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A JUST 5KM FROM BLINMAN BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL T: 08 8648 4626 Contact David and Sally Henery E: [email protected] IN THE FLINDERS RANGES PO Box 11, Blinman SA 5730 WWW.ALPANASTATION.COM About the Friends AUTUMN 2020 • 3

COUNCIL MEMBERS 2020 PATRON END-TO END WALK COORDINATORS PRESIDENT His Excellency the Melanie Sjoberg Honourable Hieu Van Le AC E2E10 Carol Homewood E2E11 John Babister VICE PRESIDENT HONORARY MEMBERS E2E12 Adam Matthews Suzanne Matthews Sadie Leupold E2E13 Vicki Barrett SECRETARY Thelma Anderson OAM E2E14 Mark Fletcher Julian Monfries Kath Palyga E2E15 Mark Curtis Richard Schmitz E2E-2 Julian Monfries TREASURER Arthur Smith PUBLISHED BY THE Stephen Salib-Brown Colin Edwards MAINTENANCE SECTION LEADERS FRIENDS OF THE HEYSEN Robert Alcock Hugh Greenhill TRAIL AND OTHER Greg Boundy Glen Dow S1 Albert Schmidtke WALKING TRAILS Colin Edwards Barry Finn S2A Roger Dunn Dean Killmier S2B John Newland W heysentrail.asn.au Dom Henschke Carol Homewood John Wilson S3&4 Hermann Schmidt facebook.com/HeysenTrail John Newland David Beaton (Wandergruppe twitter.com/HeysenTrail Neil Nosworthy Jack Marcelis Bushwalkers) Julian Monfries S5 John Babister youtube.com/HeysenTrail Robyn Quinn John Wilson Frances Gasson S6 Richard Webb pinterest.com/HeysenTrail Simon Cameron S7 Graham Loveday SUB-COMMITTEE David Rattray OAM S8 Ian Harding CITY BRANCH CHAIRS Hermann Schmidt (WEA Ramblers) Suite 212, Epworth Building TRAIL DEVELOPMENT Robert Alcock S9 Jerry & Michelle Foster 33 Pirie St, SA 5000 Colin Edwards Liz O’Shea S10 Wayne Turner, John Potter Kevin Crawshaw, Open Mon – Fri WALKING 10:30am – 2:30pm Kevin Liddiard Peter Deacon Peter Larsson S11&12 Dom Henschke, T HONORARY MEMBERS (08) 8212 6299 OFFICE Colin Rozman, Rick Price E (DECEASED) [email protected] Dom Henschke S13 Hugh Greenhill Terry Lavender OAM ( Branch) MID NORTH BRANCH MARKETING & Jim Crinion S14-18 Arrangements MEMBERSHIP T 0428 347 315 Neville Southgate currently under review Helen Morgante E [email protected] Doug Leane HONORARY Fred Brooks OFFICE VOLUNTEERS MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION MEMBERSHIP Jamie Shephard MONDAYS SINGLE $25/year Julian Monfries Terry Gasson Graham Loveday Neil Nosworthy FAMILY $40/year RECONCILIATION TRAILWALKER COMMITTEE Elizabeth Rogers SCHOOLS/ORGANISATIONS EDITOR $60/year Anne Kirk TUESDAYS Josh West Valerie Boundy Membership is valid for WARREN BONYTHON Judy McAdam 12 months from the date HEYSEN TRAIL EDITORIAL Chris Porter of payment. FOUNDATION SUB-COMMITTEE David Rattray OAM CHAIRMAN Robert Alcock Philip Bell WEDNESDAYS Neville Haar Robyn Coburn Elayne Sanders SECRETARY Colin Edwards Vicki Cahalan Neil Nosworthy Tammy Main Gilbert Downs Judy McAdam Jack Marcelis MID NORTH BRANCH Liz Rogers THURSDAYS PRESIDENT Julie Stapleton Eve Buckley Garry Fieldhouse Greg Martin Erica Gordon VICE-PRESIDENT WEBSITE EDITOR Julian Monfries Kate Greenhill Judy Szekeres Jeremy Carter Anna Ciccarelli SECRETARY Sally Fieldhouse MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY FRIDAYS David Rattray OAM Cathy Bowditch PUBLICITY OFFICERS Erika Guess Garry Fieldhouse OFFICE MANAGER Julia McLachlan COUNCIL MEETING DATES Dom Henschke Suzanne Mausolf Saturday 15 February BOOKKEEPERS RELIEF STAFF (Annual Planning Meeting) John Wilson Eve Buckley Wednesday 18 March Maria Newland Dom Henschke Cover: Walking along the Wednesday 15 April Tina Behnke Graham Loveday Heysen Trail toward Wilpena Wednesday 20 May Jack Marcelis Pound, just south of Moralana Margaret Fletcher Scenic Drive in the Flinders Ranges. Photo by Anne Kirk. Trailwalker welcomes photo submissions suitable for the cover We acknowledge and respect the traditional custodians whose ancestral lands of the magazine. Please email we traverse along the Heysen Trail. We acknowledge the deep feelings of your high-resolution image to attachment and relationship of Aboriginal peoples to Country and pay respects [email protected] to the cultural authority of Aboriginal peoples within the Country we walk. Contents Trailwalker

Articles, reports and other submissions by members and interested parties are welcome and should be emailed to the Trailwalker Editor at [email protected] Deadline for the next issue (Winter 2020): FRIDAY 1 MAY 2020 10 The Trailwalker magazine is available by subscription or The aftermath online at heysentrail.asn.au/ of fires through trailwalker and is published Grandpa's Camp. and distributed quarterly: • Autumn (March) • Winter (June) • Spring (September) 05 16 23 • Summer (December) PRESIDENT’S THE ORIGINAL WATER The Trailwalker magazine REPORT END-TO-END: TREATMENT has a distribution of 1500, 20 YEARS ON ON THE TRAIL and an estimated readership MELANIE SJOBERG of approximately twice Twenty-twenty — New JULIAN MONFRIES SIMON GOODWIN that number. Decade, New Ideas Julian recounts the first Simon discusses the ever End-to-End expedition various options for Contributors are urged organised by the Friends treating water. to contact the Editor to 06 of the Heysen Trail. discuss their article prior to FRIENDS NEWS submission. The submission 24 deadline is usually the first Keep up-to-date with what’s 19 Friday of the month prior to happening on the Trail. ELIZA’S 4,270KM VOLUNTEER WALK FOR the month of publication. PROFILE DIABETES Views expressed in

09 GREG MARTIN contributed articles are JOSH WEST those of the authors, and TRAILTHINKER Greg shares his Eliza Bartlett recently not necessarily those of the QUIZ involvement as a completed an epic 177-day Friends volunteer. hike through Europe. Friends of the Heysen Trail. 10 20 28 ADVERTISING RATES FIRE HITS (EX. GST) THE PARACHILNA THE HEYSEN WILLUNGA OCHRE TRAIL BASIN TRAIL 1/8 PAGE $55 per issue On Friday 20 December 1/4 PAGE $80 per issue GREG MARTIN – ADELAIDE’S 2019, an uncontrolled fire 1/2 PAGE $135 per issue broke out in NEWEST TRAIL Greg reports how FULL PAGE $200 per issue in the . the Adnyamathanha BILL VINE FLYER (supplied for insertion) controlled possibly one of the oldest trade The Willunga Basin Trail $240 per issue 12 routes in the world. provides a unique view of coast, vineyards, farmland A commitment for 12 months END-TO-END and natural bush. advertising (four issues) SEASON 22 would attract 10% saving. PROGRAMME ASK A HIKER 30 Advertising specifications and article submission guidelines Which essential FAVOURITE are available upon request or 14 hiking item would you by visiting recommend spending SHORT WALK TRAILWALKER & heysentrail.asn.au/trailwalker extra money on? GAVIN CAMPBELL TRAILSTARTER A Loop Walk in O’Hallaran PROGRAMMES Hill Recreation Park. President’s Report AUTUMN 2020 • 5

Twenty-twenty — New Decade, New Ideas

MELANIE SJOBERG

e say goodbye to developing and marking the original the 2010s as we Heysen Trail. One of our key objectives enter a new decade, is to contribute to maintenance “ which seems to and improvements along the Trail. Volunteers do attract the pun Revenue from our membership fees ‘2020 vision’. It certainly makes a useful and walking programmes provide not necessarily Wreference as we in the Friends consider valuable income to inject into trail our next phase of bold planning to enhancements. To that end, the Trail have the time; improve the quality of the adventure Development Committee (TDC) has they just have trail we love. spent many hours over the summer identifying priorities for the 2020 work the heart. I’d be remiss not to mark the plan and beyond. unprecedented extent of damage Elizabeth Andrew caused by bushfires across vast Walkers rely upon the valuable work stretches of the country, devastating of our trained Activity and Section communities and natural landscape, Leaders in fixing posts and stiles, ” native animals and insects seriously replacing markers and clearing affected. Many of us have visited vegetation. During 2019, the Trailwalker Kangaroo Island’s walking trails, reported on some of our major so the enormity of those fires feels infrastructure projects – upgrades to What do you ponder particularly close to our hearts. While Hallett Railway Station and Hiskeys as you walk sections the Heysen Trail was largely spared, Hut and installation of a new cabin at vast sections through Cudlee Creek Black Jacks – along with several new of the Heysen? are burnt, so we await a safe time to platforms. It is always a pleasure to Are you engaged in enthusiastic inspect the detail. find a decent rest stop with a platform, chatter as you walk? Do you tank or toilet to recuperate. As bushwalkers, we’re attuned to have ideas and views about changes that occur in our natural The TDC will continue to coordinate what we should be investing landscape, and that informs our infrastructure improvements in in to develop or promote the understanding of the impact from 2020 with several more platforms, trail? How would you like your fire or drought. Our Council and Walk water tanks and toilets scheduled for membership fees to be spent? Committee recognise that the walking installation. Ultimately, of course, The Friends always need new season – months in which it is safe and implementation will be dictated by the people willing to get involved – comfortable to walk – is contracting number and availability of volunteers join the Council or a Committee and adjusted our planning to that to carry out the activities. Anyone who – for a few hours a month you reality. Importantly, we know the has been involved in a trip away to work can bring some energy and Heysen Trail is closed during the fire on the Trail is sure to confirm that it’s fresh thinking to danger season – with some exceptions great fun and not necessary to be a our activities. for tracks in national parks – so we tradie; on-the-job training and support So, make 2020 your year to need to respond to that aspect. tasks are arranged to suit individuals. take the volunteering plunge! Please check out the online walk/event Members are aware that the Friends programme to register interest. were established to assist in Friends News AUTUMN 2020 • 6 Notice of 2020 AGM The 33rd Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Heysen Trail will be held at 7.30pm on Friday, 20 March 2020 at Woodville Lawn Bowling Club, Oval Ave, Woodville.

ominations are AGENDA sought from you, our members, for election 1. Apologies to the Friends Council 2. Acceptance of the Minutes of the at the Annual General previous Annual General Meeting Meeting, for all positions excluding held on 22nd March 2019 Nthe President, viz. Vice President, 3. President’s Report Secretary, Treasurer and half of the 4. Treasurer’s Report remaining Council members (our 5. Election of Officers Trailwalker Constitution calls for not less than 5.1 Vice President four and not more than ten non- 5.2 Treasurer is calling for office bearing members). 5.3 Secretary iconic Heysen Council meetings are currently 5.4 Council Members held on the third Wednesday of 6. Appointment of Auditor Trail photos each month at 5.30pm. Meetings 7. Election of Honorary Members To help celebrate the Heysen Trail’s usually conclude by 7.30pm. 8. Other Business 35th year anniversary in 2021, To nominate, please complete and 9. Close of Meeting Trailwalker is on the hunt for iconic, copy or detach the form below and Note: Any member wishing to move a unique, historic and distinct images send it to: motion at the AGM should be aware of the Trail. We are planning to The Secretary of the Constitutional requirements as showcase these shots (plus brief Friends of the Heysen Trail follows: “Notice of any motion proposed location descriptions/walker Suite 212, Epworth House to be moved at a General Meeting by anecdotes) in the upcoming 2020/21 33 Pirie Street Adelaide, 5000 any member not being a member of the Summer edition with a look back at Council shall be signed by the proposer the moments that have shaped, and and seconder and shall be delivered to continue to shape, our Trail. the Secretary at least seven days before Snow on Mt Bryan? Aftermath of a the meeting. No motion moved by any fire? Dolphins on Tunkalilla Beach? member other than a member of the Endearing Trail figures? Landmark Council shall be entertained by the events? Send your high-resolution meeting unless notice thereof has been shots to the Trailwalker Editor given as aforesaid.” [email protected]

wish to nominate Nomination I ______for the position of ______(Vice President, Secretary, Form Treasurer or Council Member) We welcome nominations for Council, particularly from new members. The ______section of the Friends’ Constitution relevant to nomination and election to (Signature of Nominee) (Signature of Proposer) the Council is reproduced on page 7. Nominations close at 2 pm on Friday 13 March 2020 at the Friends office in Pirie ______Street, Adelaide. (Name of Nominee) (Name of Proposer) Friends News AUTUMN 2020 • 7 Election of Council Members at AGM

he Section of the Friends 6) Nominations must be in writing and (d) is suspended or expelled under Constitution relating must be signed by two members of sub-clause (3) of clause 7 of this to Management of the Association and by the nominee Constitution; the Association, and to signify his willingness to stand (e) becomes permanently to the procedure for for election. They must include brief incapacited by reason of ill health; or nomination and election of members biographical details of the nominee (f) is absent without apology Tof the Council is reproduced below. for distribution to members at or from more than three consecutive before the Annual General Meeting meetings of the Council. 8. MANAGEMENT and must reach the Secretary of the 9) If a casual vacancy arises in the 1) The affairs of the Association Association not less than seven days office of President, Vice President, shall be managed and controlled before the Annual General Meeting; Secretary or Treasurer, or in the by a Council which may exercise provided that if an insufficient number membership of the Council, the on behalf of the Association all of nominations has been received Council may appoint any member the powers conferred on the to fill the vacancies, additional of the Association to fill such Association by this Constitution, nominations may be accepted at the vacancy, and such appointee shall and may do all such things as Annual General Meeting. hold office until the next Annual are within the objects of the 7) If the number of nominations received General Meeting of the Association, Association except such things is more than the number of vacancies when he shall be eligible for re- as are required to be done by the to be filled, an election to fill the election without nomination. Association in General Meeting. vacancies shall be held by secret ballot. 10) The Council may invite any 2) The Council shall consist of the 8) The office of President, Vice- duly constituted Branch of President of the Association, President, Secretary, Treasurer the Association to nominate a together with a Vice-President, or Council member shall become representative to attend meetings a Secretary, a Treasurer, and not vacant if such officer or member of the Council for such period as less than four, nor more than ten (a) dies or resigns; the Council may determine. Such other members, all of whom shall (b) ceases to be a member of the representative shall have the right to be elected at an Annual General Association; speak at meetings of the Council Meeting of the Association. (c) becomes disqualified in terms of but shall not have a right to vote. 3) The President shall hold office for the Associations Incorporation Act; a period of two years and shall be eligible for re-election after that period, provided that after three BLINMAN, SA terms in office he shall stand down for at least one year. FLINDERS & BEYOND 4) The Vice-President, the Secretary, CAMEL TREKS the Treasurer and half of the other Join us in 2020 on a trek Walking treks fully catered. Swags members shall retire annually. and transfers included. No roads, no The members to retire each year that completes the Heysen vehicles, no mobile reception; detach shall be determined by the Council Trail’s remote section from hectic everyday life and enjoy ‘Beyond Heysen’. an unforgettable experience that will which shall ensure, as far as create memories to last a life time. possible, that they shall retire in Explore hidden treasures of the rotation. A retiring Vice-President, Flinders Ranges with camels carrying FOR MORE INFORMATION your supplies. Trek through gum-lined T: (08) 8648 3713 Secretary, Treasurer or member creek beds, towering gorges, rare shall be eligible for re-election geological formations and sparkling dry E: info@flindersandbeyondcamels.com.au without nomination. lakes. See native flora and fauna in its natural habitat and enjoy a night sky 5) Nominations for election as laser show with astronomer Ryan. President, Vice-President, Secretary or Treasurer, or as a member of the Council shall be invited by notice in the Association’s Newsletter or other appropriate publication not less than 21 days before the Annual General Meeting. Any persons nominated for election must be members of the Association. 2020 WALKING TREKS JUNE 22 – JULY 8 | JULY 7 – JULY 23 Friends News AUTUMN 2020 • 8

