David Rattray, Honorary Member 2016
To many of the Friends of the Heysen Trail, David is considered a quiet achiever. However he is clearly a deserving recipient of honorary membership of the Friends.
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Welcome to our new Ambassador: Ron Kandelaars
We welcome Ron Kandelaars as our new Friends of the Heysen Trail Ambassador. At the recent Walk for the Heysen event President Robert welcomed Ron into the role, and presented him with an Ambassador certificate. We all welcome Ron into the Friends family.
End-to-End Minus 1
The Meritorious, Notorious and Hilarious Adventures of Morris Minus (Part 5) – Morris Learns About Catch-ups, Casualties and Companions
By Morris Minus
To start our final year on the trail we had an easy one-day walk – a catch-up for the postponed last walk in 2014. Our numbers had reduced due to a couple of our walkers suffering injuries in the ‘off’ season. So it was down to The Woods of Mount Crawford with a random assortment of teddy bears and a screaming baboon called Super Morris Major!!!
Introducing His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AO, Governor of South Australia, Patron of Friends of the Heysen Trail
The Friends of the Heysen Trail is privileged to have His Excellency as Patron of our association and we look forward to an opportunity to meet with him during his term.
Maintenance on the Trail
Hut Trip Report, February 2015
By Peter Wynen
… and on that understanding I became part of a 4-man crew that met at Cobblers Creek at 8:30am on […]
A Gentleman Calls…
The origin of the Pathfinders Walking Program and its connection to The Friends
By George Driscoll, Manager Scout Outdoor Centre 1984- 2001, founder of Pathfinders, former member of the Friends Council and Chairman of the Walking Committee
The origin of the Pathfinders Walking Program and its connection to The Friends.
The Birth of the Sea to Summit
Hiking from Brighton to Mt Lofty
By Colin Edwards
Saturday night, about ten years ago and all is well and peaceful at the Edwards household. The phone rang, “it’s George here. I think I have sussed out a walking route from Seacliffe to Mount Lofty without very much road walking. Would you and Marlene like to do a reccy with me tomorrow?”
Catninga Water Tank
A Collaborative Effort to Install a Water Tank
As we are all so aware of at the moment, water is a precious commodity. So it’s with some note that a recent project to install a water tank on the slopes of Mt Brown was undertaken collaboratively by several parties.
Walking in the Flinders: End-to-End 2
The First Week Away - June 8 to 14, 2008
By Elizabeth Alvey
The catch-up chatting began in the bus, which picked up many walkers from outside the Heysen office, in Pitt Street, on the way to the first stop in Port Augusta. Walking gear and food filled the storage area under the bus but left just enough space for a large addition, no names mentioned, in Snowtown.
Feeling Great – the Story of End-to-End 2
By Bev McLeod, Ralene Shaw, Rhonda Dempster and Helen Cradock
The ‘Heysen Trail’ has become our obsession and biggest personal challenge to complete in August 2008. When we first started walking on some End-to-End 1 days and catch ups we thought, okay just for the fun of it, we will do the odd day. We were told that we should just do the easy bits but this made us determined to tackle the whole 1200km!