Walk The Yorke – Gym Beach-Pondalowie-Marion Bay

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What to expect

Experience spectacular scenery along this section of the trail as we pass through the Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park. Native fauna including emus, kangaroos, goannas and many bird species abound.

Walkers are exempt from paying entry but all vehicles entering the park are required to purchase an entry permit. Details about how this can be done will be made available prior to the walk.

Saturday

From Gym Beach we follow the Gym Beach Road inland for a few hundred metres before taking the Gym Beach Hiking Trail toward Browns Beach. This takes us through local scrub and vegetation, skirting local farm lands.

The route continues inland along the road past the Shell Beach turnoff before heading to the coast at Royston Head and then on the beach to Pondalowie.

Sunday

Today’s section will be inland, following fire trails through the thick untouched bush lands, past one of the many lakes in the park to finish the day at Marion Bay.

From Inneston to Stenhouse Bay it follows the Thomson-Pfizner Plaster Trail, the route of  an old wooden railway line.

Innes National Park from Gym Beach (Saturday and Sunday’s walks) is one of the Hero walks of the WTY.

Suggested accommodation – Marion Bay.

A dinner to celebrate completion of the Trail will be held on Saturday night. Monies for this will be collected as part of the registration.

NOTE – If you wish to walk on only one day, please contact the FOHT office (once bookings have opened) to register for that day’s walk. The on-line registration system will only allow you to register for both days.

Walk leaders: Peter Clark
Vicki Stewart
Registrations close: 2:00pm 17 October 2022

Cost

Adults: $20.00

Golden Boots Pass accepted

Bus: $50.00

To celebrate the completion of the trail a group dinner BBQ will be held at the Marion Bay Caravan Park (at the Camp Kitchen) on Saturday night at 6pm.

Please include any dietary requirements or details of any extra attendees as a comment when you register.

The MBC Foods food van will set up out the front of the camp kitchen and will serve food to us from a buffet table.

The caravan park is happy for us to use the camp kitchens seating area. Just note that other guests might be using the area too.

Menu

Chicken skewers, sausages, home made beef patties, salads, bread and butter.

Includes condiments, eco friendly plates, knives and forks.

Dessert 

Apple and quandong crumble with Golden North vanilla bean ice cream.

Meal: $38.00

Dates

Saturday 22 October 2022 – Sunday 23 October 2022

Walk difficulty: Walk the Yorke End-to-End

Walk the Yorke from end to end with the Friends!

Walk details

Start time:
9:05am

Finish time:
3:05pm

Walking from:
Gym Beach

Walking to:
Pondalowie

Distance:
16km

Start time:
8:20am

Finish time:
4:20pm

Walking from:
Pondalowie

Walking to:
Marion Bay

Distance:
26km

Registration terms and conditions

All walks are subject to you wearing appropriate clothing. Prime considerations are warmth and weather protection. Your safety and the safety of the walking group can be jeopardised by you wearing inappropriate clothing. In an emergency situation it can take hours to evacuate a sick or injured walker. Leaders may not accept people for a walk who have not come appropriately dressed or prepared.

View details of appropriate clothing at heysentrail.asn.au/appropriate-clothing

If the forecast temperature for Adelaide is equal or higher than 32C, walks are cancelled. For simplicity, this can be determined the night prior to the walk from the 7.00 pm ABC News Adelaide weather forecast, based upon the Bureau of Meteorology’s routine 4pm forecast.

Your Walk Leader will send an email to all walkers advising the walk is cancelled. We suggest you check your emails before leaving to join the walk. Even if the forecast temperature is later revised, the walk remains cancelled. In such a case walk fees will be refunded.

If unforeseen circumstances arise and you are no longer able to participate in the walk, please cancel your registration as soon as possible using the Manage Walk Registrations facility on your Account page.

Alternatively you can notify the office by 2.15pm on the last business day before the walk. Walk leaders do not have access to messages left on the answering machine after this time. If your Walk Leader has provided their mobile phone number you may be able to contact them prior to the walk (subject to phone service availability).

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