Version 4.9 of the Heysen Trail gpx file and Interactive map dated 15/5/25 is now available. Read more
Marschalls Hut will be closed from the afternoon of Sunday June 22nd to 2.00pm on Monday June 23rd 2025. 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
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.
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.
The $1.2 million upgrade of the popular Waterfall Gully to Mt Lofty track has been completed, says South Australian Environment Minister Paul Caica.
The four kilometre upgrade has been completed in stages over the past three years. The trail alignment, surface, drainage and signage has been upgraded. More rest areas, including an area safe for children to play and explore, have also been included.
An estimated 400,000 walkers enjoy the trail each year.
Read more in Paul Caica’s press release.
Whilst we wouldn’t normally email you with technology news about smartphones, this news might be of particular interest to late season bushwalkers who have a smartphone and are walking the Heysen Trail or other trails.
Yesterday the CFS released a smartphone app which may be a better offering than third party bushfire information apps. It provides users with the location and status of current bushfires, current wind direction and prescribed burn details, which can be viewed on an interactive map with your current location. This is particularly useful for bushfires that have started during the day within the landscape you are walking.
You will need mobile phone reception from your carrier to access data with this app.
Late season walkers should be highly aware of bushfire conditions. Several bushfires have already occurred throughout the state and in areas where the Heysen Trail passes through.
View further more information about this smartphone app on the CFS website, or search for CFS FireApp.
On Sunday our president, Robert Alcock, donned a bandanna and joined over 300 walkers on the Heysen Trail from Bridgewater to Woodhouse. The walk raised money and awareness for the work of the Nature Foundation of SA, a group dedicated to saving native wildlife and protecting our natural environment.
For more info on the Nature Foundation visit www.naturefoundation.org.au
Read more about the walk at www.adelaidenow.com.au
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The South Australian Government has announced today that Kangaroo Island will receive a funding boost which includes $5 million towards development of a five-day walking trail.
In late May a report was released recommending, among other things, the development of several walking trails.
Today’s announcement is a package of $18 million to enhance Kangaroo Island’s reputation as a major tourist destination and premium agricultural producer.
Read the details of the proposed walking trail in the Premier’s media release
Read the KI funding story on the Adelaide Now.
Premier Mike Rann and ministers have flown to Arkaroola today to announce the SA Government will change the Mining Act as an interim measure, then introduce specific legislation to ban any mining in the area.
Mr Rann says an application also will be made to put Arkaroola on the National Heritage list, with a longer-term aim of gaining World Heritage listing.
“We have decided to give the region unprecedented protection,” Mr Rann said.
“We could have settled for what the Greens wanted, which was simply a ban on mining, but I wasn’t satisfied that that would provide enough protection from all forms of incompatible development,” Mr Rann said.
“The Arkaroola wilderness area is a unique environment and as such we are giving it special, one-off, legislative protection.”
Read the full story on the ABC news website
