Trailwalker magazine
Stay up to date with Heysen Trail news, discover new trails to explore, and find inspiration for your next adventure in our Trailwalker magazine.
Welcome to Trailwalker magazine
Three times a year, the Friends of the Heysen Trail publish Trailwalker, a free magazine written for and by our members.
Trailwalker brings you the latest news from the Heysen Trail, updates on what the Friends have been doing, and inspiring trip reports from hikers sharing their adventures on the Heysen Trail and other trails around the world.
We publish Trailwalker in April, August and December. Our members can opt in to receive a copy by post or email, and our online editions can be viewed by all.
Read the current issue
April 2026, Issue 174
Highlights include…
- A Snapshot – 40 Years of Volunteering for the Heysen Trail
- Trail Angels
- New Walks Programmes
- 40 Years of Heart on the Trail
Explore past issues of Trailwalker
Read past editions of Trailwalker magazine. The links below include issues of Trailwalker from the past two years, but if you’d like to read older issues, you can browse our Trailwalker archive which includes all past issues dating back to 1986!
Highlights include:
Submit a Trailwalker article
We encourage members to submit articles about their walk experiences, whether it’s here on the Heysen Trail or another local South Australian trail, as well as their walk experiences interstate or overseas. Non-members who have hiked parts of the Heysen Trail are also welcome to submit.
Articles, reports and other submissions should be emailed to the Trailwalker Editor at trailwalker@heysentrail.asn.au. If you’re interested in contributing, please refer to our article guidelines below for more information on how to submit and our submission deadlines.
Advertise in Trailwalker
We welcome local businesses to advertise in Trailwalker magazine. We’re one of South Australia’s longest-running outdoor publications, and have reliably informed the state’s outdoor recreation community for over three decades.
Our 32-page full colour magazine has a minimum print run of 1,500 copies, three times per year (in April, August and December) as well as a digital copy, and is distributed to members, landholders, and Adelaide outdoor retail outlets, as well as regional tourist information offices, libraries, caravan parks and other outlets along the Heysen Trail route.
As a free publication, Trailwalker is effective at reaching the outdoor recreation community in South Australia, and particularly the walking/hiking community, with an estimated readership of 2,500 people.
If you’d like to find out more about paid advertising opportunities in Trailwalker, download our media kit below for information on how to advertise with us, our current rates and how to get in touch.