The Heysen Trail

The Heysen Trail The Friends of Heysen Trail volunteers support, promote and maintain the 1200km Trail.

The Friends acknowledge and respect Traditional Custodians of these ancestral lands: Ngarrindjeri/Ramindjeri, Kaurna, Peramangk, Ngadjuri, Nukunu and Adnyamathanha. The 1200km adventure hike, the Heysen Trail, covers some of South Australia's most diverse and breathtaking landscapes, traversing coastal cliffs, beaches, native bushland, rugged gorges, pine forests and vineyards, as well as rich far

mland and historic towns. Walk from Cape Jervis in the south to Parachilna Gorge in the Flinders Ranges, or hike from top to bottom. The hiking Trail passes through some of the most scenic parts of the state including national parks, state forests and internationally acclaimed tourist destinations, including the Barossa Valley and the stunning Wilpena Pound, star of the Flinders Ranges. This page, like the Heysen Trail, is managed by the Friends of the Heysen Trail. It is about the Heysen Trail and/or the organisation the Friends of the Heysen Trail.

How do you toilet along the Trail? Leave no Trace is the ethos!!Whether it's a short, day or multi-day hike we usually ...
18/06/2026

How do you toilet along the Trail? Leave no Trace is the ethos!!

Whether it's a short, day or multi-day hike we usually need to "go" sometime. Apart from towns & caravan parks, it is rare to find a toilet. So what do you do?

Peeing? Should be off the trail and discreet. Be sure to look around for nasties before you release & check the wind direction. Take any paper or wipes in your rubbish bag.

Pooing? Carry a trowel, cleaning towel/toilet paper and rubbish bags; be at least 100m away from water & campsites; then dig deep and wide enough to catch your matter. Wiping stuff goes in your baggie. Maybe try a "Toilet In A Tube " pre-loaded with waste treatment poo powder to deal with the contents or make your own "poo pot". These are openly promoted by many national parks and conservation groups.

If you happen to find a long-drop please close the lid after use to mitigate smells & insects.

You'll always need to carry toilet paper & hand-washing material to finish off.

Respect the environment and other walkers by keeping it clean.

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ: ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† - ๐Ÿฒ & ๐Ÿณ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฒThis weekend included two sections. Firstly from Ba...
17/06/2026

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ: ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† - ๐Ÿฒ & ๐Ÿณ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

This weekend included two sections. Firstly from Balgowan to Port Victoria 21.5km which took FoHT walkers away from the coast & along road reserves & the rich vegetation of the Narungga Aboriginal Lands.

Section two Port Victoria to Port Rickaby 21.5km volunteer leaders led walkers from one jetty to another along the clifftops & beaches.

Narungga Country

๐Ÿ“ทThanks to Kylie Shield

Know Before You Go: Mt Crawford Forest Closures 15 to 26 June:
16/06/2026

Know Before You Go: Mt Crawford Forest Closures 15 to 26 June:

๐Ÿšจ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ (๐— ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ) ๐—”๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿšจ For public safety, temporary forest closures wil...

๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– members will do ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–; a chance for anyone needing to do these walks as catchups. Also on ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, a ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข...
14/06/2026

๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– members will do ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–; a chance for anyone needing to do these walks as catchups. Also on ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, a ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ at ๐Œ๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ and on ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, a ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ from ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ and a ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ at ๐Œ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ.

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ & ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– - ๐Œ๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ž - ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
Initially climbing over Mount Crawford with stunning views, the trail follows forest edges and roadsides, then makes its way up and over the pretty Wirra Wirra Peaks, before descending to creek lines again. Walkers follow roads and road reserves through open, big gum grazing land.
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mt-crawford-pewsey-vale-2026/
๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข/๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– - ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
This section of trail runs through the northern section of Mt Crawford forests and the native bushland of Kaiser Stuhl Conservation Park with its unusual, weathered rock features. Panoramic vistas over the Barossa Valley and Lower North are a highlight.
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/pewsey-vale-tanunda-2026/
๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข/๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐Œ๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ - ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
A loop walk with steep climbs over Mt Crawford and Little Mt Crawford, rewarding with excellent views. Then onto tracks through forest areas, including a platform walk, and then working our way to the finish along the trail of the North Warren Reservoir.
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—

https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mt-crawford-2026-2/
๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข/๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐†๐๐ง๐ฌ & ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
A brisk walk from Measdays car park, through parts of Cleland, up Caro, then across to and down to Mt Lofty Gardens, up the back of Mt Lofty, meandering through Cleland and back to Measdays.
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mt-lofty-botanic-gdns-summit-via-cleland-2026/
๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข/๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐Œ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
This will combine part of the Yurrebilla Trail with various trails through the Brownhill Creek Recreation Park.
This will lead to both city views and walking in a rural environment.
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mitcham-waterworks-2026/
๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ

๐”๐๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐–๐€๐‹๐Š๐’
๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— - ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ - ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mylor-cleland-montacute-2026/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” - ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ค ๐‘๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž - ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/e2e16-white-pk-rd-murraytown-melrose-2025/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ซ/๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ค - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/belair-brownhill-ck-2026/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ -๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/doms-delight-2026/

๐€๐ƒ๐•๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐„
๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž - ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ง๐ - ๐’๐š๐ญ. & ๐’๐ฎ๐ง. ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/walk-the-yorke-port-rickaby-to-port-turton-2026/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง - ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž - ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ - ๐Ÿ’:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž-๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/special-invitation-with-the-governor-of-south-australia-40-years-of-conservation-2026/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง & ๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐†๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ - ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mambray-creek-extended-weekend-2026/

๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-independently/

Hills around Burra
๐Ÿ“ท - Lance Perryman

The various Heysen Trail huts offer a tent-free relax & reorganise. Heysen Huts are maintained by The Friends volunteer...
12/06/2026

The various Heysen Trail huts offer a tent-free relax & reorganise.

