Quorn – Dutchmans Stern – Eyre Depot

Please note that these walks are being undertaken out of the normal order with the walk to Eyre Depot being done on Saturday and Sunday’s being done in the reverse direction

This weekend will be based in Quorn

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 registrationsystem will only allow you to register for both days

Any walker with Respiratory symptoms or fever should exclude themselves from any activity until they have received a negative COVID result, irrespective of Vaccine Status. If there is no testing avsilable(eg Country areas) then they should consult the nearest Medical Professional available(directly or by phone). If no consult is available they should exclude themselves form activity until 3 days after symptoms have settled.

Please ENSURE that you use HAND SANITIZER prior to Boarding and wear a FACE MASK throughout each Bus Trip over the weekend.

BIOSECURITY MEASURES–Please Ensure you Thoroughly Clean your footwear, clothing, walking poles and other equipment before and after each walk over the weekend to remove all seeds, dirt and other debris. Removed seeds should be bagged and disposed in a RED garbage bin.

SATURDAY 25th SEPTEMBER

A deceptively tough walk with a bit of everything-undulating firetracks with spectacular views, rocky gorge sections, crisscrossing of the creek, one testing little climb out of the gorge and a 5 klms traverse of the gibber strewn floodplain to Eyre Depot plus a final 1.5 km gibber littered walk out to the Bus.

For this walk the Bus will drop us off at the start of the walk and also pick us up at the end for the one and half drive back into Quorn.

SUNDAY 26th SEPTEMBER

Starting at Dutchmans Stern with a detour off the Heysen Trail we will firstly do the 6 km Dutchman Stern loop- it will provide a memorable highlight of the walk – the view is breathtaking.

The remainder of the walk will gradually climb through farmlands, along firetracks and native woodland back towards Quorn

As this walk we will done in reverse we will park our cars at McConville Rd (near Quorn) the start of the section from where the bus will pick us up and take us to Dutchmans Stern from where we will walk back to our cars.

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Dinner on Saturday night will be at Emily’s Bistro in Quorn.

The theme for the dinner will be your favourite sporting attire – it will be the AFL Grand Final evening.