Friends of the Heysen Trail walk calendar
The Friends of the Heysen Trail organise regular walks along the Heysen Trail for our members. Explore our upcoming walk events and find out how you can join in.
We run a year-round calendar of walk events
The Friends of the Heysen Trail lead walks along the Trail as well as in national parks and reserves elsewhere in South Australia and occasionally interstate.
All walks in the Friends of the Heysen Trail Walk Calendar are created, organised and run by the Friends, making it easy for hikers to get the most out of their Heysen Trail experience.
Here’s a quick guide to the different walks in the calendar:
End-to-End walks
The Friends’ End-to-End walks program covers the full length of the Trail and takes approximately sixty days, spread over five or six years.
Trail Walker
Walks generally take between five and six hours and you’ll need to be physically fit. These walks are usually scheduled on Saturdays or Sundays.
Trail Starter
Haven’t walked in a group before or want to enjoy a shorter walk? These three to four hour walks are usually scheduled on Saturdays or Sundays.
Trail Rambler
Occasionally we offer Trail Rambler walks for specialist events such as bird watching or historical walks. They are relatively short and informative and are suitable for people of all fitness levels.
Summer Walks
We offer shorter walks during the hotter summer months when much of the Trail is closed. These generally take 1.5 to two hours and are mostly held on Wednesday evenings, meeting at 6 pm, followed by a meal, close to Adelaide.
Extended Walks
These are multi-day walks, usually over a long weekend or a full week. The location and walk difficulty varies, with some walks being a few hours’ drive from Adelaide, others taking place interstate or overseas.
Events
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We have another Shed day planned and we need your help. We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the…
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Coastal fringe with dinner at the Adelaide yacht squadron
Lead by Simon Cameron
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We have another Shed day planned and we need your help. We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the…
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Come and Rock and Roll to foot-tapping band “Raunchy Sugar” at the green surroundings of Karka Pavilion in Belair National…
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Explore tracks through the O’Halloran Hill Conservation Park before it is “renovated” into the recently proclaimed Glenthorne National Park. A…
Lead by Melanie Sjoberg, Daniel Jardine
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We have another Shed day planned and we need your help. We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the…
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An evening walk around Anstey’s Hill Recreation Park pathways including the original Newman’s Nursery ruins. Be on the look out…
Lead by Julie Testi
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We have our last Shed day for the year and again we need your help. We need helpers to keep…
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Come along and enjoy a twilight walk along the West Beach seafront and River Torrens Linear Trail. Distance is approx.…
Lead by Rosemary Hayward
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We will enjoy the cool sanctuary of Chambers Gully as we follow the track fringed with ferns. Cockatoos, butterflies, koalas…
Lead by Caroline Prescott
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Join in a gentle stroll through the Botanic Gardens (before the gates close), Botanic Park and around the Torrens Lake…
Lead by Jon Holbrook
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Join us for an evening stroll along Brownhill Creek and through surrounding areas. Hopefully spotting some wildlife along the way.…
Lead by David Bowey
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This is our first Shed day for the year. We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in…
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Lead by Robyn Quinn
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We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in good order and prepare materials for the trail. If…
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A walk into the hills above Mitcham. Steep and challenging in parts
Lead by Peter Clark
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We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in good order and prepare materials for the trail. If…
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Come and explore Adelaide city’s south eastern corner and its surrounds. This walk will take us along cosmopolitan Hutt Street,…
Lead by Rosemary Hayward
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We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in good order and prepare materials for the trail. If…
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A wander through some features of a place that retains a village feel, then following a route by the river…
Lead by Melanie Sjoberg, Daniel Jardine
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We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in good order and prepare materials for the trail. If…
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A beach and/or path walk depending on personal preference, pace of the group and conditions. We may not make it…
Lead by Michael Middleton
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We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in good order and prepare materials for the trail. If…
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This is a walk to explore the beach and gullies in the area. Even though it is forecast to be…
Lead by Robyn Quinn
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We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in good order and prepare materials for the trail. If…
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A comfortable walk around Norton Summit area including a short stints on the Heysen and Adelaide 100 trails, some back…
Lead by John Babister
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We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in good order and prepare materials for the trail. If…