Friends of Parks Milestones As a member of the peak body, Friends of the Heysen Trail would like to acknowledge the volunteer efforts of our FoP colleagues and their outstanding contribution to maintenance throughout the various National and Conservation Parks that we, as a community, walk. We send our congratulations to the following Friends groups that celebrate Photo: John Marshall significant milestones in 2020. Read the full story at Friends Group FORMED walkingsa.org. 40 YEARS Reconciliation au/news Fort Glanville Historical 19/12/80 Association Inc. Committee Report 35 YEARS Friends of Belair NP 16/09/85 Anne Kirk provides and Water for volunteers from different environmental groups. The Friends of Kyeema CP 12/05/85 an update on the opportunity was an excellent way to Friends of Little Dip CP 19/05/85 Friends Reconcilliation engage with fellow volunteers while 30 YEARS Committee for 2020. providing an eye-opening insight Friends of Cobbler Creek RP 28/05/90 into South Australia’s history from an Indigenous perspective. Friends of Coffin Bay Parks 18/10/90 Walking the Heysen Trail is a long journey with many twists and Friends of Kaiserstuhl CP 29/03/90 We were divided into six groups turns; I’ve come to realise that the representing a number of the Friends of Marino CP 31/05/90 Reconciliation journey is similar. different Aboriginal groups from SA. Friends of Scott Creek CP 17/09/90 Your Reconciliation Committee has We were then invited to step into 25 YEARS now grown to include Phil Bell, Maria their shoes as we looked back to the Bootle, Simon Cameron, Melanie Friends of Brownhill 0 6 /07/9 5 year 1800 to see how they lived before Sjoberg, Mark Waters and myself. Creek RP Flinders and Baudin explored SA We’ve been counselled to hasten slowly shores. Two hundred years of history Friends of the Ikara- 13/06/95 and tread gently to ensure we take the came alive as we heard the stories Flinders Ranges NP correct steps to contact the appropriate of colonisation and the impacts of 15/11/95 Friends of Mt Gambier people to guide us on our journey. settlement. It is a uniquely special Area Parks We encourage everyone to think experience to listen to Traditional 14/08/95 Friends of Streaky Bay about the Traditional Owners who Owners sharing their stories, so, District Parks have walked before us, as well as starting with Shona Reid from 20 YEARS acknowledging their connection to this Reconciliation SA, we will begin our Friends of Granite Island 08/09/00 country as you enjoy your walks this conversations with the Traditional Recreation Park year. We’d especially like our End-to- Owners, and they can guide us on the Enders to take a moment at the start path to Reconciliation. of their walking seasons to reflect on the country that they will traverse. It The following readings are suggested is appropriate that the Friends of the from our Cultural Awareness Training: Heysen Trail website and Trailwalker now include an Acknowledgement of Letters Patent (re-establishing the Country (available to view on page 3). province of SA in 1836) Uluru Statement from the Heart Part of our journey included Cultural Awareness Training with three “Dark Emu” by Bruce Pascoe generations of the Turner family, “Blood on the Wattle” by Bruce Elder conducted at the “The Biggest Estate on Earth” by the Department of Environment by Bill Gammage Friends News AUTUMN 2020 • 9

Left: National Park Ranger, Arthur, fuelling a Healing Ceremony Fire Welcome New Tragedy, Members Sadness and The President and the Council would like to extend a warm Healing welcome to the following 26 members who have joined the Jim Mclean reports on Friends since the last edition the moving reaction of of Trailwalker. the Traditional Owners Alison Bell Paul McCormack after two climbers died Pam Bennett Tamika Molloy Trailthinker at . Sophie Blewett Wendy Neadley Quiz Paul Bubner Hans Palm Fifty people gathered near Moonarie 1. What is the name of Pina Bubner Ben Paxton Gap to remember the sad deaths of the highest peak in the the two climbers who fell from the Elizabeth Janet Phillips Flinders Ranges? Moonarie cliff face in August 2019. The Carter Ilona Pippett 2. What does ‘Tarndanya’ healing ceremony, conducted by Vince Tony Liz Pridham (the Kaurna name for Coulthard and Terrence Coulthard of Cockington the Adnyamathanha (Rock-People), Bob Randall the Adelaide plains Angela Faulkner region) mean? was deeply spiritual and touching. Mick Sims Jacinta Gibson Traditional Owners are deeply Ana Teleki 3. In which year was the David Grimes Heysen Trail officially affected by tragedy that occurs on Marilyn completed? their lands; the ceremony was a Emily Hack Tregilgas chance for us all to share our grief. Karen Hack Jonathan 4. Which Heysen Trail Read the full story online at Thomas Hack Vallario town was placed on walkingsa.org.au/news Australia’s National Heritage list in 1994? 5. In which South Australian towns does

THE STABLES the Lavender Federation A UNIQUE BURRA EXPERIENCE Trail begin and end? 6. Name the colours METRES FROM THE TRAIL associated with the following Coopers • Bunks & hayloft bedding • Sleeps up to six Brewery beers: • Short walk to pub, markets • Log fire & wood oven Sparkling Ale, Session Ale, Dark Ale and XPA. • Minimal electricity and tv • Cast iron hip bath 7. Which Barossa institution claims to be the southern hemisphere’s oldest sporting club? 8. What is the name of Sir ’s Adelaide Hills home? 9. A “basket” is located on which item of hiking equipment? Part of $ Olive Grove 27 10. What does ‘El Camino’ Retreat T: 08 8892 2679 M: 0447 445 506 P/ PERSON mean in Spanish? Accom. E: [email protected] (Linen Extra) ANSWERS PAGE 22 AUTUMN 2020 • 10

Fire season ravages KI, Australian walking trails Australia’s summer bushfires have affected rural communities, bushland and popular walking trails across the country. Fire hits The breadth of Australia’s fires extend to popular trails such as the Heysen the Great South West Walk in Victoria, Gibraltar-Washpool World Photos: Beck Treks Australia Heritage Walk in north-eastern New South Wales and the Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk in southern Queensland. While fires in south-eastern New posts will require replacing between On Friday 20 December South Wales have also affected the Grandpa’s Camp and Stone Hut Road, Hume and Hovell Track — estimates 2019, an uncontrolled fire where the Heysen crosses near the suggest at least 100 kilometres of the broke out in Cudlee Creek westernmost perimeter of the fire. route have sustained damage. in the Adelaide Hills. At this stage, we expect the Trail to Closer to home, Kangaroo Island has be re-routed around this section for made headlines for the extensive The December fire (the worst since Ash walker safety. Information will be 210,000 hectares burnt (almost half of Wednesday in 1983) burnt over 23,000 available on the Friends website after the region) across the western half of hectares and destroyed homes, vehicles, closer inspections confirm the extent the island. Included in the devastation property, agriculture, wildlife and large of the damage. stretches of untouched nature. is 33,500 hectares of the Flinders Considering the widespread Chase National Park containing the The catastrophic Cudlee Creek fire, devastation, the Heysen Trail KI Wilderness Trail, which, from which effected Bushland suffered very little damage compared reports, is virtually destroyed. Park, Charleston Conservation Park, to many who live and work in our The vegetation damaged by the fire and Porters Scrub Conservation Park, rural communities. The Friends consists of coastal heath, mallee has hit the Heysen Trail near the extend our deepest sympathy to and sugar gums. Possums, koalas, community of Cudlee Creek. those affected by the recent bushfires hollow-nesting birds and small throughout the country. The boundary of the fire intersected animals such as bandicoots and the Trail near the Banks Road/Hollands echidnas will be most affected by Creek Road junction in the north, the loss of habitat. and near the 1c Track/Stone Hut Road junction (before entering Montacute In response to the crisis, Mike Conservation Park) in the south. This Williams, DEW Executive Director stretch includes numerous trail markers, National Parks and Wildlife, has as well as Grandpa’s Camp (Cudlee Creek been seconded to lead the Kangaroo North) at the end of Snake Gully Road. Island recovery programme for SA Government. Thankfully, reports suggest the iconic campsite received minimal damage. Left: The first signs of new life at However, it appears the tank’s catchment Grandpa’s Camp in Cuddlee Creek. roof will need replacing — the exact status will be determined once the Right: Fallen signage against a singed Friends regain access to the area. Early gum tree at the popular campsite. predictions anticipate that many trail Fire hits the Heysen AUTUMN 2020 • 11

A reminder to stay safe in fire- affected areas Natural Resources Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges (AMLR) offer safety advice.

