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ALPANA STATION
EST. 1878
David and Sally Henery of Alpana Alpana Station offers:
TRANSPORT Station Blinman offer a friendly,
flexible and accredited transport
• Quality self-contained guesthouses:
• Alpana shearers quarters (up to
SERVICE AND service to the best end of the Heysen
Trail: Wilpena, Blinman, Parachilna
• 14 guests) & Nungawurtina Hut
• bush retreat (up to 6 guests)
ACCOMMODATION
Gorge Trailhead, for individual walkers • Powered sites with ensuite bathroom
or groups. Transfers to the Mawson • facilities for caravans/campers
Trail and beyond also available. • Scenic bush camping areas
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Contact David and Sally Henery
T: 08 8648 4626
E: alpanastation42@gmail.com
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
His Excellency the COORDINATORS
PRESIDENT
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
FRIENDS OF THE HEYSEN Hugh Greenhill SECTION LEADERS
Robert Alcock
TRAIL AND OTHER Greg Boundy Glen Dow S1 Albert Schmidtke
WALKING TRAILS Colin Edwards Barry Finn S2A Roger Dunn
Dom Henschke Dean Killmier S2B John Newland
W heysentrail.asn.au John Wilson S3&4 Hermann Schmidt
Carol Homewood
facebook.com/HeysenTrail John Newland David Beaton (Wandergruppe
twitter.com/HeysenTrail Neil Nosworthy Jack Marcelis Bushwalkers)
Robyn Quinn Julian Monfries S5 John Babister
youtube.com/HeysenTrail
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, Adelaide SA 5000 Colin Edwards Liz O’Shea S10 Wayne Turner,
Open Mon – Fri John Potter Kevin Crawshaw,
WALKING Kevin Liddiard Peter Deacon
10:30am – 2:30pm Peter Larsson S11&12 Dom Henschke,
T (08) 8212 6299 HONORARY MEMBERS Colin Rozman, Rick Price
OFFICE
E heysentrail@heysentrail.asn.au (DECEASED) S13 Hugh Greenhill
Dom Henschke
Terry Lavender OAM (Mid North Branch)
MID NORTH BRANCH MARKETING &
Jim Crinion S14-18 Arrangements
T 0428 347 315 MEMBERSHIP
Neville Southgate currently under review
E burra.heysentrail@gmail.com Helen Morgante
Doug Leane
HONORARY Fred Brooks OFFICE VOLUNTEERS
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION MEMBERSHIP Jamie Shephard MONDAYS
SINGLE $25/year Julian Monfries Terry Gasson Graham Loveday
FAMILY $40/year RECONCILIATION Neil Nosworthy
TRAILWALKER
COMMITTEE Elizabeth Rogers
SCHOOLS/ORGANISATIONS EDITOR
$60/year Anne Kirk TUESDAYS
Josh West Valerie Boundy
Membership is valid for WARREN BONYTHON
EDITORIAL Judy McAdam
12 months from the date HEYSEN TRAIL
SUB-COMMITTEE Chris Porter
of payment. FOUNDATION
David Rattray OAM
Robert Alcock
CHAIRMAN
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) Eve Buckley
John Wilson
Wednesday 18 March Dom Henschke
Cover: Walking along the Maria Newland
Wednesday 15 April Graham Loveday
Heysen Trail toward Wilpena Tina Behnke
Wednesday 20 May Jack Marcelis
Margaret Fletcher
Pound, just south of Moralana
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
trailwalker@heysentrail.asn.au 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
trailwalker@heysentrail.asn.au
Deadline for the next issue
(Winter 2020):
10
FRIDAY 1 MAY 2020
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
M EL AN IE SJO B E R G
of approximately twice
Twenty-twenty — New J ULI AN MONFRI ES S IMON 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 MARTI N contributed articles are
JOS H WE ST
TRAILTHINKER those of the authors, and
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.
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President’s Report AUTUMN 2020 • 5
Twenty-twenty —
New Decade, New Ideas
MELANIE SJOBERG
W
e say goodbye to developing and marking the original
the 2010s as we
enter a new decade,
Heysen Trail. One of our key objectives
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
reference as we in the Friends consider
our next phase of bold planning to
valuable income to inject into trail
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
I’d be remiss not to mark the
identifying priorities for the 2020 work the heart.
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
communities and natural landscape,
of our trained Activity and Section
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
the Heysen Trail was largely spared,
Hallett Railway Station and Hiskeys
Hut and installation of a new cabin at
as you walk sections
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. have ideas and views about
As bushwalkers, we’re attuned to
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.
