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
Nature Foundation SA is holding its annual Walk for Nature on Sunday 21st October 2012 with a 3, 6 or 12km return walk along the Heysen Trail from Bridgewater Oval to Woodhouse Activity Centre. Join in to help them raise funds to conserve, restore and sustainably manage South Australia’s wildlife and environment.
More information can be found at www.naturefoundation.org.au
WalkingSA is seeking input from walkers interested in assisting in the planning of a network of five loop trails in the Kersbrook area.
Funding has been secured for the project, in collaboration with Forestry SA and the Adelaide Hills Council, for the surveying, mapping and signage of the trails. Walkers with knowledge of suitable routes in the area and/or navigational skills will be required.
An information session will be held on Tuesday 19 June, commencing at 10am, at the Walking SA offices, 5 Fitzgerald Rd, Pasadena. Andrew Moylan from Forestry SA and John Eaton, Trails Technical Unit, will address the technical needs of data collection recording. Survey areas will then be assigned to participants present. A light lunch will be provided for attendees at the conclusion of the meeting.
RSVP to Walking SA by 14 June, office@walkingsa.org.au or phone (08) 8276 5090.
The Friends of Waite Conservation Park are hosting a guest speaker, Andrew Crompton, who will conduct a free illustrated talk about 30 years in bushcare… & still lots to learn.
Andrew if one of Adelaide’s most knowledgeable and experienced people working in revegetation and bushcare. He will draw on his lifetime of working experiences and share his practical skills developed in the ecological restoration of his own patch of grassy woodland at Mt Barker.
Date: 7.30-9.30pm Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Venue: Urrbrae House, Waite Campus, the University of Adelaide, off Fullarton Road, Urrbrae
For enquiries please contact Jennifer Gardner on 8313 7405 or jennifer.gardner@adelaide.edu.au
The peak body for recreational walkers in South Australia, Walking SA, release a regular newsletter. Download their newsletter, recently released.
In this edition, they discuss:
More information about Walking SA can be found on the Walking SA website.
A cactus eradication & fauna survey in Swan Reach Conservation Park will be undertaken for five days at the end of May.
The aims include:
Monday 28 May to Friday 1 June, 2012.
Come for a day or the whole week, accommodation available.
Coordinated by the Mid-Murray Local Action Planning Association (Mid Murray LAP) and the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board (SAMDBNRM).
If interested email Don Wood at woodon33a@live.com.au or SMS him on 0410 399 273. More information can be found in this Invitation to Volunteer document.
With our patron Warren Bonython’s passing people are invited to submit tributes to be included in a feature article on Warren Bonython in the next Trailwalker magazine. Please limit submissions to 150 words. Photos are welcome. Email to trailwalker@heysentrail.asn.au by Wednesday, 2 May.
THE RELATIVES and FRIENDS of Mr C Warren Bonython are invited to attend his Funeral Service which will be conducted on THURSDAY, April 12, 2012 at 11am ENTIRELY in St Peters Cathedral, 27 King William Road, North Adelaide.
Free parking will be available on the park lands. Enter from Pennington Terrace.
CHARLES BERRY & SON Accredited Member Australian Funeral Directors Association 198-204 Magill Road Norwood 8332 2088.
As printed in today’s Advertiser newspaper.
Earlier tonight our President, Robert Alcock, was interviewed by 891 ABC Adelaide’s Michael Smyth about Warren Bonython.
Listen to the interview:
Or download the mp3 direct to your computer.
Read some tributes to Warren on the ABC News website http://bit.ly/wbonython and Adelaide Now: http://bit.ly/wbonythonAN
With deep regret we announce the death of our Patron C Warren Bonython OA, the instigator, mover and shaker, for the development of the Heysen Trail.
We have lost a Patron and a friend. Vale Warren. Our thoughts go to Bunty and the family.
Read some background on Warren in this news article on the ABC website.
Support the work of Oxfam by walking or running in one of four distance events from Goolwa to Victor Harbor.
The Southern Charity Challenge will be held on Sunday 22 April, from 8am at Goolwa.
For further info visit www.southerncc.net or phone 0408 846 422.