If you’re working in or travelling through fire-affected sites please be vigilant and make yourself aware of potential risks and hazards. For instance, • Trees may drop boughs when water is scarce and burnt trees of all types can fall with little notice, particularly in windy conditions. • Ash from burnt copper, and chrome or arsenic (CAA) treated posts pose a particular health hazard and other materials found in houses once burnt The impact of the can be hazardous too. Adelaide Hills fires from above. • Burnt metal/plastic/cement fibre sheeting may provide sanctuary for Photo: Robert Alcock snakes and other critters who may bite – be careful shifting sheeting of any kind. If you must, lift a little then look, ensure all is clear, then move the sheet. Leather gloves should be worn. • Wear the appropriate mask to protect yourself against dust, soot and ash particles –w: P2 for smoke (surgical masks and dust masks are not effective for all hazards). Trailwalker • Please contact the SA Veterinary Photo Emergency Management if you come Competition across any burnt and injured animals. Staff are on hand to discuss these risks and hazards, should you need further information. www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/ adelaidemtloftyranges/find-us

We invite our readers to Bill Vine shows off submit photos of themselves or his Trailwalker to the others reading Trailwalker in resident Inukshuk on interesting or unusual locations. Whistler Mountain, Please send your high-resolution photos to The Editor at BC Canada. [email protected] End-to-End Season Programme 2020

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E2E -2 E2E -2 E2E 11 E2E 15 SAT TO SUN, 16-22 MAY SAT & SUN, 2-3 MAY SAT 9 MAY (WEEK AWAY) E2E 11 Wirrabara Forest - - Parachilna - E2E 12 Murray Town Cobbler Hill SAT & SUN, 23-24 MAY Moralana Drive Murray Town - SAT & SUN, 30-31 MAY Alligator Gorge Rd Wandallah - MAY E2E 14 E2E 13 E2E 12 Dares Hill Rd SUN 3 MAY SUN 10 MAY SAT & SUN, 16-17 MAY E2E 15 Myponga - The Nuggett Rd - Webb Gap - SAT 23 MAY Mt Compass Mt Crawford Worlds End Cobbler Hill - Tapanappa

E2E 10 E2E -2 E2E -2 E2E 11 SAT TO MON, 6-8 JUN SAT TO SUN, 13–21 JUN SAT & SUN, 27-28 JUN (LONG WEEKEND) (WEEK AWAY) Alligator Gorge Road Buckaringa - Moralana Drive - - Broadview Leigh Creek Rd Warren Gorge E2E 12 N/A

JUN SAT & SUN, 20-21 JUN E2E 14 E2E 13 E2E 15 Worlds End - SAT & SUN, 6-7 JUN SUN 14 JUN Wandallah SAT 27 JUN Mt Compass - Mt Crawford - Tapanappa - Dashwood Gully Rd Pewsey Vale Balquhidder

E2E -2 E2E 10 E2E 10 SAT TO SUN, FRI TO SUN, 10-19 JUL 25 JUL – 2 AUG (WEEK AWAY) (WEEK AWAY) Leigh Creek Rd - Warren Gorge - Melrose E2E 14 Parachilna Gorge Trailhead SUN 5 JUL E2E 12 E2E 11 N/A Dashwood Gully Rd - JUL SAT & SUN, 18-19 JUL SAT & SUN, 25-26 JUL Mylor E2E 13 Dares Hill Rd - Broadview - Quorn EE George Rd Quarry SUN 12 JUL E2E 15 Pewsey Vale - Tanunda SAT 25 JUL Balquhidder - Waitpinga

E2E -2 E2E 12 E2E 11 SAT & SUN, 15-16 AUG SAT & SUN, 22–23 AUG EE George Rd Quarry - Quorn - Eyre Depot SUNDAY Bundaleer Chlorinator SUNDAY E2E 14 9 AUGUST 30 AUGUST

AUG SUN 2 AUG E2E 13 E2E 15 Mylor - Cleland SUN 16 AUG SAT 22 AUG Tanunda - Kapunda Waitpinga - Tugwell Rd

E2E 12 E2E 11 SAT & SUN, 19-20 SEP SAT & SUN, 26–27 SEP E2E 14 E2E 13 Bundaleer Chlorinator Eyre Depot - SUN 6 SEP - Raeville Buckaringa SAT & SUN, 12-13 SEP N/A Cleland - Montacute SEP Kapunda - Peters Hill Heights E2E 14 E2E 15 SUN 20 SEP SAT 26 SEP Montacute Hts - Cudlee Creek Tugwell Rd - Inman Valley

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E2E 13 SAT 10 OCT Inman Valley - Myponga E2E 12 SAT TO MON, 3-5 OCT SAT & SUN, 17-18 OCT SUNDAY (LONG WEEKEND) N/A E2E 14 Raeville - Bowman 25 OCTOBER

OCT Peters Hill - Park Burra Road SUN 11 OCT Cudlee Creek - The Nuggett Rd

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WED 1 APR WED 22 APR Marion Coastal Walk SUN 19 APR Blackwood Forest Mark Curtis Loop Reserve Mark Curtis THU 2 APR Dom Henschke SAT 25 APRIL Bridgewater to Willunga Basin Trail Mt Lofty Bill Van Riet Melanie Sjoberg SAT 4 APR SUN 19 APR EASTER Willunga Basin Trail Lavender Trail SUNDAY N/A Melanie Sjoberg David Bowey APR SUN 26 APR SUN 5 APR Walking SA Mount Misery Hiking Expo Peter Clark SUN 19 APR Mount Misery Belair NP SUN 5 APR Reverse Belair Peter Clark Adam Matthews

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MAY Rosemary Hayward Anstey Hill TBA Mt Crawford Toni Caputo SUN 3 MAY Jon Holbrook Kersbrook SUN 17 MAY SUN 24 MAY Judith Ellis SUN 10 MAY SUN 31 MAY Brownhill Creek Lavender Trail Summertown Onkaparinga Gorge SUN 3 MAY Return David Bowey Judith Ellis Robyn Quinn TBA Peter Clark SAT 27 JUN THU 4 JUN WED 17 JUN SAT 13 JUN Chambers Gully/ Cleland - Mt Lofty Marion Coastal Walk Lavendar Trail Mt Lofty Loop Bill Van Riet Mark Curtis David Bowey Jon Holbrook SUN 7 JUN SAT 20 JUN SUN 28 JUN Shepherds Hill SUN 14 JUN Willunga Basin Trail Para Wirra Helen Morgante Pony Ridge Track Melanie Sjoberg Judith Ellis N/A Belair

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THU 2 JUL SAT 11 JUL WED 22 JUL Black Hill Willunga Basin Trail Marion Coastal Walk SUN 19 JUL Peter Larsson Melanie Sjoberg Mark Curtis Belair Microcarpa/ SAT 4 JUL SAT 11 JUL Waterfall SAT 25 JUL Kersbrook Lavendar Trail Margaret Fletcher Judith Ellis David Bowey Stirling Loop Paul Gill SAT 4 JUL SUN 12 JUL Yurebilla Trail Part 2 Ambers Gully N/A Adam Matthews Vas Dolman SUN 26 JUL JUL Aldinga Scrub SUN 5 JUL SUN 12 JUL SUN 19 JUL Robyn Quinn Mack Creek Lavendar Trail Beaumont to Dom Henschke David Bowey Cleland Mike Joyce SUN 26 JUL SUN 5 JUL SUN 12 JUL Lady’s Choice Montacute Trail Brownhill Creek - Belair Julie Testi Peter Deacon Rosemary Hayward

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TUE 11 AUG SAT 1 AUG SAT 8 AUG Dry Creek Yurebilla Part 3 Chamber Gully THU 20 AUG SAT 29 AUG Kevin Liddiard Adam Matthews Marlene Henschke Belair NP Horsnell Gully WED 12 AUG Bill Van Riet Mike Joyce Blackwood Reserve SUN 2 AUG SAT 8 AUG Mark Curtis Mt George Lavendar Trail Chris Porter David Bowey SAT 15 AUG SAT 29 AUG SUN 23 AUG Cape Jervis to Cape Jervis to Scott Creek Cobblers Hill Tapanappa Rosemary Hayward AUG SUN 2 AUG SAT 8 AUG Mark Fletcher Mark Fletcher Mt Lofty Circuit Willunga Basin Trail SUN 16 AUG Helen Morgante Melanie Sjoberg North Somewhere Toni Caputo SUN 23 AUG SUN 30 AUG THUR 6 AUG SUN 9 AUG SUN 16 AUG Montacute CP Old Noarlunga Morialta Lavendar Trail Sturt Gorge Peter Deacon Margaret Fletcher Peter Larsson David Bowey John Babister WED 2 SEP THU 10 SEP WED 16 SEP Marion Coastal Walk Anstey Hill East Blackwood Reserve Mark Curtis Kevin Liddiard Mark Curtis SUN 27 SEP THU 3 SEP Lobethal Chambers Gully Mary Cartland Peter Larsson THU 10 SEP SAT 19 SEP Hahndorf to Crafers Deep Creek SAT 5 SEP Bill Van Riet Jon Holbrook Women’s Pioneer Walk Julie Testi N/A

SEP SUN 13 SEP SUN 20 SEP SUN 6 SEP Wittunga Gardens Maslin’s Beach Heysen Cedar Helen Morgante Chris Porter SUN 27 SEP Pilgrimage Phil & Leanne Bell Warren/ Mt Crawford SUN 13 SEP SUN 20 SEP Paul Gill SUN 6 SEP Gandys Gully Mark Oliphant Park Mount Hayfield Simon Cameron John Babister Robin Sharland SUN 4 - SAT 10 OCT Fleurieu South Coast (Multi Day Walk) John Babister SUN 18 OCT SUN 25 OCT TUE 6 OCT Tickle Tank TBA Linear Park Carol Homewood SUN 4 OCT Kevin Liddiard Ambers Gully Vas Dolman WED 7 OCT Marion Coastal Walk N/A Mark Curtis OCT SUN 11 OCT SUN 25 OCT Scott Creek SUN OCT 18 Glen Osmond Loop SUN 4 OCT Philip Bell TBA Paul Gill TBA SUN 11 OCT Morialta John Babister German Women Settlers Walk) by far The original End- the largest group the Friends had led. The day dawned grimly over Adelaide as we departed for Cobblers Hill (there was no carpooling at this early stage). to-End: 20 years on As can sometimes happen, the weather had brightened once we arrived at the Julian Monfries recounts THE MILLENNIUM WALK meeting point; we were duly transported his experience on the (END-TO-END 1) 2000-2015 to Cape Jervis to begin our adventure. first ever End-to-End Luckily, this committee meeting took place early in 1999, allowing us time expedition organised by “ to fine-tune the concept and organise The southern trailhead in 2000 the Friends of the the logistics of such an endeavour. The was simply a Heysen Trail Heysen Trail. decision was made to provide suitable bus transportation to avoid the much- logo perched high on a stobie maligned car shuffle and establish pole, just up from the Sealink n 1999, at a meeting of the logical start-stop points. So, began terminal, which also lacked Heysen Trail Walk Committee, a series of Sundays spent checking infrastructure in those days. David Beaton asked why access points, reviewing parking sites we, as an active Friends and surveying much of the southern ” organisation, did not offer part of the Trail to get the first year off members a framework to complete the ground. Over 40 walkers headed off to Lands Ithe entire Trail. The question was End, Fisheries Beach and beyond (the certainly valid; walking groups such Several walk leaders were recruited Trail following much of its current path), as ARPA Bushwalkers had provided to help David and myself, so, when and of course, finishing with the climb opportunities to walk the full-length of registrations opened in April 2020, to Cobblers Hill and the busy carpark. the Heysen Trail for some time. We had our buses were pre-booked, and no answer, and, from that auspicious the route was organised. We were, Our first day was not without incident; enquiry, the ‘Millennium Walk’ evolved however, not as prepared as we a walker fell and rolled down a steep the following year. thought with 40 walkers booked for slope toward the sea—finally stopping on Day One; this was (apart from the close to what would have been a The original End-to-End: 20 years on AUTUMN 2020 • 17

bone-crunching drop onto the rocks. Once dusted off, he walked on happily; his wife less so, who thought he should Main: The end for have been taken out by the support the Friends' first vehicle. End-to-End Group at the Parachilna Gorge Trailhead. “ And so, it began. Numbers

fluctuated throughout that Right: The signature first year, with one walk sheet showing an comprising of only 14 walkers, outline of South including David and myself. Australia, the entirety of the The Friends didn’t recover Heysen Trail, and their expenses that day. the End-to-Enders painted and signed boot prints. Those ” who had walked with In those days, prior to online bookings, the group, but not walkers declared their interest completed the Trail, added handprints to and turned up depending on their the cloth instead. inclination. A number would register, an appropriate bus would be booked, Photos: Julian Monfries but we never knew how many would arrive. If members didn’t show, they didn’t pay as we only took cash on the day. This collection process also caused headaches when everybody access points, parking spots and open weekends away were proposed; not to turned up. On some days, we hid up clearings in which we could turn everyone’s approbation. About half of to $2,000 in a car boot after receiving around buses in readiness for the our walkers, to that point, indicated they walk and bus fees. upcoming season. could not be away for two days—missing work, grandchildren and the like. The first couple of walks utilised the services of a local bus company; “ At this point, David and I suspected this however, the owner (and driver) After three years, we found attrition would bring the project to an sadly died. We found an alternative ourselves just past the end. So, it was to our immense surprise in the form of Genesis Buses and the when the losses were more than made Barossa and soon realised up from fresh walkers, some of whom indomitable Alan, who, to this day, that Sunday day walks were maintains a strong association with had found it increasingly difficult to our End-to-End programme. becoming difficult to manage. walk the Trail on their own. Some of these new walkers are now well known The Millennium Walk plodded ” to members, including Simon Cameron, northward. Each year, David and I a past president and author of Heysen (and others including Eve Buckley Chiefly, longer driving distances had Highlights. and Cliff Walsh) continued to inspect begun to cut into walking time, so

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From that point, we had a core group of our walkers, Angie, struggled. Her partner, Geoff Couch, who aiming to complete the End-to-End Unbeknown to us, breast cancer had completed the walk, donated the iconic experience via the Millennium Walk sadly returned, filling her lungs with finishing banner, which has ushered (now somewhat redundant as it was 2002 malignant fluid, making breathing End-to-Enders through the final stile and the millennium was long gone). difficult. She struggled on, steadily ever since. summiting Mount Arden where our Our final year of walking loomed, and My ex-wife, and one of the volunteer relief driver (used for the first time on Easter was consumed with solving bus-drivers, Sue, had thought of a our walks), Ben Wait, was waiting— logistical problems; the Eyre Depot fitting conclusion to our efforts. She naturally. The now obligatory treat, to Buckaringa stretch required much put together a sheet with an outline ice creams (though not Golden North), of the attention. At this stage, we had of South Australia and the Trail, to were handed out and, with Angie safely decided to hire buses and have non- which the End-to-End finishers applied in the car, the group headed off. walking volunteers drive the three painted and signed boot prints. Those buses to the start-stop points. On the Our final week (August 2005), based at who had walked with the group, but not first walk day, we gathered outside Rawnsley Park, soon arrived. We again completed, added handprints instead. Quorn’s Austral Inn; however, of our used volunteers to manage the three As is now tradition, we celebrated at the three busses, one had sustained a flat hire buses to get us bit by bit to the Woolshed Restaurant that night, and that battery and remained at the caravan Parachilna Gorge Trailhead. was it — we had finally walked 1,200km, park. After several false starts (diesel and completed the Heysen Trail! engines require more oomph), we left a disappointing 30 minutes late with a “ At the finish line, Angie, big drive ahead to Eyre Depot. Interested in joining a Friends of who was now undergoing In those days, walkers scaled the the Heysen End-to-End Walk? treatment, greeted us with face of the waterfall just out of the Register either online at Depot, which caused several anxious open arms. heysentrail.asn.au/walks or by moments. Progress was slow, as one telephoning the office on 8212 6299. ” Volunteer Profile AUTUMN 2020 • 19 Volunteer Profile: Greg Martin

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN an editorial sub-committee to help INVOLVED WITH THE FRIENDS? then Trailwalker editor Peter Wynen. I started walking with the Friends in It was evident that Peter was keen to May 2011 when I joined End-to-End 6. pass on the editorship after six years. Initially, I’d planned to walk only the With Peter’s help I took over in Autumn South Coast, an aim I’d cherished for 2018, then held the position for two a few years. I resisted joining such a and a half years until Josh West offered large group of walkers, but it proved to take over from the current issue. the easiest option, particularly as WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE WHAT’S A FAVOURITE WALK I don’t own a car and E2E6 offered WALK ON THE HEYSEN? OTHER THAN ON THE HEYSEN car-pooling from Marion Shopping TRAIL? Centre. What I did discover was that My highlights are the Trail’s bookends; public transport doesn’t start early the South Coast or the Flinders. I’d opt I’m an urban bushwalker! Most of on Sundays and I needed to ride my for the Flinders Ranges for its rugged my favourite short walks involve bicycle to Marion to get there by 7am. beauty and colour. cities. I regularly circumnavigate The ride home in the dark, after a day’s Adelaide CBD around the Park Lands. walk on the South Coast, was gruelling. My favourite city walk is in Sydney: “ a 7.5km Sydney Harbour walk from However, I enjoyed the experience so The section I remember much that I stayed with E2E6 and we Mosman Bay to Balmoral Beach. completed the Trail in August 2016. most vividly is Eyre Depot You can catch the Mosman ferry to Buckaringa Gorge over from Circular Quay and disembark WHY DID YOU INITIALLY GET Mount Arden. at South Mosman wharf. From there INVOLVED WITH THE FRIENDS? walk over the steep headland and I’ve always been impressed with ” down into Little Sirius Cove, named how well the Friends of the Heysen I think this walk says it all about after HMS Sirius, the flagship of the Trail organise their walks. After my walking in the Flinders: the deep First Fleet. The path leads around the first Friends’ walk – Cobbler Hill to gorge walls of Depot Creek and the headland to Taronga Park Zoo. Keep Tapanappa – I went home and told 360-degree views atop Mount Arden. an eye out for a track leading down to Marjon my wife that despite being Not to mention the challenge of Curlew Camp, once an artist colony with such a large group, something completing this 30km walk within for some of Australia’s leading 19th- I was sure I wouldn’t enjoy, I came daylight. I remember our pre-dawn century artists including Tom Roberts away impressed with how experienced start as we clambered onto the bus and Charles Conder. Follow the path the walk leaders were in guiding the only to see our walk leaders coming past the zoo wharf to Bradleys Head group. Like so many Friends who aboard with climbing ropes. I thought, Lighthouse. Along the way, you pass complete the Trail, I was keen to give ‘this is going to be a tough day’s walk’. Athol Hall, built in 1908 as a hotel with something back. What that might be stunning views back over the Opera wasn’t all that clear. I don’t see myself IS THERE SOMETHING YOU’D House and Sydney Cove. There is a as an experienced bushwalker, and NEVER BE WITHOUT WHEN lovely little café on Chowder Bay at certainly not leadership material, nor YOU’RE WALKING? Clifton Gardens with its sandy beach, the handyman skills needed for trail Strangely, it would be walking poles, baths and picnic grounds. Georges maintenance. At the time the Marketing even though I resisted using them in Heights offers 180-degree views across & Membership Committee was looking the early days. I preferred to keep my Sydney Harbour. If you continue on to for new members, so I put up my hand. walking equipment to a minimum Middle Head, you’ll find fortifications and restrict my spending to a good dating back to 1801 and views out WHAT ARE SOME ACTIVITIES IN pair of walking boots. Walking poles through Sydney Heads and north to WHICH YOU’VE VOLUNTEERED epitomised for me unnecessary Manly. Middle Head now has an artists’ WITH THE FRIENDS? consumerism. By the time we reached precinct in which the former wooden The Marketing & Membership the southern Flinders, it was obvious military houses have been converted Committee helps promote the Heysen the walking would be a whole lot easier to studios and galleries. From here Trail and encourage walkers to join and safer with them. So, I invested in a you can walk down to Balmoral Beach the Friends. An important vehicle moderately-priced pair of poles; they for fish and chips. A steep climb up to for that is Trailwalker magazine. As a ensured I had no mishaps through the Mosman Junction will burn off lunch, former journalist and editor, I formed gorges and creek beds of the Flinders. and buses back to the city. Article Title AUTUMN 2020 • 20

Another account in the Port Augusta Dispatch of June 1882, reported an The Parachilna incident 16 to 17 years earlier in which 11 Aborigines were killed outright after Ochre Trail pillaging a shepherd’s hut on , and another 40-50 died of Greg Martin reports how the their wounds on their trip back north. An inquest was held with a verdict of Adnyamathanha of northern justifiable homicide returned. Flinders Ranges controlled Both these reports are most likely possibly one of the oldest relating to the same massacre. Photo: Robert Alcock trade routes in the world. The SA government tried to find solutions, including offering other sources of ochre. But these were always of an inferior quality. It demonstrated a lack of understanding he first mineral discovered The early history of white settlement of Aboriginal culture. It also failed and mined in the Flinders in the northern Flinders Ranges to investigate other solutions such as Ranges was not copper or is littered with reports of conflict insisting that pastoralists move their gold, but the famous red between pastoralists and Aborigines. stock away from the ochre mines. ochre of Parachilna and White pastoralists started moving the Aroona Hills. As Friends walk through Parachilna T into the area in the 1850s, ten years Gorge, we may want to pause and Ochre is an iron oxide pigment after the explorer Edward Eyre passed pay our respect to the rich history of naturally occurring in a range of red, through the northern Flinders in Aboriginal ochre mining stretching brown, orange and yellow colours search of pastoral land. back thousands of generations, and across Australia, and has featured in J F Hayward, an overseer at Pekina the resilience of the Adnyamathanha Indigenous art for thousands of years. station, east of Mt Remarkable, stocked who, despite many pastoralists The Parachilna ochre was prized for its Aroona run as early as 1851. The stock believing they would not survive, superior quality by Aboriginal tribes monopolised water supplies, eating adapted to their changed environment from central and eastern Australia, and native plants the Adnyamathanha had with their traditional culture intact. as far north as southern Queensland. formerly harvested for seed and fruits. Tribal elders would send young In his diary, Hayward recounts how he men with a message-stick and gifts led a party of men after a group of blacks References: seeking permission from the local whom he believed had stolen some of his 1. Yura and Udnyu: A History of the Adnyamathanha (meaning ‘hills and stock. He described the men as carrying Adnyamathanha of the North Flinders Ranges by Peggy Brock (1985) Wakefield Press, Adelaide rock people’) to mine Parachilna ochre. children. Hayward assumed they were using them as cover in the belief the 2. The Flinders Ranges; An Aboriginal View compiled by Christine Davis, Clifford Coulthard and whites would not shoot at women and Desmond Coulthard (1986) Aboriginal Heritage “ children. This account implies that Branch, SA Dept Environment & Planning The miners devised an efficient the whites had no compunction about 3. Flinders Ranges Research way to carry the ochre back killing Aboriginal men. https://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au to their tribal lands. John Bowyer Bull, in his reminiscences ” on a trip north to deliver sheep, recorded his surprise to find only black Want to see They would mix ochre with water from women. He asked the women where the nearest waterhole or spring and their men were, only to be told they Parachilna shape it as a block with a slight hollow were dead. ‘White fellas shoot’em’. at the bottom. This would allow them Reports indicate that conflict between first hand? to carry the ochre on their heads. the pastoralists and Aboriginal miners Join End-to-End -2 for a In 1863 the Chief Inspector of Police visiting the Parachilna mines put a three year adventure. recorded meeting a party of 200 sudden stop to the ochre trade route. Aborigines on their way to Parachilna. In 1863 the manager of Beltana station Led by Dean Mortimer, Julian These northern tribesmen took shot three Aboriginal miners. Some Monfries, Peter Solomon and Simon advantage of the ready supply of sheep reports state that many more could have Cameron, the Parachilna Gorge to and cattle on their journey south. The been killed. Very few Aboriginal miners Cape Jervis journey begins May 2020. local whites generally viewed them as travelled south after this incident. Registrations close 31 March. Sign up more aggressive and warlike than the online at heysentrail.asn.au/walks Adnyamathanha. and join the party. 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Every item on a trek should Whenever I’m out on a Quality sleep is necessary be valuable to you, but walk, I like to stay warm, for recovery. After trying something that makes dry and extra cozy. Items the supposedly comfortable me happy on every single such as a quality fleece lighter than light, smaller hike is my hiking poles. I jumper or a Goretex than small self-inflating specifically wanted foldable jacket help me remain style sleeping mats, I sticks with no rattles, solid comfortable while I’m craved a night without suspension, cork handles out in the elements. tossing around with my For comfort, I wear a and a broad top for palming hips crunching into the merino t-shirt under my COLIN EDWARDS on the downhills. My Leki earth. Now I’m happy walking shirt. Quality Ti Micro Vario COR-TEC Trail Development with my Exped Synmat merino lasts much longer DSS poles (Australian model bamboo hand-pump mat. than cheaper cotton and pictured) still work perfectly Ok, it weighs 1kg and takes provides warmth in colder even after 2000+ km. up a bit more space, but weather while remaining delivers superior insulation stable on warm days. On PLAN B and padding for a much- hot days, I dispense with Through-hiker improved sleep. the outer shirt and keep

MELANIE SJOBERG snug in my merino tee. ROBERT ALCOCK President When it comes to Honorary Member walking, I tend to go overboard with my budget. I believe you Trailthinker need the best equipment Quiz Answers to be comfortable; none If it’s about comfort, it more so than a sturdy 1. St Mary Peak (Ngarri has to be your sleeping pair of hiking boots. Mudlanha) 2. “Place of bag. The nights can Currently, I have five the Red Kangaroo” For overnight hikes, it become mighty frosty different kinds of Scarpa 3. 1993 4. Burra 5. Clare is definitely a reliable mighty quick when you’re boots (I have more and Murray Bridge lightweight pack. I had out on the trail. Either walking boots than high 6. Red, Blue, Brown mine tailor-built to be invest in a quality down heels in my wardrobe). and Purple 7. Tanunda 70-kilo capacity, weighing bag or splash out on a Kegel Club (Tanunda CAROL HOMEWOOD 980gms. You can’t avoid silk liner. Your well- Kegelbahn was carrying a bag, so you rested bones will thank Council Member established in 1858) better keep it light. me in the morning. 8. The Cedars 9. Hiking JOSH WEST SIMON CAMERON poles 10. “The Way” Ambassador Heysen Highlights Author

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SIMON GOODWIN Water Treatment on the Trail Simon Goodwin from The Scouts Outdoor Centre discusses the various options for treating water in the bush.

