trailstarter walks are good for those new bushwalking or who want a shorter walk.
Trailwalker walks are for those wanting more demanding walks.
A new End-to-End group 10 starting from Cape Jervis in May 2015.
Walk the complete length of the Heysen Trail over approx sixty walking days, spread over six years. One day or one weekend a month.
Find out more about End-to-End walks.
Exhibition Opening
2.30pm this Saturday 1 November 2014
Robin Hood Hotel, 315 Portrush Rd, Norwood
Free entry
Exhibition 1 Nov – 30 Nov 2014
A range of paintings on the Heysen Trail available for purchase, varying sizes.
Artists
Marree De Souza
Marika Lis
30% of proceeds to the Friends of the Heysen Trail.
Exhibition Opening
2.30pm Saturday 1 November 2014
Robin Hood Hotel, 315 Portrush Rd, Norwood
Free entry
Exhibition 1 Nov – 30 Nov 2014
A range of paintings on the Heysen Trail available for purchase, varying sizes.
Artists
Marree De Souza
Marika Lis
30% of proceeds to the Friends of the Heysen Trail.
We’ve launched a new website with more tools to assist you in planning where to walk on the Heysen Trail, where to stay and how far to walk.
Buy Heysen Trail guidebooks, regional road maps to access the trail, and other walking books and maps in our new online store.
On Saturday 16th August the Friends End-to-End group 4 completed the Heysen Trail. Congratulations to the 38 walkers who completed the 1,200km Trail on that day. Five walkers had walked each of the 61 End-to-End 4 walking days over 6 walk seasons, a real commitment and achievement. They are Pam O’Donnell, Gary Dawes, David Weinel, Giles Walkley and David Sando.
David and Michael Weinel may be the first father and son to walk the length of the Heysen trail together?
Dean Mortimer completed the Trail for the second time, and Kevin Liddiard completed the Trail for the third time.
Heavy rain on the Thursday night and Friday prevented our bus from travelling off the bitumen. We are thankful to the 4×4 vehicles which enabled us to ferry the walkers over very slippery roads on Friday and Saturday. Surprisingly, on the Trail, the walkers had little need for raincoats. Celebrations were held at the Northern Trailhead and at the celebratory dinner on Saturday night.
Shirts and jackets with your End-to-End group’s logo are now available.
Order online at www.sportscentre.com.au/products/buy-online/friends-of-the-heysen-trail
Logos for all the current End-to-End groups, or the Friends round logo, are available.
Your order can be posted to you, or you can pick it up.
If you already have a favourite shirt or jacket you can be supply that to our supplied and one of the logos can be embroidered onto it. The cost for this is around $12, somewhat dependent on the garment fabric.
Pick-up address:
Sports Centre
142 Port Road, Hindmarsh
08 8346 3411
To supply a garment drop it off to the Sports Centre and pin a note to the item with: