Friends of the Heysen Trail walk calendar
The Friends of the Heysen Trail organise regular walks along the Heysen Trail for our members. Explore our upcoming walk events and find out how you can join in.
We run a year-round calendar of walk events
The Friends of the Heysen Trail lead walks along the Trail as well as in national parks and reserves elsewhere in South Australia and occasionally interstate.
All walks in the Friends of the Heysen Trail Walk Calendar are created, organised and run by the Friends, making it easy for hikers to get the most out of their Heysen Trail experience.
Here’s a quick guide to the different walks in the calendar:
End-to-End walks
The Friends’ End-to-End walks program covers the full length of the Trail and takes approximately sixty days, spread over five or six years.
Trail Walker
Walks generally take between five and six hours and you’ll need to be physically fit. These walks are usually scheduled on Saturdays or Sundays.
Trail Starter
Haven’t walked in a group before or want to enjoy a shorter walk? These three to four hour walks are usually scheduled on Saturdays or Sundays.
Trail Rambler
Occasionally we offer Trail Rambler walks for specialist events such as bird watching or historical walks. They are relatively short and informative and are suitable for people of all fitness levels.
Summer Walks
We offer shorter walks during the hotter summer months when much of the Trail is closed. These generally take 1.5 to two hours and are mostly held on Wednesday evenings, meeting at 6 pm, followed by a meal, close to Adelaide.
Extended Walks
These are multi-day walks, usually over a long weekend or a full week. The location and walk difficulty varies, with some walks being a few hours’ drive from Adelaide, others taking place interstate or overseas.
Events
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Calendar of Events
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Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail
Lead by Heather Jensen, Adam Matthews, Suzanne Matthews
Lavender Trail E2E3
Lead by Kathy Wright, Julia McLachlan, Dean Mortimer, Kevin Ward
Raeville to Locks Ruin to Bowman Park
Anstey Hill
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Lavender Trail E2E3
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Yurrebilla – Gorge Road Trailhead to Norton Summit
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Onkaparinga
Blackhill CP
Myponga to Mt Compass – EE17
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2 events,
Yurrebilla Stage 2
Lavender Trail E2E4 Weekend Walks May2024
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Cudlee Creek to The Nugget Road (Walk 15)
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Heysen Homage – The Cedars
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Newikie Creek to Dares Hill Summit Rd and Burra Rd to Worlds End (Walks 29&25)
Cleland- Nth Sth Loop
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Willunga Basin Trail – Onkaparinga NP to Kangarilla
Lead by Margaret Fletcher, Karin Agostino
End to End 18 Cape Jervis to Cobbler Hill (Walk 1)
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Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail
Lead by Heather Jensen, Adam Matthews, Suzanne Matthews
Mt Zion to The Bluff Lookout (Wirrabara Forest Nursery) & Bowman Park to Mt Zion
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Nugget Rd to Mt Crawford Cemetery (Walk 16)
3 Parks Panorama
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Extended Walks 2
Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail
What is the Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail? A 100km walking trail around the Clare Valley. The trail will…
Lead by Heather Jensen, Adam Matthews, Suzanne Matthews
Extended Walk
Lavender Trail E2E3
The Lavender Federation Trail is a 325km long walking trail through diverse countryside traversing the eastern flanks of the Mt…
Lead by Kathy Wright, Julia McLachlan, Dean Mortimer, Kevin Ward
Raeville to Locks Ruin to Bowman Park
Raeville to Locks Ruin -This walk follows dirt roads into the small town of Georgetown and beyond past Hiskeys Hut.…
Trail Starter
Anstey Hill
A morning walk around Anstey’s Hill Recreation Park pathways including the original Newman’s Nursery ruins and silver mines. Be on…
Lead by Julie Testi
Extended Walks 2
Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail
What is the Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail? A 100km walking trail around the Clare Valley. The trail will…
Lead by Heather Jensen, Adam Matthews, Suzanne Matthews
Extended Walk
Lavender Trail E2E3
The Lavender Federation Trail is a 325km long walking trail through diverse countryside traversing the eastern flanks of the Mt…
Lead by Kathy Wright, Julia McLachlan, Dean Mortimer, Kevin Ward
Raeville to Locks Ruin to Bowman Park
Raeville to Locks Ruin -This walk follows dirt roads into the small town of Georgetown and beyond past Hiskeys Hut.…
Extended Walk
Lavender Trail E2E3
The Lavender Federation Trail is a 325km long walking trail through diverse countryside traversing the eastern flanks of the Mt…
Lead by Kathy Wright, Julia McLachlan, Dean Mortimer, Kevin Ward
Extended Walk
Lavender Trail E2E3
The Lavender Federation Trail is a 325km long walking trail through diverse countryside traversing the eastern flanks of the Mt…
