Walking the Heysen Trail
In 2002 David Beaton and I decided to walk the entire Heysen Trail – and to walk it from north to south.
Trailwalker feature articles
Browse a selection of featured Trailwalker articles to discover the history and people behind the Trail, along with hiking tips and how-to’s.
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Umberatana Station
William Henry had come to Australia from Cornwall in 1848, working at Burra and the Victorian goldfields and then in 1857, with his brother James, became the first lease holder of Umberatana Station – 188 square miles of semi-arid land in the North Flinders Ranges, west of Arkaroola.
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A Look Back in time
In the following two articles we have combined some background history with that seen through the eyes of Fred Brooks and Frank Hall, two members of the Interim Council of the Friends of the Heysen Trail.
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A Patron’s Walking Life
We sometimes contemplate doing something out of the ordinary to celebrate a landmark birthday. For C Warren Bonython AO, to celebrate his 75th, it was to head off to Africa and climb Mount Kilimanjaro. He got within 1700 feet of the summit of this 18,500 feet giant before altitude sickness set in.
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Heysen Trail Meanders
Over the last 3 years, a small group of walkers from Bendigo – members of the Bendigo Bushwalkers and the Bendigo Outdoor Club – have embarked on the project of completing the Heysen Trail at a rate of about 200km a year.
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The Heysen Trail is developed and maintained as a partnership between the Government of South Australia – Department for Environment & Water (DEW) and the Friends of the Heysen Trail.
The Friends of Heysen Trail acknowledge and respect the Traditional Custodians of the ancestral lands we traverse along the Heysen Trail, embracing the Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna, Peramangk, Ngadjuri, Nukunu and Adnyamathanha peoples.
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