CANCELLED: Walk The Yorke – Gym Beach to Pondalowie to Marion Bay

This event has been cancelled (Re-scheduled to next year (Lock-down meant one month was missed)).

What to expect

This weekend we enter the Innes National Park, home to over 140 species of birds including the rare Osprey and Mallee Fowl.
The diverse range of vegetation provides a brilliant display of colour during spring when the wildflowers and shrubs are blooming.

Walkers and cyclists are exempt from paying entry to Innes National Park, but payment applies for vehicle entry.

Suggested accommodation – Marion Bay

NOTE – If you wish to walk on only one day, please contact the FOHT office (once bookings have opened) to register for that day’s walk. The on-line registration system will only allow you to register for both days.

Walk leaders: Peter Clark
Robyn Coburn
Mal Cockburn
Registrations close: 1:00pm 14 October 2021

Cost

Adults: $20.00

Golden Boots Pass accepted

Bus: $60.00

Dates

Saturday 16 October 2021 – Sunday 17 October 2021

Walk difficulty: Walk the Yorke End-to-End

Walk the Yorke from end to end with the Friends!

Walk details

Start time:
9:35am

Finish time:
5:15pm

Walking from:
Gym Beach (Map 6 GR 742 082)

Walking to:
Pondalowie (Map 6 GR 666 994)

Distance:
18km

Requirements

Within Innes National Park, a section of trail between the Pondalowie Surf Break car park & the start of the Gym Beach Hiking Trail is shared by walkers and vehicles (speed limit 40km/h). This section is around 7.8km along a gravel road, and walkers should be aware of traffic using that section of road.

Start time:
8:25am

Finish time:
5:05pm

Walking from:
Pondalowie (Map 6 GR 666 994)

Walking to:
Marion Bay (Map 6 GR 803 990)

Distance:
22km

Registration terms and conditions

All walks are subject to you wearing appropriate clothing. Prime considerations are warmth and weather protection. Your safety and the safety of the walking group can be jeopardised by you wearing inappropriate clothing. In an emergency situation it can take hours to evacuate a sick or injured walker. Leaders may not accept people for a walk who have not come appropriately dressed or prepared.

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If the forecast temperature for Adelaide is equal or higher than 32C, walks are cancelled. For simplicity, this can be determined the night prior to the walk from the 7.00 pm ABC News Adelaide weather forecast, based upon the Bureau of Meteorology’s routine 4pm forecast.

Your Walk Leader will send an email to all walkers advising the walk is cancelled. We suggest you check your emails before leaving to join the walk. Even if the forecast temperature is later revised, the walk remains cancelled. In such a case walk fees will be refunded.

If unforeseen circumstances arise and you are no longer able to participate in the walk, please cancel your registration as soon as possible using the Manage Walk Registrations facility on your Account page.

Alternatively you can notify the office by 2.15pm on the last business day before the walk. Walk leaders do not have access to messages left on the answering machine after this time. If your Walk Leader has provided their mobile phone number you may be able to contact them prior to the walk (subject to phone service availability).

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