Much of the Heysen Trail infrastructure is now 30 years old. The Friends Trail Development Committee have plans for many upgrades to both the trail and walker facilities. We are seeking volunteers to get these projects moving, both in the field and at our Cobbler Creek shed.
We welcome Ron Kandelaars as our new Friends of the Heysen Trail Ambassador. At the recent Walk for the Heysen event President Robert welcomed Ron into the role, and presented him with an Ambassador certificate. We all welcome Ron into the Friends family.
Please join us for the Warren Bonython Heysen Trail Foundation’s inaugural fundraising event. 2016 Walk for the Heysen, Sunday 22 May 2016 from 9.30 am, Fromm’s Farm, Mount Road, Mount Crawford.
The Friends of the Heysen Trail were represented at the successful opening to the Walk the Yorke at Port Vincent on Sunday 13 December 2015.
We're moving to Suite 203, 2nd Floor, Epworth Building, 33 Pirie Street, Adelaide SA 5000. Our office will be closed this Friday 20th November and be fully open on Tuesday 24th November 2015.
The October edition of Bushwalk.com eMag is out – with a focus the best walks in South Australia. The articles include a profile on the Friends of the Heysen Trail.
We've welcomed our 1,000th member. The End-to-End 5 group caught up with the member, Rachel Faulkner, in Port Augusta earlier this month.
2015 will be 100 years since Morialta was declared a National Pleasure Resort on 15 July 1915. In celebration, an exhibition of historic images will tour.
One of our chief maintenance and constructions volunteers is featured on the front page of today's The Advertiser. As well as volunteering on the Heysen Trail, John Potter is a volunteer with his local Cudlee Creek CFS, and is among an army of volunteers doing 12-hour shifts to protect life and property in the Adelaide Hills bushfire.
Exhibition 1 Nov – 30 Nov 2014. Opening 2.30pm Saturday 1 November 2014 at Robin Hood Hotel, Norwood. Paintings on the Heysen Trail available for purchase.
The Council of the Friends of the Heysen Trail was able to sit down and chat with ultra-marathon runner Richard Bowles,…
