Walks & Events

Kangaroo Island Long Weekend FoHT Trip, October

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Rocky River beach

Come hike Kangaroo Island with a fun-filled bus of hikers, over the October long weekend. Three walks in different areas of the island show off the varied scenery, flora and fauna of this special island.

Three days of hiking:

  • Rocky River Hike, stage 1 of 63km Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail. Following platypus pools on the Rocky River
  • Kelly Caves to Hanson Bay Hike, walking through coastal heath, woodlands, alongside freshwater lagoons, and over dunes to Hanson Bay
  • Murray Lagoon, see aquatic birdlife

Book via the website or office.

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Problems with NAB Payment System

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Payment processing affecting walk registrations involving payments, and online store payments

UPDATE: 9pm Thursday 4th June: login issues that commenced at 2pm today have now been resolved.

UPDATE: 3pm Thursday 4th June: There have been significant issues with our online payment system during May, until 2pm Thursday 4th June.

This was due to technical issues with the payment system provided by NAB. These issues affected 1,000s of Australian e-commerce websites.

Whilst we think these issues have now been resolved, we are monitoring the situation. We thank you for your patience when submitting payment processing details.

UPDATE 11:00am Wednesday 3rd June: payment processing is down. Please consider delaying making your registration until later this week, or contact our office to register for walks and make over-the-phone payment.

9:00am Tuesday 2nd June: We are experiencing significant difficulties with NAB payment processing. NAB has issued a public apology and is working hard to resolve their system failure.

Our e-commerce provider NAB has been experiencing ongoing issues. This has meant that customers have been experiencing difficulties submitting payments online. NAB recognises the impact this is having on customers and apologies for the inconvenience. NAB is working to resolve these ongoing issues as soon as possible.

View current status of NAB payment systems.

Warren Bonython Recognised with a New Walking Trail at Hiltaba Station

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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.

Warren Bonython Loop Walk

10km loop walk, 5 hours
Leaving from Hiltaba Homestead and traversing over Mt Hiltaba.

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Betty and Bob Lewis Loop Walk

2km loop walk, 1 hour
Leaving from Pretty Point

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View photos on the Nature Foundation’s Facebook page

Historic images of Morialta exhibition

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2015 will be 100 years since Morialta was declared a National Pleasure Resort on 15 July 1915.

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.

Exhibition Schedule

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
Read more at fobhm.org
Historic image of Morialta Exhibition 2015

Heysen Trail article in SA Life magazine

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Walking the Talk - SA Life magazine, February 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.

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This year we have seven end-to-end groups walking the trail, all of which are open to new members:

Find out more about End-to-End walks

Summer Twilight Walks + 2015 Walk Season Program Released

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Summer Twilight Walks program released

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.

View Twilight Walks Program

Trailstarter and Trailwalker 2015 Walk Season program

Trailstarter walks are good for those new bushwalking or who want a shorter walk.

Trailwalker walks are for those wanting more demanding walks.

View Trailstarter and Trailwalker Walks Program

End-to-End 2015 Walk Season program

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.

View End-to-End Walks Program

The Friends End-to-End group 4 complete the Heysen Trail

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End-to-End 4 - final day

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.

Snowfall for End-to-End Minus 1 group

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Snow on the summit of Mt Bryan, Saturday 28th June 2014

Snow on the summit of Mt Bryan, Saturday 28th June 2014, End-to-End Minus 1The End-to-End ‘Minus 1’ group experienced snow on the summit of Mt Bryan on Saturday.

pCheck out some of the photos at facebook.com/HeysenTrail (no login required).

At 936 metres Mt Bryan, north of Burra, is the highest peak in the Mt Lofty Ranges and occasionally sees a snow fall. The group is spending five days hiking the trail, starting on Saturday in Hallett, and ending two days south of Burra this Friday. Recent rainfall has flooded paddocks and roads, so their walks between Mt Bryan East and Burra have been postponed to another time. Meanwhile they are continuing their journey southwards.

The photos look more like Tasmania, rather than from where they are in the Mid North of South Australia. Keep warm guys!

Thanks for the photos Robert Alcock and Michael Middleton.

Walk Leaders Training Day

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Leading-a-walk-with-the-Friends-of-the-Heysen-TrailWalk Leaders Training Day
Saturday June 21st 2014
9.30am to 2.00pm

Want to know more about leading walks? A no-obligation day, looking at the topic of leading walks. This is your chance to find out how the Friends organises walks.

Book online, no charge.

Lunch and drinks provided.

Woodville Lawn Bowls Club
Oval Ave, Woodville

Topics to be covered include:

  • The Heysen Trail and the Friends
  • Leadership
  • Leading a walk
  • Tail-ender role
  • Administrative tasks
  • Basic map reading and navigation
  • Equipment
  • Issues

For more information contact the office.