New toilet constructed at Curnows Hut

The temporary re-route put in place following the January 2013 Bundaleer Forest fire has been removed, and the Heysen Trail is now back on its original alignment. The trail has been re-marked.

In October 2015 Curnows Hut was reopened to walkers. Last week some of our volunteers installed a new toilet at the hut, as the original toilet was destroyed in the fire.

The “new” route returns to that shown on Map 1.4 of the Heysen Trail Northern Guidebook (May 2010 & April 2014 editions) and the Heysen Trail Mapsheet 5 – Spalding to Wirrabara Forest (August 2015).

A new series of Heysen Trail maps have been released.

Over the next 12-18 months the Southern and Northern Guidebooks are being gradually replaced with fold-out map sheets.

The first two map sheets are available for purchase now via our online store, for $15 with postage from $1.45.

The maps are double sided and printed on water resistant paper. The maps include elevation profiles with kilometre markers and crossing point names. The new map style allows walkers to gain a “big picture” understanding of where they are on the trail, with a continuous trail line and a constant 3-5km of mapping around the trail.

Remember, you can sign up to receive re-route notifications for your guidebook or map sheet editions. All guidebooks and map sheets published since 2008 are available for notification.

There will be 8 maps in this series:

• Map 1: Cape Jervis to Kuitpo Forest – available now
• Map 2: Kuitpo Forest to Tanunda – available now
• Map 3: Tanunda to Burra – coming soon
• Map 4: Burra to Spalding – coming soon
• Map 5: Spalding to Wirrabara Forest – coming soon
• Map 6: Wirrabara Forest to Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park – coming soon
• Map 7: Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park to Mernmerna Creek – coming soon
• Map 8: Mernmerna Creek to Parachilna Gorge – coming soon

The Heysen Trail near The Bluff, Northern Guide maps 2.5 & 2.6, has been re-routed and the main track no longer descends into Wirrabara Forest. A spur trail still extends from the ridgeline down to Ippinitchie Campsite and the forest. See full details, including a map, on the re-routes page.

Thanks to a recent audit of the published re-routes, the re-routes page has been updated to include some minor re-routes that had previously been omitted.

Details have also been published about two recent re-routes in Mt Crawford and one near Marrabel. Details of the recent re-route near Deep Creek as mentioned in the news article on 8 April will be available soon.

View re-routes page.