The Heysen 3: Flies

Friday, May 06, 2016 - 16.22 km Some excerpts from today's journal notes: 'Terrible flies, shouldn't they land on animal crap somewhere, failure as flies''Flies terrible!!! 100 at once. Piggyback on backpack.''Flies miserable. Almost insufferable but haven't committed suicide.''Flies inside tent - happy to be two centimetres from eyes until made to be two centimetres …

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The Heysen Trail: Introduction

Located in the lovely land of South Australia, the Heysen Trail extends for 1200 kilometres (more or less) from Cape Jervis to Parachilna Gorge Road. Scenery includes the Flinders Ranges, the hilly country around Adelaide and a chunk of coastline, with the route crossing both public and private land. The trail itself contains some single …

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