Heysen Huts are maintained by The Friends volunteers: but they're not "serviced". Most are in remote locations so generally checked annually.

Please respect your fellow hikers by leaving them tidy and taking all rubbish. You may report any issues to The Friends email: [email protected]

๐™€2๐™€-3 ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™‚๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‡๐™š๐™ž๐™œ๐™ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐™๐™™ - 23-31 ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎEnd-to-End -3 began their first week away in late May heading south ...
11/06/2026

๐™€2๐™€-3 ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™‚๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‡๐™š๐™ž๐™œ๐™ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐™๐™™ - 23-31 ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎ

End-to-End -3 began their first week away in late May heading south on the Heysen Trail from Parachilna Gorge to Leigh Creek Rd under challenges circumstances. FoHT volunteer walk leaders led members through rain & shine on some long hikes with water underfoot. However the green vegetation, flowing creeks & spectacular scenery made it a different but memorable Flinders Ranges experience.

Adnyamathanha Country

๐Ÿ“ทPhotos thanks to Kylie Shield

Heysen Trail on the Wild South Coast Way: reminder that a section of Trail in Deep Creek is closed with a marked reroute...
10/06/2026

Heysen Trail on the Wild South Coast Way: reminder that a section of Trail in Deep Creek is closed with a marked reroute in place & several other trails in the Park have been closed since the February fire. Always check Parks and ForestrySA for closures before you go.

Parts of Deep Creek National Park remain closed due to bushfire recovery. See a list of areas that remain closed until further notice.

๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• will walk from ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐–๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ก next Saturday & Sunday, anyone needing catch-ups on ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•,...
07/06/2026

๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• will walk from ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐–๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ก next Saturday & Sunday, anyone needing catch-ups on ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, there places are available.
There is a ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ at ๐Š๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฉ๐จ and a ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ at ๐๐š๐ซ๐š ๐–๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐š/๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ค. Both are on ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’.
On Tuesday July 21 there is a special event at Parliament House for FoHT volunteers to join the Honorable Emily Bourke MLC, Minister for Environment and Water to celebrate 40 years of volunteering. Registrations are now open.

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ & ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• - ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐š - ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž: ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐š, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ค๐ฆ
Although primarily a long, flat, treeless walk along dirt roads and road reserves, this section provides walkers with a perspective on the diversity of landscapes of the Trail. The final few kilometres provide pleasant views over the historic ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐š township.
๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž: ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐–๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ก, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ค๐ฆ
This section of the Trail goes through historic ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐š, passing the old ๐‘๐ž๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐š๐จ๐ฅ and other reminders of a bygone era. The trail then takes walkers over numerous exposed hills of the North Mount Lofty Ranges.
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/worlds-end-burra-wandillah-2025/
๐˜•๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ - ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐š ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž - ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
๐’๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐.

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐Š๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฉ๐จ - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
This 18km Trail Walker loop walk will explore the southern areas of Kuitpo Forest and the adjacent Kyeema Conservation Park.
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/kuitpo-2026/
๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข/๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐๐š๐ซ๐š ๐–๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐š/๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ค - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
A lovely walk taking in sections of Old Kersbrook Forest and the Blue Gum and Mack Creek tracks of Para Wirra Conservation Park.
The walk follows a range of trails โ€“ including well-made fire tracks, shared trails, and a narrower, more secluded track along Mack Creek.
The terrain is reasonably flat, although there is a gentle descent into and ascent out of the creek. We will walk through blue gums and later box and pink gum forests.
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/para-wirra-mack-creek-2026/
๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ

๐”๐๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐–๐€๐‹๐Š๐’
๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– - ๐Œ๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ž - ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mt-crawford-pewsey-vale-2026/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐„๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– - ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/pewsey-vale-tanunda-2026/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐Œ๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ - ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mt-crawford-2026-2/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐†๐๐ง๐ฌ & ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mt-lofty-botanic-gdns-summit-via-cleland-2026/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐Œ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mitcham-waterworks-2026/

๐€๐ƒ๐•๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐„
๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž - ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ง๐ - ๐’๐š๐ญ. & ๐’๐ฎ๐ง. ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/walk-the-yorke-port-rickaby-to-port-turton-2026/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง - ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž - ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ - ๐Ÿ’:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž-๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/special-invitation-with-the-governor-of-south-australia-40-years-of-conservation-2026/

๐…๐จ๐‡๐“ - ๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง & ๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐†๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ - ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ
https://heysentrail.asn.au/walking-the-heysen-trail/walk-the-trail-with-the-friends/walk-calendar/mambray-creek-extended-weekend-2026/

๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐–๐€๐‹๐Š๐„๐‘
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https://heysentrail.asn.au/news/trailwalker-magazine/

Descending
๐Ÿ“ท - Lance Perryman

๐—˜๐Ÿฎ๐—˜๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ & ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ & ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†Year 3 for End-2-End 18 on the Heysen Trail ...
04/06/2026

๐—˜๐Ÿฎ๐—˜๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ & ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ & ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†

Year 3 for End-2-End 18 on the Heysen Trail began with a weekend of challenging walking conditions from Cudlee Creek to Nugget Rd to Mt Crawford.

These sections of the Trail lead FoHT walkers through the rolling hills of the Southern Mt Lofty Ranges & sections of Mt Crawford Forest. Led by volunteer walk leaders into Warren Conservation Park, through scrubland over Little Mt Crawford walkers finished a bit tired & wet at Mt Crawford Cemetery.

Peramangk Country

๐Ÿ“ท Thanks to Allan Kull

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