Day 13: Woolshed Flat to Broadview

Thursday 30th May 2013

Another brilliant day on the Heysen Trail - fine, warm and scenic.

The day began with the usual briefing.  Dean's flag was Rock, Paper, Scissors.

I was awarded Morris Minus for allegedly notorious behaviour the previous evening.

Lots of great scenery to admire along the way.

At times the trail and surroundings were beautiful and tranquil.

Carol Clark enjoying the morning walk.

Morning tea was at the base of Mount Brown before the climb.

Then it was 4.8km up Mount Brown.

Margaret Schmidke on her way up Mount Brown

Dean Mortimer clears an obstacle

Only 1 km to go.

Too many signs here - 3 in 30 metres

Mount Brown tower

 The views from Mount Brown summit.

Lunch on the summit of Mount Brown.

Robert Alcock kindly offers to share the last blue snake

A one-off badge for the weekend.

The view to Spencer Gulf

After lunch, we walked down from Mount Brown.

End-to End 1 contributed a water tank for this part of the Heysen Trail after their walk.  This sign acknowledges the co-operation of the land owner and reminds us of the need to respect the owners' property.

Still coming down from Mount Brown.

Then it was over the fence and a walk-out to Broadview.

The walk covered 21 km in total, being 18.3 km on the trail and 2.7 km walk-out to Broadview.

Day 12: Eyre Depot to Dutchmans Stern

Tuesday 28th May 2013

Our day began with a long bus ride to Depot Creek.  Dean Mortimer arranged a rock quiz and played 20 rock songs which we had to name by title and artist.  Sadly, one contestant was disqualified for using Shazam to identify all 20 songs.

The day started early with the usual briefing.

Morris Minus was awarded to Mary Cartland for her meritorious clean up of discarded tissues on the trail, and he made a brilliant addition to her already-colourful pack.

As always, Mary has a big smile.

Dean Mortimer's flag for the day was a larger version of our End to End Minus 1 patch.

Duty calls - checking the tank.

The earlier part of the day involved a long fence walk and then a long creek walk, and of course, lots of rocks.

Morning tea found us in yet another creek bed, but even Morris found a comfy spot.

Off again, through some rocky gullies and debris and evidence of a recent fire.

Fantastic old tree, almost split in two.

Wave pattern on a rock.

Guiding others up a steep rocky section

 The latter part of the day was a long track walk to Dutchman's Stern, often with beautiful scenery.

After walking 21.2 km, including the 1.5 km walk-in to Eyre Depot, the last act of the day was to present the prizes to the winners of the rock quiz.  The winner was Jane Haar with 17/20 correct, a terrific effort (unassisted by technology).  Second prize was shared by Hilary Dickman and Cathy Kelly.