N
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
the President, viz. Vice President, 3. President’s Report
Secretary, Treasurer and half of the
remaining Council members (our
4. Treasurer’s Report
5. Election of Officers
Trailwalker
Constitution calls for not less than
four and not more than ten non-
5.1 Vice President
5.2 Treasurer
is calling for
office bearing members).
5.3 Secretary
5.4 Council Members
iconic Heysen
Trail photos
Council meetings are currently
held on the third Wednesday of 6. Appointment of Auditor
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 unique, historic and distinct images
Note: Any member wishing to move a
send it to: of the Trail. We are planning to
motion at the AGM should be aware
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.” trailwalker@heysentrail.asn.au
Nomination I ____________________
wish to nominate
for the position of ____________________
Form (Vice President, Secretary,
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
T
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
of 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
CAMEL TREKS
terms in office he shall stand down
for at least one year.
4) The Vice-President, the Secretary,
FLINDERS & BEYOND
the Treasurer and half of the other
members shall retire annually. Join us in 2020 on a trek Walking treks fully catered. Swags
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
Secretary, Treasurer or member creek beds, towering gorges, rare
T: (08) 8648 3713
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 Friends of Parks
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
Photo: John Marshall
following Friends groups that celebrate
significant milestones in 2020.
Read the
full story at
Friends Group
Reconciliation
FORMED
walkingsa.org.
40 YEARS au/news
Committee Report
Fort Glanville Historical 19/12/80
Association Inc.
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
Walking the Heysen Trail is a long Indigenous perspective.
Friends of Coffin Bay Parks 18/10/90
journey with many twists and We were divided into six groups
Friends of Kaiserstuhl CP 29/03/90
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 year 1800 to see how they lived before
Friends of Brownhill 06/07/95
Sjoberg, Mark Waters and myself. Flinders and Baudin explored SA
Creek RP
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
Friends of Mt Gambier 15/11/95 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
Friends of Streaky Bay 14/08/95
about the Traditional Owners who Owners sharing their stories, so,
District Parks starting with Shona Reid from
have walked before us, as well as
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 Belair National Park “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
Healing
would like to extend a warm
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
after two climbers died
Alison Bell
Pam Bennett
Paul McCormack
Tamika Molloy
Trailthinker
at Wilpena Pound. Sophie Blewett Wendy Neadley Quiz
Paul Bubner Hans Palm
Fifty people gathered near Moonarie 1. What is the name of
Gap to remember the sad deaths of Pina Bubner Ben Paxton
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
healing ceremony, conducted by Vince 2. What does ‘Tarndanya’
Tony Liz Pridham
Coulthard and Terrence Coulthard of (the Kaurna name for
Cockington
the Adnyamathanha (Rock-People), Bob Randall the Adelaide plains
Angela Faulkner region) mean?
was deeply spiritual and touching. Mick Sims
Jacinta Gibson 3. In which year was the
Traditional Owners are deeply Ana Teleki
affected by tragedy that occurs on David Grimes Heysen Trail officially
Marilyn
their lands; the ceremony was a Emily Hack completed?
Tregilgas
chance for us all to share our grief. Karen Hack 4. Which Heysen Trail
Jonathan
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 Lavender Federation
A UNIQUE BURRA EXPERIENCE
THE STABLES
Trail begin and end?
METRES FROM THE TRAIL 6. Name the colours
associated with the
following Coopers
• Bunks & hayloft bedding • Sleeps up to six Brewery beers:
Sparkling Ale, Session
• Short walk to pub, markets • Log fire & wood oven
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 Hans Heysen’s
Adelaide Hills home?
9. A “basket” is located on
which item of hiking
$ 27
equipment?
Part of
Olive Grove 10. What does ‘El Camino’
Retreat T: 08 8892 2679 M: 0447 445 506 P/ PERSON mean in Spanish?
Accom. E: olivegroveretreat@gmail.com (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
Fire hits the country.
the Heysen
The breadth of Australia’s fires
extend to popular trails such as
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
On Friday 20 December posts will require replacing between
South Wales have also affected the
Grandpa’s Camp and Stone Hut Road,
2019, an uncontrolled fire where the Heysen crosses near the
Hume and Hovell Track — estimates
broke out in Cudlee Creek westernmost perimeter of the fire.
suggest at least 100 kilometres of the
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
The December fire (the worst since Ash made headlines for the extensive
walker safety. Information will be
Wednesday in 1983) burnt over 23,000 210,000 hectares burnt (almost half of
available on the Friends website after
hectares and destroyed homes, vehicles, the region) across the western half of
closer inspections confirm the extent
property, agriculture, wildlife and large the island. Included in the devastation
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 Lobethal Bushland suffered very little damage compared reports, is virtually destroyed.
