Friends of the Heysen Trail

Kyeema to Dashwood Gully
2013-06-23
The dense native bushland of Kyeema Conservation Park, the plantations of Kuitpo Forest and pretty back roads make this a pleasant winter walk.

Horrocks Pass to Alligator Gorge to Melrose
2013-06-22 - 2013-06-23
This is the first of the ‘normal’ type of End-to-End weekend walk for E2E-1 where we will use a bus to only ferry us from the finish point to the start point each morning. But this weekend wont be ‘normal’!

The theme for the weekend is “RITUALS”.

Saturday, our first day, we will skip forward a section to walk from Alligator Gorge Road to Melrose. Although very picturesque, this is a long, tough walk with lots of ups and downs and a big mix of terrain finishing with a long steady descent from Mt.Remarkable. We will start early (7:30am) and finish late. Being the day after the Winter Solstice we will have the minimum of daylight, so please bring a torch.

Sunday, we walk from Horrocks Pass to Alligator Gorge Road, a relatively short and easy walk, but includes some busy bitumen roads and ends just after the ritual ‘Lavender Peak’ cairn building. NOTE: There will be an afternoon bus pick up to ferry us back from Alligator Gorge Road to the cars we left at the Horrocks Memorial at the beginning of the day’s walk.

Mewett Road to Mt Crawford
2013-06-16
After rejoining the trail near Mewett Road, this walk takes us through Mt Crawford pine forest and native bushland. After a few kilometres of road walking the trail enters the spectacular Warren CP, climbing steadily through dense bushland. Open grazing land with panoramic views follows, before heading back into the forest.

Mills Rd to Murraytown
2013-06-08 - 2013-06-10
On Saturday we head north-west to walk the ridge-top track to The Bluff, our first southern Flinders Peak. The track is a ‘roller-coaster’ through scrub land, with some views. Very good views from The Bluff. Recent track closures due to fires means we must descend via the TV Track to Wirrabara Forest Road and on to the Old Nursery car park.

On Sunday we return to the ridge to follow the Go-Kart Track for 8km, before descending to the east along the Sheepyard Track to the Northern Block of Wirrabara Forest. We skirt the pines to reach Block Nine Rd.

On Monday we head east towards the Main North Road, along Yellow Cutting Road. Turning north, we follow tracks and dirt roads to George St, 1km northwest from Murraytown. Rubbish Dump Road is a feature.

Para Wirra
2013-03-13 00:00 (Australia/Adelaide)

Onkaparinga
2013-03-13 00:00
