DAY 25: WANDALLAH CREEK TO BURRA
Today’s distance: 14.79 km Total: 645.44 km Let’s start the day from the evening before. I pitched my tent behind a shelter that...
- Sep 2, 2020
DAY 24: CAROONA CONSERVATION PARK TO WANDALLA CREEK
Today’s distance: 37.00 km Total: 630.65 km I AM OVER HALF WAY! I have never hiked this far in my life and I still have 600 kilometres to...
- Sep 2, 2020
DAY 23: HALLET TO CAROONA CONSERVATION PARK
Today’s distance: 27.45 km Total: 593.65 km I’ve cried twice since I started the Heysen Trail. Both times were after saying goodbye to...
- Sep 1, 2020
DAY 22: WHISTLING TRIG TO HALLET
Today’s distance: 22.12 km Total: 566.20 km No blue skies today. We set off at a cracking pace today to keep ourselves warm. Usually I...
- Aug 31, 2020
DAY 21: SPALDING TO WHISTLING TRIG
Today’s distance: 28.55 km Total: 544.08 km It is so beautiful to be able to share my journey with friends. Today I had friends joining...
- Aug 30, 2020
DAY 20: CURNOW’S HUT TO SPALDING
Today’s distance: 34.05 km Total: 515.53 km On days where your motivation is running low, you have to rely on your grit and strength....
- Aug 29, 2020
DAY 19: HISKEY’S HUT TO CURNOW’S HUT
lToday’s distance: 27.44 km Total: 481.48 km The newly forming trail family set off at different times at different paces. It’s nice to...
- Aug 28, 2020
DAY 18: CRYSTAL BROOK TO HISKEY’S HUT
Today’s distance: 20.76 km Total: 454.04 km News travels fast in small towns. In the morning we were doing our shop, grabbing a coffee...
- Aug 27, 2020
DAY 17: BEETALOO TO CRYSTAL BROOK
MOTIVATED BY DONUTS Today’s distance: 30.50 km Total: 433.28 km Today I was motivated by donuts. About a week ago another hiker mentioned...
- Aug 26, 2020
DAY 16: TELOWIE GORGE TO BEETALOO
Today’s distance: 27.95 km Total: 402.78 km Today for me was about enjoying the moment. Walking through Telowie Gorge was a beautiful...
- Aug 24, 2020
DAY 15: MELROSE TO NEAR TELOWIE GORGE
Today’s distance: 30.06 km Total: 374.83 km It’s the small things I appreciate today. The taste of coffee from a ceramic mug. A cooked...
- Aug 23, 2020
DAY 14: GRAYS HUT TO MELROSE
Today’s distance: 12.04 km Total: 344.77 km As hikers we all seem to have similar body clocks. All waking up at about 6 am we heated up a...
- Aug 22, 2020
DAY 13: WILMINGTON TO MOUNT REMARKABLE
Today’s distance: 22.03 km Total: 332.73 km The locals were happy today. They were getting the best rains they have had for a while. With...
- Aug 22, 2020
DAY 12: MOUNT BROWN TO WILMINGTON
Today’s distance: 24.00 km Total: 310.72 km Still alive! Sorry my updates are a few days behind. I want to share my genuine experience...
- Aug 20, 2020
DAY 11: WAUKARIE CREEK CAMP TO MOUNT BROWN
Today’s kms: 16.73 km Total: 286.72 km The stories of today begin the night before. Severe wind warnings were forecasted for that night...
- Aug 19, 2020
DAY 10: DUTCHMAN’S STERN TO WAUKARIE CREEK CAMP
Today’s Distance: 32.93 km Total: 269.99 km This morning we strolled through Dutchman’s Stern Conversation Park. And by we, I mean that I...
- Aug 18, 2020
DAY 9: MOUNT ARDEN TO DUTCHMAN’S HUT
Today’s distance: 27.63 km Total: 237. 06 km Today I trekked through valleys, desert, gorges and hills. I can’t believe how much the...
- Aug 17, 2020
DAY 8: BUCKERINGA TO MOUNT ARDEN
Today’s distance: 22.05 km TOTAL: 209.43 km No magpie calls could wake me today. Slept in until 6.45 am. I think I needed some extra...
- Aug 16, 2020
DAY 7: JARVIS HILL TO BUCKERINGA
Today’s distance: 38.12 km Total: 187.38 km I’ve got lots of stories for this long day. Woke up at 5 am with the stars. I sorted my next...
- Aug 15, 2020
DAY 6: MAYO HUT TO HAWKER VIA YOURAMBULLA RANGES
Today's distance: 22.03 km TOTAL: 149.26 km There's some things I'm not bothered by. Like finding a spider in my coffee or getting dirt...