The theme for this weekend was "Gold" and this proved to be a popular theme right from the start, with Mary Cartland sharing golden honeycomb around before the briefing.
The usual morning briefing was held and Morris Minus was awarded to Neil Nosworthy for his meritorious work greening the Heysen Trail.
Some of the "Gold" themes on show during the walk were:
Walking in the forest at Mt Crawford offered some interesting sights, a variety of forest tracks and country roads, and some great views.
We had morning tea at the Chalks campground.
After morning tea, for some unknown reason, the outdated and misguided practice of planking appeared once again.
Jane Haar is a regular and accomplished planker, exhibiting perfect balance, a graceful style and a winning smile.
However, Dean Mortimer was a planking novice, and only with the assistance of a training pole for extra balance, could he break his duck and tick off another item on his bucket list. And no smile either, so the judges were less than impressed.
Old Gold chocolate was a favourite at lunch. Thanks Dean and Michael.
The walk after lunch took us through Warren Conservation Park, past the forest shelter, past some charred areas of forest, across a ridge and down to the finish point on Mewett Road.
It was fine, sunny and cool day. We walked 25.5 km on the Trail, then walked out 2.5 km to the cars, for a total of 28km.