Lead by Kathy Wright, Julia McLachlan, Dean Mortimer, Kevin Ward
Extended Walk
Lavender Trail E2E3
The Lavender Federation Trail is a 325km long walking trail through diverse countryside traversing the eastern flanks of the Mt…
Lead by Kathy Wright, Julia McLachlan, Dean Mortimer, Kevin Ward
Extended Walk
Lavender Trail E2E3
The Lavender Federation Trail is a 325km long walking trail through diverse countryside traversing the eastern flanks of the Mt…
Lead by Kathy Wright, Julia McLachlan, Dean Mortimer, Kevin Ward
Extended Walk
Lavender Trail E2E3
The Lavender Federation Trail is a 325km long walking trail through diverse countryside traversing the eastern flanks of the Mt…
Lead by Kathy Wright, Julia McLachlan, Dean Mortimer, Kevin Ward
Trail Walker
Yurrebilla – Gorge Road Trailhead to Norton Summit
PLEASE NOTE. This is a point-to-point walk. We will use car-pooling to travel from the meeting point to the walk start…
Lead by Paul Gill
Trail Starter
Onkaparinga
A Trail Starter in length, but with uneven, rocky and undulating tracks. A circular walk in a small section of…
Lead by Judith Ellis
Trail Walker
Blackhill CP
This loop walk is just over 15 kms and is physically demanding with steep and rugged inclines and declines, providing…
Lead by Peter Deacon
End-to-End 17
Myponga to Mt Compass – EE17
Commencing with a short road walk, the trail enters the small but picturesque Yulte Conservation Park. After a steady climb…
Other
FOHT Council Meeting
Friends of Heysen Trail Council Meeting The Friends encourages engagement and interaction across our membership/volunteers. Committees and Members are welcome…
Trail Walker
Yurrebilla Stage 2
The second Yurrebilla stage. Eagle on the Hill – Norton Summit. Approx 17.5 km. We will car shuffle for this…
Lead by Julia McLachlan
Lavender Trail E2E4 Weekend Walks May2024
To start with a walk along the Murray where we may see The Murray Princess moored, around reclaimed wetlands then…
End-to-End 16
Cudlee Creek to The Nugget Road (Walk 15)
Walk Details: The trail leads walkers through the rolling hills of the South Mt Lofty Ranges and sections of Mt…
Trail Walker
Crafers to Brownhill Ck
This walk incorporates fragments of the Sea to Summit, the Yurrebilla Trail with sections taken from “Walking in the Mount…
Lead by Peter Clark
Trail Rambler
Heysen Homage – The Cedars
The first leg of our journey takes us along the Heysen Trail Spur to The Cedars near Hahndorf. The Cedars…
Lead by Lisa Duffield, Kathy Wright
End-to-End 15
Newikie Creek to Dares Hill Summit Rd and Burra Rd to Worlds End (Walks 29&25)
Note: Walks are being done out of order Saturday: Newikie Creek to Dares Hill Summit Rd, 25.5km – This section…
Trail Walker
Cleland- Nth Sth Loop
A walk of 23kms starting from Measday Lookout in the south traversing the park to Greenhill Rd in the north.…
Lead by Adam Matthews, Suzanne Matthews
End-to-End 15
Newikie Creek to Dares Hill Summit Rd and Burra Rd to Worlds End (Walks 29&25)
Note: Walks are being done out of order Saturday: Newikie Creek to Dares Hill Summit Rd, 25.5km – This section…
Willunga Basin Trail – Onkaparinga NP to Kangarilla
WALK 3: This is a beautiful walk with a few steady climbs through the more remote parts of Onkaparinga River…
Lead by Margaret Fletcher, Karin Agostino
End-to-End 18
End to End 18 Cape Jervis to Cobbler Hill (Walk 1)
This is the first walk for the new End to End 18 group. After you register for this walk you…
Trail Starter
Sturt Gorge
This walk will be in the Sturt Gorge area. It will include some climbs up and down. The route will…
Lead by Noeleen Smith
Extended Walks 2
Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail
What is the Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail? A 100km walking trail around the Clare Valley. The trail will…
Lead by Heather Jensen, Adam Matthews, Suzanne Matthews
Mt Zion to The Bluff Lookout (Wirrabara Forest Nursery) & Bowman Park to Mt Zion
Saturday Walk 39: Mt Zion to The Bluff Lookout – 22kms For most of this section the trail follows gravel…
Trail Starter
Para Wirra – Mack Creek
A lovely 11 km walk taking in sections of Old Kersbrook Forest and the Blue Gum and Mack Creek tracks of Para Wirra Conservation Park.
Lead by Dom Henschke, Marlene Henschke
Extended Walks 2
Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail
What is the Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail? A 100km walking trail around the Clare Valley. The trail will…
Lead by Heather Jensen, Adam Matthews, Suzanne Matthews
Mt Zion to The Bluff Lookout (Wirrabara Forest Nursery) & Bowman Park to Mt Zion
Saturday Walk 39: Mt Zion to The Bluff Lookout – 22kms For most of this section the trail follows gravel…
End-to-End 16
Nugget Rd to Mt Crawford Cemetery (Walk 16)
This section combines several sections of Mt Crawford pine forest with the natural bushland of Warren Conservation Park and Little…
Trail Walker
3 Parks Panorama
The Three-parks Panorama. We meander through the walking trails of Cox Scrub Conservation Park and a steady climb to Ridge…
Lead by Dean Mortimer
Want to host an event on the Trail?
For any organisations planning to run an event on the Trail, you’ll need to obtain approvals from the land owners affected or from the Department for Environment and Water.