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DO I NEED TO TREAT MY WATER? So let’s look at the various devices CHEMICAL TREATMENT and products that are available. To be absolutely certain of on-trail Chemical treatment such as Aquatabs water quality, the answer has to be MICRO FILTERS or Micropur water purification tablets ‘yes’. Even in pristine landscapes, and are a convenient solution to deal with from apparently reliable water sources, A water filtration system can remove bacteria, protozoa and viruses, as a such as rainwater tanks, water-borne dirt and sediment (a good thing!) as post-filtering solution for rendering bacteria and parasites can enter the well as infection-causing bacteria viruses inactive and an easy addition body and produce nasty illnesses. and protozoa through exclusion- if you run across an area where you While we’re talking about reducing based processes (usually hollow fibre, suspect human contamination. ‘gastrointestinal distress’, be sure to wash ceramic, glass fibre and activated your hands thoroughly and often. Water charcoal or a combination of these). ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT TREATMENT treatment is often prioritised on walking Notably, most do not deal with viruses adventures; however, maintaining due to their small relative size. UV systems effectively render bacteria, good hand hygiene can be overlooked Examples of effective, field protozoa and viruses inactive without by thirsty bushwalkers. maintainable, Micro-Filters are: adding chemicals or changing your water’s taste or odour. FILTRATION MSR Mini Works UV treatment is a good option for Filtration describes the removal of MSR Hyperflow dealing with the risks that may bacteria, protozoa and viruses through MSR Trail shot be present in rainwater tanks for exclusion. The dirty water passes Sawyer Mini example, where the water is clear and through barriers that remove the These are a good choice for areas otherwise good quality. Just remember bad stuff (because it’s too big to pass where there is a low risk of human the batteries and treatment duration! through) and only allow the cleaned waste contamination. water to pass. Bacteria and protozoa Katadyn is a well-known and trusted are eliminated by all commonly PURIFIERS manufacturer of UV Light Treatment available water filters. Viruses are Steripen devices. smaller, and therefore require a finer The key difference between a Micro CONCLUSION barrier to be effectively removed; Filter and a Purifier is the purifier’s though, they are only a risk, in the ability to remove viruses from the If you intend on hiking where there is bushwalking context, where human water without additional chemical a chance of coming into contact with waste is not effectively controlled. treatment. other humans and sanitation standards are unknown, then tablets, UV TREATMENT The MSR Guardian is an example of treatment or high-grade purification (as Treatment describes the process of a purifier, which, although initially opposed to simple filtering) is a must- inactivating bacteria, protozoa and expensive, provides potentially years do option for water treatment. If you’re viruses through the process of adding of worry-free water for the average in a pristine environment, which, let’s chemicals or treating the water with bushwalker. It’s self-cleaning, has a face it, are becoming increasingly hard ultra-violet light. Both of which are 10,000-litre element life and provides to find these days, then it’s a matter of used in the treatment of domestic the highest quality of water, regardless personal choice as to what level of risk water supply. of its origin. you’re willing to accept. AUTUMN 2020 • 24

Eliza’s 4,270km Walk for Diabetes JOSH WEST

Photos: Eliza Bartlett Great St Bernard Pass, Switzerland

Josh West caught up before being confined to a moon boot in Northern France. Though, most for the following six months. importantly, the reverse route would with Adelaide’s Eliza deliver Eliza into England in time for While this prolonged torture would Bartlett who recently Australia’s Ashes onslaught. From here, be enough to discourage even the she ‘made it up as she went along’ on completed an epic 177- hardiest hiker, Eliza always harboured her way north to Royal Aberdeen Golf plans for a follow-up long-distance day, 4,270-kilometre, Club in Scotland to complete her walk. 5-nation hike through fundraiser for JDRF — some five times longer than her original interstate “From Canterbury, I used a lot of Google Europe to raise money expedition. Maps and often changed my mind to where I was going,” she mused. “There for Juvenile Diabetes After years of plotting a route aren’t many trails through the UK to Research Foundation. across the USA, from Los Angeles where I wanted to go.” to New York, a combination of visa even years ago, South restrictions, bleak weather, safety Australia’s Eliza Bartlett concerns and her eternal love for “ completed her first long- the game of cricket turned her I was just happy to go with distance hike from Adelaide attention toward Europe, and the Via the flow and hope everything Francigena Trail. to Melbourne with an went well. Luckily, it did. aim to raise money and awareness This epic pilgrimage covers over Sfor the Juvenile Diabetes Research 2,000 kilometres and connects Foundation. Despite fracturing her Canterbury in south-east UK, to ” feet, tearing her tendons and being Rome in Italy. The trail transverses The laid back Adelaide native squeezed hospitalised with agonising blisters, iconic countryside through the Swiss practice walks and pilates sessions the then 21-year-old Type 1 Diabetic Alps, Tuscany and the Champagne between her busy sport and work sensationally eclipsed her goals, region, as well as historic battlefields schedule, before flying into Brindisi, Eliza’s 4,270 km Walk for Diabetes AUTUMN 2020 • 25 on Italy’s southern extension of the pilgrimage. GER EN T S R “I knew that Brindisi had an airport S A A N P SINCE

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into. I flew into the city and started C Transport & Removals walking at 8 am the next day.” Eliza’s first two days trekking Explore the Mawson & Heysen Trails through Southern Italy proved to be through the Flinders Ranges, or her most difficult of the entire trail. discover the “I’d have cars pulling over trying to get me to jump in, or wild dogs Regular bus services connecting chasing me. I changed my route Adelaide and Copley, and the towns completely in Southern Italy, just to in-between. Passenger/freight make sure people were around me timetables available online. if anything happened. I had to make do with highways. They’re pretty crazy places.” 08 8552 4000 On top of these unforeseen events, [email protected] a lack of available supplies in the www.genesistransport.com.au region left her with only a pack of muesli bars to fuel her first 36 hours. ON THE MOVE? RING US FOR A REMOVAL QUOTE “ For the first two days, I couldn’t find food. No Enjoying a break in supermarkets were open. Italy's Aosta Valley I thought once I started walking on the highway, I’d at least find a petrol station. ” “I stayed at an Airbnb that included breakfast, but the owners had disappeared by morning, and I couldn’t find any food. I knocked on doors and windows, but there was no one around.” Adding to these early problems was Eliza’s hefty 22-kilogram backpack, half of which contained essential diabetic supplies including insulin, which had to be kept chilled in cooling packs; proving to be a tricky operation. Accommodation on the Via Francigena too caused issues. “Sometimes I would get into a town, and the place I was staying was shut, or they’d booked my room out to someone else. The next village might be 5-10 km away, and it was already 8 pm. That happened four or five times.” Eliza’s 4,270 km Walk for Diabetes AUTUMN 2020 • 26

On top of all of this, the inherently outgoing Eliza found that the constant isolation was the most jarring part of her journey. “I love playing team sports, love being competitive. So, being on my own all day without the ‘I need to win, I’m going to win’ mentality was tough. Doing that day in, day out, for 10 hours a day for 6 months, wasn’t that enjoyable for me.” Despite the ongoing challenges, she knew she would finish. While she often asked herself ‘why’ she was walking, there was never a doubt that she would push through the pain. “ I’ve survived walking from Adelaide to Melbourne on broken bones. No matter what injury I get, I’ll be fine.

