Much of the Heysen Trail is currently closed due to the Fire Danger Season. The northern section will re-open in mid April. The Wild South Coast Way remains open. Read more
William Henry had come to Australia from Cornwall in 1848, working at Burra and the Victorian goldfields and then in 1857, with his brother James, became the first lease holder of Umberatana Station - 188 square miles of semi-arid land in the North Flinders Ranges, west of Arkaroola.