Park, Charleston Conservation Park, to many who live and work in our
and Porters Scrub Conservation Park, The vegetation damaged by the fire
rural communities. The Friends
has hit the Heysen Trail near the consists of coastal heath, mallee
extend our deepest sympathy to
community of Cudlee Creek. and sugar gums. Possums, koalas,
those affected by the recent bushfires
hollow-nesting birds and small
The boundary of the fire intersected throughout the country.
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 trailFire 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
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Morialta
John BabisterThe original End-
German Women Settlers Walk) by far
the largest group the Friends had led.
to-End: 20 years on
The day dawned grimly over Adelaide
as we departed for Cobblers Hill (there
was no carpooling at this early stage).
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
(END-TO-END 1) 2000-2015 to Cape Jervis to begin our adventure.
his experience on the
first ever End-to-End Luckily, this committee meeting took
expedition organised by
place early in 1999, allowing us time “
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
logo perched high on a stobie
I
bus transportation to avoid the much-
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
organisation, did not offer
and surveying much of the southern
part of the Trail to get the first year off
”
members a framework to complete the ground. Over 40 walkers headed off to Lands
the 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 aThe 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
Australia, the
including David and myself.
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
completed the Trail,
walkers declared their interest
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
end. So, it was to our immense surprise
sadly died. We found an alternative ourselves just past the
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,
maintains a strong association with
that Sunday day walks were 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
northward. Each year, David and I
” to members, including Simon Cameron,
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
Southern Flinders Ranges
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www.taralee.com.auThe original End-to-End: 20 years on AUTUMN 2020 • 18
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 “
big drive ahead to Eyre Depot. At the finish line, Angie,
Interested in joining a Friends of
who was now undergoing the Heysen End-to-End Walk?
In those days, walkers scaled the
face of the waterfall just out of the
treatment, greeted us with
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
I don’t own a car and E2E6 offered WHAT’S A FAVOURITE WALK
WALK ON THE HEYSEN? OTHER THAN ON THE HEYSEN
car-pooling from Marion Shopping
Centre. What I did discover was that My highlights are the Trail’s bookends; TRAIL?
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.
However, I enjoyed the experience so
“ My favourite city walk is in Sydney:
a 7.5km Sydney Harbour walk from
The section I remember Mosman Bay to Balmoral Beach.
much that I stayed with E2E6 and we
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
The Parachilna Another account in the Port Augusta
Dispatch of June 1882, reported an
Ochre Trail
incident 16 to 17 years earlier in which
11 Aborigines were killed outright after
pillaging a shepherd’s hut on Beltana
station, 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.
trade routes in the world. Photo: Robert Alcock
The SA government tried to find
solutions, including offering other
sources of ochre. But these were
T
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 As Friends walk through Parachilna
the Aroona Hills.
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 the resilience of the Adnyamathanha
J F Hayward, an overseer at Pekina
Indigenous art for thousands of years. who, despite many pastoralists
station, east of Mt Remarkable, stocked
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
2. The Flinders Ranges; An Aboriginal View
using them as cover in the belief the
compiled by Christine Davis, Clifford Coulthard and
“ whites would not shoot at women and
children. This account implies that
Desmond Coulthard (1986) Aboriginal Heritage
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
Parachilna
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
shape it as a block with a slight hollow
at the bottom. This would allow them
were dead. ‘White fellas shoot’em’.
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
recorded meeting a party of 200 sudden stop to the ochre trade route.
three year adventure.
Aborigines on their way to Parachilna. Led by Dean Mortimer, Julian
In 1863 the manager of Beltana station
These northern tribesmen took Monfries, Peter Solomon and Simon
shot three Aboriginal miners. Some
advantage of the ready supply of sheep Cameron, the Parachilna Gorge to
reports state that many more could have
and cattle on their journey south. The Cape Jervis journey begins May 2020.
been killed. Very few Aboriginal miners
local whites generally viewed them as Registrations close 31 March. Sign up
travelled south after this incident.
more aggressive and warlike than the online at heysentrail.asn.au/walks
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