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Semaphore’s history isn’t confined to a museum. Even from the end of the jetty you can see the Timeball Tower,…
Lead by Julian Monfries
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We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in good order and prepare materials for the trail. If…
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A pleasant walk through the backstreets and reserves of Summertown at the top of Greenhill Road including a short section…
Lead by John Babister
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We need helpers to sort our supplies, keep the shed in good order and prepare materials for the trail. If…
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The 32nd Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Heysen Trail and Other Walking Trails Inc. will be held…
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Good evening “bush” walk in the Black Hill CP. You will be rapidly rewarded with great views of the city…
Lead by Steve Clift
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Flushed with the success of installing the new dunny at Bundaleer Weir campsite and the first of our new camping…
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The Friends has booked an information stall at the annual Laura Folk Fair to promote the Heysen Trail and our…
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An expo to celebrate the start of the South Australian bushwalking season. With the arrival of cooler autumn weather, hiking…
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Commencing from Measday Lookout the walk threads its way through and around the southeastern portion of the Cleland Cons. Park.There…
Lead by John Babister
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The Shed will be open this Thursday from 9.00 am to 2.00pm. Volunteers are welcome to join in. You don’t…
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This walk is an exploration along the new Willunga Basin Trail – yet to be marked – 120km loop around…
Lead by Melanie Sjoberg, Daniel Jardine
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A loop walk including sections of the Heysen Trail taking in Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens, tracks within the Cleland Conservation…
Lead by Julie Testi
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This walk is ideal for walkers who need to get a few kms into their legs. It is about 26kms…
Lead by Michael Joyce
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Nine days, using Rufus bus to explore the Great South West Walk from Nelson to Portland. Leaving from the Rufus…
Lead by Simon Cameron
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The Shed will be open this Thursday from 9.00 am to 2.00pm. Volunteers are welcome to join in. You don’t…
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Day 1 Saturday 4th May 2019 Mt Zion to Wirrabarra Forest 22kms Both sections of the trail have been totally…
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SATURDAY 4th MAY Primarily a long, flat, treeless and exposed walk along dirt roads and road reserves although the final…
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Welcome members to the new End-to-End 14 group. We are commencing the entire 1200km Heysen Trail at Cape Jervis. In…
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Come along and walk some little known tracks around Aldgate Creek using the Bandicoot Trail and linking back roads to…
Lead by Rosemary Hayward
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This is a bush-walk through very picturesque country linking the major features in the park. The scenery rivals some areas…
Lead by Paul Saxby
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The Shed will be open this Thursday from 9.00 am to 2.00pm. Volunteers are welcome to join in. You don’t…
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I had a longer walked planned before realising that this was Mother’s Day. So it is now a shorter, sharper…
Lead by Paul Gill
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A circular walk using tracks, lanes and country roads as we walk from Summertown, passing Uraidla then through the Piccadilly…
Lead by Judith Ellis
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Entering the Waite Cons.Park with a climb up Wild Dog Glen we proceed on and off the Yurrebilla Trail through…
Lead by John Babister
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The Shed will be open this Thursday from 9.00 am to 2.00pm. Volunteers are welcome to join in. You don’t…
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A walk through the rolling hills of the Mt Lofty Ranges,including sections through several blocks of the Mt Crawford Forests.The…
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The pretty dairy pastures of Mt Compass and Nangkita provide the backdrop for the first section of this walk. Back…
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A loop walk taking in some of the historical sites of the Anstey Hill Recreation Park. The walk will be…
Lead by Toni Clarke
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The Shed will not be open this Thursday. Colin is involved with an ‘on the trial project’ in the Mid…
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This walk is an exploration along the new Willunga Basin Trail – yet to be marked – 120km loop around…
Lead by Melanie Sjoberg, Daniel Jardine
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These are 2 wonderful testing and rewarding walks. SATURDAY 25th MAY This is a remote and very undulating section of…
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This walk is listed on www.walkingsa.org.au as …. Waite Conservation Reserve & Brownhill Creek Walk 9.5km circuit, moderately difficult, undulating,…
Lead by Robyn Quinn
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Circular walk from Glen Devon Trail Head through forest land, remnant woodland and native scrub. Finishing at Mt Pleasant Summit…
Lead by Mary Cartland
Want to host an event on the Trail?
For any organisations planning to run an event on the Trail, you’ll need to obtain approvals from the land owners affected or from the Department for Environment and Water.