” Enjoying London's Tower Bridge Fortunately, the generous townspeople she encountered along the way equipped her with humbling reinforcement. organised the mayor from the village this — I think I was waiting for my to present me with a certificate.” tax return to come back, but it wasn’t “The scenery was pretty amazing, but going to arrive for another week. So, I “For my last night in Switzerland, I I probably appreciated the people the was waiting for a massive bill the next stayed at a little hostel — they were most. The support was overwhelming. morning, and, when it arrived, it just charging $150 a night for this tiny People with a connection with said $0. $0 for courage. I met a lot of room with three bunks. They asked diabetes; they kept me going. I knew I people like that.” was doing it for the right reasons.” if I wanted to stay for dinner. There wasn’t anywhere else open in town, Eliza’s jaunt through western “Even in this little town in Italy. The so I said that’d be great, but I knew Europe included a longest day of 46 owners of the Airbnb I’d booked it was going to be at least 50 or 60 kilometres spread over 14 hours, 2 obviously Googled their guests. So, Australian dollars. I was soon on the rest days from her first 100 walking when I arrived, they said they’d live- phone to Mum saying I can’t afford days (one of which incorporated tracked me from my website and

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40,000 steps visiting Rome) and a technology, which are making this rapidly expiring holiday visa. exhausting disease that little bit easier In 2019, Eliza Bartlett to manage on a day-to-day basis.” Since arriving back in Adelaide in received a Pride of October last year, Eliza has continued For now, Eliza is content to be back in Australia Medal for her fundraising and awareness South Australia captaining the Sturt her incredible walking work for Juvenile Diabetes Research Cricket Club and playing rounds of golf efforts and ongoing Foundation (so far reaching $77,596 at her local course, with little thought fundraising for JDRF. of her $100,000 target). of her next fundraising adventure. To learn more about Eliza’s “I have first-hand experience knowing “I’ll probably do something, but I story, and to donate to Juvenile the work that JDRF does is worth don’t know what that is yet. I probably Diabetes Research Foundation, every cent. In almost 18 years, I have won’t think about it for another couple visit elizabartlettjdrfwalk.com seen the improvements in available of years.”

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Willunga Basin Trail – Adelaide’s newest walking trail BILL VINE

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Bill Vine describes how Lead by Daniel Jardine and Melanie The May walk started under leaden Sjoberg, about 16 walkers attempted skies that soon turned to rain. Leaving walking the Willunga to complete the entire trail across Maslin Beach we walked along the Basin Trail provides a six Saturdays over the 2019 walking cliffs and beach to Moana where we unique view of coast, season. Unseasonably warm weather turned inland, following Pedler Creek at the beginning of October caused until we joined up with the Sea to vineyards, farmland the cancellation of the fifth planned Vines Rail Trail. Once on the trail we and natural bush. walk leaving us something new to look followed that all the way into McLaren forward to this year. Vale before turning north again. The rain finally stopped, and the sun broke delaide has a new walking On our first walk last year we stepped through, so we paused at Alpha Box trail and even before off in beautiful April sunshine from & Dice winery for lunch. The walk its official opening on the base of Sellicks Hill. Making our after lunch along Chalk Hill Road was September last year, the way to the sea we followed the coast at times hairy but rest assured next Friends of the Heysen path to Maslin Beach, detouring into time will be easier as members of the Trail had already walked two thirds of it! the Aldinga Scrub for morning tea and A Willunga Basin Trail have worked hard lunch on the Port Willunga cliff top The Willunga Basin Trail consists of to cut a path along the verge avoiding behind the Star of Greece. Along the an inner loop of 80km, running up the the worst sections. coast from Sellicks to Moana, inland to way we enjoyed clear skies and the McLaren Vale, up to the Onkaparinga blue waters of the gulf along with the Leaving the main road we followed back National Park, across to McLaren Flat myriad of colours in the cliff faces. On roads and lanes, wending our way north and Willunga and return to Sellicks via Maslin Beach we even had a solitary until we reached the real challenge of the ridge top. An outer loop from the nudist provide us with a friendly wave. the day: the climb up to Chapel Hill Onkaparinga National Park to Kangarilla In Aldinga Scrub we saw our first Road. After the rain and the unwanted and onto McLaren Flat extends the kangaroos, a portent of what was to attention of four-wheel drivers, the total length of the trail to 130km. come throughout all the walks. track resembled a slippery slide Willunga Basin Trail AUTUMN 2020 • 29

at the half way point on the outer loop at the Ironbarks picnic ground in much cooler weather. Here we were on familiar ground following the Kidman and Heysen Trails ‘backwards’ through the . Leaving the Heysen at Knotts Hill Road we followed back roads westerly until we reached Range Road. We then started a lengthy road walk, rewarded with views to the gulf across the vale and close sightings of koalas. Leaving Range Road we looped around to the south before rejoining the Kidman Trail through the Adams Gully Reserve, Enjoying a scenic stretch along Maslin Beach descending the ridge across farmland and rejoining the inner loop south of McLaren Flat. with two steps forward and one slide township of Willunga, finishing at the “ back. At the top we stopped for a bell-in-the-tree, followed by a well- The inaugural Friends’ walks much-needed rest and a chance to deserved drink at the Willunga Top Pub. of the Willunga Basin Trail scrape the mud off our boots. Crossing Leaving Willunga in July we started proved very popular with Chapel Hill Road we entered the the steep climb up the southern side of every walk booked out. Onkaparinga National Park and an the basin pausing at the Delabole slate easy walk back to our cars. quarry and admiring the ruins of the ” June produced more beautiful weather mud brick houses, all that is left of the and a delightful walk back down the small community that once worked Due to the nature of sections of the northern face of the basin along Wine the quarry; a rare gem that we would walk the group sizes need to be Hardy’s Scrub with views across the never have known about had we not limited so in 2020 we intend trying vale. A detour into the Manning Flora walked the trail. Climbing to Range something novel: running parallel and Fauna Reserve provided us with Road we then followed the ridge line walks on the same day on different an interesting insight into the natural until just before Mount Terrible where sections of the trail. We also are bushland of the region. The majority we again turned south, descending the looking at using a minibus to shuttle of this walk was along dirt roads and face of the basin along road reserves, both groups to the start of their road reserves tracking around to the through a forest and along back roads walks, avoiding the car shuffle and east of McLaren Flat, passing many before finally reaching the aptly named doubling the number of walkers. And wineries along the way and crossing Victory Hotel where we celebrated as an added bonus, we can pioneer the sinisterly named Breakneck Creek, completing the inner loop of the the ‘missing piece’ of the walk that another challenge for walkers. As the Willunga Basin Trail. we missed the first time around. We afternoon passed we gradually climbed look forward to enjoying the Willunga With the first walk in October from the floor of the basin up to the Basin Walk with you in 2020. cancelled we started our last walk

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From here any number of tracks, including fire tracks, can be followed back to the entrance at Gilbertson Gully and so ends this short walk. When we first planted the trees in O’Halloran Recreation Park, I wondered if anyone would ever see them; Submit your now with these bike/ favourite walking tracks, they short walks to can be seen by all. The GAVIN CAMPBELL birdlife also has become the Editor quite extensive. When I first used the Park, as one of my running tracks more than 20 years ago, there Favourite were hardly any birds, but now there are scores of species. It was because of these runs that I became involved Short Walks in the Park. One day I took Marie for a walk, and her remark was ‘it needs A Loop Walk in O’Hallaran more trees’, and so the programme Hill Recreation Park. began. She gets me into all sorts of experiences with her comments. One Photo: Gavin Campbell notable example was when Marie suggested I join the Millennium Heysen Trail Walk, later to be named End-to-End 1! A word of caution as there can be snakes y wife Marie and I In recent years, it has become a in the Park in warmer weather and the go for a short walk mountain bike park with many bike/ tracks get a bit muddy after rain. pretty much every walking tracks. Thanks to the time morning. In the spent tending these paths, this loop has summer months, this become one of my favourite short walks. “ is usually a walk to the beach, as we Marie and I start this walk from home by Your walking is best done Mlive only a kilometre from the ocean. walking up Gilbertson Gully Reserve and in the cooler months after Occasionally, I will enjoy a leisurely into the Park. For others, it’s advisable to coffee at either Seacliff Hotel or Jetty a dry spell. The Park is park your car anywhere along Gilbertson Road, Brighton. exceptionally beautiful at Gully Road. You can also catch a bus to dawn and dusk. However, in the cooler weather, our the terminus at the top of Davenport walks take us in and around Stirling Terrace. From here, you can enter the and Aldgate, along the Torrens, Belair gate and immediately start walking ” National Park, or any other location along the Victor’s Golf track. I queried This walk is very walker-friendly, that takes our interest. One of these the name – as there has never been a featuring plenty of signposts to tell you FF T O YOU is a new Loop Walk in O’Halloran Hill Victor working in the Park – and was what track you are on, as well as maps N R U N O E Recreation Park. informed it’s a mountain bike rider’s C of all the routes. X S

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