14 June 2020 By now, I was getting closer to Adelaide, which made logistics a little easier to manage. However with a longer run planned, it was an early and chilly start with threatening clouds, so no surprise to find a deserted car park where the trail entered the park. The bonus of an earlyContinue reading “Heysen Trail Adventure Day 9: Kyeema Conservation Park to Echunga”
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Heysen Trail Adventure Day 8: Victor Harbour Road, Mt Compass to Kyeema Conservation Park
7 June 2020 After slow going on the previous day, I was looking forward to this section of the trail as it promised a more benign profile, with only the somewhat disturbingly named Mt Magnificent to be dealt with. Having combined two days running with a weekend away, I was grateful to be dropped offContinue reading “Heysen Trail Adventure Day 8: Victor Harbour Road, Mt Compass to Kyeema Conservation Park”
Heysen Trail Adventure Day 7: Yulte Conservation Park to Victor Harbour Road, Mt Compass
June 6, 2020 Starting off from where I finished before doing the section I missed near Myponga, I knew I was in for a tough opening section with lots of up and down on a narrow, rocky path. The views over the valley back towards the coast were worth it – so much so thatContinue reading “Heysen Trail Adventure Day 7: Yulte Conservation Park to Victor Harbour Road, Mt Compass”
Heysen Trail Adventure Day 6: Myponga to Myponga
I went back to do the section of the trail missed on my last run, which meant a loop starting at Myponga starting at Causeway Road and heading past Heysen’s Rest. It was a lovely day and the views heading toward the Myponga Conservation Park were wonderful. The running was easy until I got toContinue reading “Heysen Trail Adventure Day 6: Myponga to Myponga”
Heysen Trail Adventure Day 5: Inman Valley to Myponga
As is tradition, this section of the trail started benignly enough, but then developed into a long climb up and over Sugarloaf Hill. The weather was cool and overcast and the prospect of brunch in the Adelaide Hills was all the incentive I needed. Once over the hill, the trail descends into Myponga Conservation Park.Continue reading “Heysen Trail Adventure Day 5: Inman Valley to Myponga”
Heysen Trail Adventure Day 4: Newland Hill to Inman Valley
I was delighted to be joined by my husband Andrew for the next section of trail. Not least because his navigation skills are much better than mine. As the weather was cold, wet and windy, we decided to save the section along the cliff top between Waitpinga Beach and Newland Hill for a day withContinue reading “Heysen Trail Adventure Day 4: Newland Hill to Inman Valley”
Heysen Trail Adventure Day 3: Tunk Head Road to Waitpinga Beach
A few weeks later and hopefully (but actually not) a little wiser, I headed back to where I had left off on day 2. The weather was looking kind, although the forecast did suggest rain was coming later in the day. The first section of the trail was along an unsealed road, so a goodContinue reading “Heysen Trail Adventure Day 3: Tunk Head Road to Waitpinga Beach”
Heysen Trail Adventure: Day 1
Cape Jervis to Tent Rock Road With some trepidation I started my odyssey. I did not know how well the trail would be marked and my map reading skills are limited, but I took heart from the fact that the trail followed the coastline along Backstairs Passage and as long as I kept the seaContinue reading “Heysen Trail Adventure: Day 1”
Running the Heysen Trail
With every race event entered cancelled or postponed, I took it as an opportunity to set my own COVID project. Something different to triathlon, that was interesting and challenging, but above all fun. Something I had in the back of my mind for a few years was to run the Heysen Trail, which stretches fromContinue reading “Running the Heysen Trail”
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