The Office will reopen on Tuesday. Volunteers will be in attendance but due to the current COVID outbreak, we will not be open to the public. Volunteers will be in attendance to answer emails and phone calls, process On-line shop orders, membership enquiries/renewals and assist with enquiries about walking the Heysen Trail.
Easing of SA Government restrictions will allow the introduction of a modified walk program, hopefully from around mid June. Details will be published when available. Current Golden Boots passes will be extended by 12 months.
The Friends of the Heysen Trail is disappointed to announce an extension to the cancellation of planned activities beyond 31 May 2020.
We are just about ready to launch a new version of the Friend's website. As a part the upgrade of our membership and walk registration system we will be temporarily suspending online walk registrations from late Monday 17th February. Over the week prior to this our Office Volunteers will be undertaking training in using the new system. If you try to contact the Office during this period, we may not be able to help you immediately but will get back to you as soon as we can.
The Friends' Council has recently adopted guidelines which apply when parents wish to be accompanied by their children on walks conducted by the Friends.
During this Sunday's Hiking Expo we'll be officially launching our Heysen Highlights book. 12noon at Main Oval, Belair National Park, launch by guest John Schutz, Chief Executive of Department for Environment and Water.
For well over 10 years the Friends has maintained a standard walk fee for its End to End, Trail Walker and Trail Starter walks. However increased costs of running the organisation are having an impact. Council has approved the following fees for 2019: Casual walk fee – new rate of $10 will apply to walks scheduled on or after 1 May 2019. Golden Boots Card – new fee of $75 will apply to any purchase on or after 1 May 2019.
Walk for the Heysen – Bridgewater Oval. Experience local parks and native scrub, have fun and support the Warren Bonython Heysen Trail Foundation. You can choose between several short or longer walks and then relax with a BBQ lunch provided by the Foundation, or bring your own picnic.
Join the Friends on their extended walk in 2018 -the iconic 250 km Great North Walk from Sydney to Newcastle. The Great North Walk is a wonderful trail through a magnificent array of natural and urban environments. The Friends will be exploring this long-distance Trail over 17 days in May 2018. Bookings open on February 1st 2018.
We have recently made changes to our walk booking arrangements. The major change made was to discontinue the sale of Multiwalk passes. When registering for walk, walkers now have the choice of using the casual walk fee option of $8 per walk or a Golden Boots pass (unlimited walks over 12 months at a cost of $60). Golden Boots will now be accepted for our Wednesday Twilight walks.
Please join us for the Warren Bonython Heysen Trail Foundation’s inaugural fundraising event. 2016 Walk for the Heysen, Sunday 22 May 2016 from 9.30 am, Fromm’s Farm, Mount Road, Mount Crawford.
The Friends of the Heysen Trail were represented at the successful opening to the Walk the Yorke at Port Vincent on Sunday 13 December 2015.
