From the Department for Environment and Heritage.
If you have recently visited or would like to visit Mount Remarkable National Park – we would like to encourage you to participate in this on-line trail survey (closes 30 January 2009). It should only take 7-8 minutes to complete. On completion you could be in the running to win a National Parks Pass to the value of $112, just click on the link below and follow the prompts to enter.
Heysen Trail
Plan to realign the Heysen Trail through the Flinders Ranges
The Department for Environment and Heritage is seeking input on a Draft Trail Master Plan for the Flinders Ranges National Park. Included in this draft master plan is the realignment of much of the Heysen Trail that passes throught the park to separate it from the Mawson Trail, avoid maintenance roads, pass through key features of the park and create new dedicated hike-in campsites.
The proposed trail network consists of 165 kms of trails across the park. This is based on closure or downgrading of 40.6 kms of the existing trail network (predominantly walking trails) and the development of 72kms of new trail.
The draft master plan can be viewed in the Latest News section of the DEH website.
Comments may be emailed to enquiries@planningforpeople.com.au, to be received by February 27th.
Honorary Member Doug Leane crosses his last stile
Long-standing Friends Honorary Member, Doug Leane, died this week, aged 82.
He had been in poor health for the last few months, and died in hospital, following a turn at home.
He will be remembered by the Friends and walkers for his dedication and enthusiasm for maintenance of the section around the Warren/Hale Conservation Park, Mount Crawford and Freeman’s Hut.
He was also a very keen walker (until relatively recently).
For many years he took his team out every Thursday for maintenance and was often involved in helping other section leaders.
There are few huts along the Trail that do not have something of Doug’s handiwork in their maintenance or in their furnishings.
The Friends extend sincere sympathy to his family.
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International Recognition
Well I never â Heysen Trail has international recognition –
Adventure Journey â The Extreme Travelerâs Handbook â picks 7 treksâ¦
7) Heysen Trail – Cape Jervis to the Parachilna Gorge, South Australia
6) Pacific Northwest Trail – Cape Alava, WA to Glacier National Park
5) Tarifa, Spain to the border of Switzerland
4) Nouakchott, Mauritania to Timbukto, Mali
3) San Carlos de Bariloche to Rio Gallegos, Argentina
2) Jammu > Srinagar > Leh > Shimla, India
1) North-south full traverse of Madagascar
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Upgraded section at King Head
A 1.6km section of the Heysen Trail has been upgraded at a cost of $90,000. The area near King Head provides easier access to the long expanse of spectacular coastal cliffs between King Head and Waitpinga Beach.
View Advertiser article from Wednesday, 12th November, 2008 (page 31).
When the specific route infomation is made available, a map of the re-route will be added to the re-routes page.
Heysen Trail Article in newspaper
An feature called Discover the Heysen Trail appeared in last Thursday’s Port Pirie Recorder newspaper.
View the feature here.
Article in The Weekend Australian
An article appeared in last week’s Weekend Australian (2/8/08) about Hans Heysen and the Heysen Trail.
VISITORS to Adelaide this approaching spring have a unique treat in store: the Art Gallery of South Australia is mounting an exhibition of the work of a favourite son, Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen.
HONOURING the contribution to the way Hans Heysen opened our eyes and hearts to the Australian landscape is the Heysen Trail, one of the world’s great walking experiences. Not that Heysen actually walked it as the trail didn’t exist as an entity in his time. From its starting point 100km south of Adelaide at Cape Jervis, it passes through Heysen’s favourite, and most often painted, regions in the Adelaide Hills and up to his beloved Flinders Ranges.
Read full article:
• newspaper (with photos), or
• online version (without photos)
Re-route map now available
Further to this news item reproduced below, titled "Upgrade of 4km of trail through Deep Creek", which originally appeared on Tues 8th April, the map of this re-route between Tapanappa and Boat Harbor Beach is now available on the re-routes page. It affects Map 1.3 of both the new and old Southern Guidebooks.
Trail Upgrade Opens
By Lisa BachmayerWalkers will this weekend be able to plant their footprints on the upgraded four-kilometre stretch of the Heysen Trail in Deep Creek Conservation Park.
Open this Saturday, the $90,000 upgrade aims to make the badly eroded section of the trail more environmentally sustainable and provide a more spectacular trek for walkers.
The trail previously hugged the coastline and led its walkers up steep hills, causing significant erosion.
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The Victor Harbor Times
08 April 2008
The Trailblazer Challenge
The Advertiser Colliers International Trailblazer Challenge is a brilliant community team event that pushes participants to their limits in 18km, 34km, 50km or 100km events. Become part of the fun and join in on Adelaideâs premium adventure event. Staged along the Torrens Linear Park trail, Yurrebilla and Heysen Trails, it is a fully supported event, providing participants with basic food & hydration supplies at checkpoints.
Funds raised support Operation Flinders – a world-leading adventure wilderness program for young offenders and young people at risk – and Rotary Club. This yearâs event will take place on 18th and 19th October, 2008. Visit the Trailblazer Challenge website –
Art on the Heysen Trail
ABC screened a segment on the Sunday Arts programme (ABC1 15/06/08) about an art exhibition focusing on the Heysen Trail.
An eclectic group of established and talented artists will be heading into the wilderness of South Australia to re-trace the Heysen Trail.
14min video. Part 1 of 2: