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Adelaide Bushwalkers is a hiking club enjoying multi-day hikes carrying packs & camping, day walks, kayaking, cycling and other activities, near Adelaide, South Australia & interstate.
Upcoming Hikes & Activities
A selection of our upcoming Activity Program is below.
| Date/s | Activity Type | Name / Location | Grading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 15th - Sun 16th May | Multi-day Walk | Mt Remarkable Nat Park - Fricks camp | M M E Q |
| Sat 22nd - Sun 23rd May | New Members Weekend | New Members Weekend 2021 - Tinjella Hut, Kuitpo Forest Reserve | M E E Q |
| Mon 24th - Fri 28th May | Day Walk | Rawnsley Park-Wilpena day walks | M E E |
| Sat 29th May - Sun 6th Jun | Multi-day Walk | Warraweena Four Peaks Circuit, Northern Flinders Ranges | M M M |
| Sat 5th - Sun 6th Jun | Multi-day Walk | Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park & nearby forest | M M E Q |
| Sun 6th - Fri 11th Jun | Multi-day Walk | Moolooloo Station - Heysen Extension | M M M Q |
| Sun 6th - Fri 11th Jun | Day Walk | Moolooloo Station - Heysen Extension | M M M Q |
| Thu 24th - Sun 27th Jun | Multi-day Walk | 3 day Walk SPECTACULAR 2021 - Southern Flinders Ranges | M M E |
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Activity
Details
Date
Sat 15/5 - Sun 16/5
Location
Mt Remarkable Nat Park - Fricks camp
Date
Sat 22/5 - Sun 23/5
Location
New Members Weekend 2021 - Tinjella Hut, Kuitpo Forest Reserve
Date
Mon 24/5 - Fri 28/5
Location
Rawnsley Park-Wilpena day walks
Date
Sat 29/5 - Sun 6/6
Location
Warraweena Four Peaks Circuit, Northern Flinders Ranges
Date
Sat 5/6 - Sun 6/6
Location
Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park & nearby forest
Date
Sun 6/6 - Fri 11/6
Location
Moolooloo Station - Heysen Extension
Date
Sun 6/6 - Fri 11/6
Location
Moolooloo Station - Heysen Extension
Date
Thu 24/6 - Sun 27/6
Location
3 day Walk SPECTACULAR 2021 - Southern Flinders Ranges
Hiking gear for hire at reasonable rates. Try out gear before you buy your own.
Checklist of equipment, food ideas, water, first aid list, rules, minimal impact bushwalking and what to do if you get lost.
Joining ABW takes you to new places you may never have heard of, off the beaten track, and to have new experiences.
Meetings 7:30pm on the 1st Wednesday of the month, in the hall at the North Adelaide Community Centre.
From Our Blog
This ten day loop walk was based in and around the Parc National des Pyrenees in France and the Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido in Spain. The loop combined sections of the three main trans Pyrenees walking trails: Le Sentier des Pyrenees GR10 (France), La Senda Pirenaica GR11(Spain) and the Pyrenean Haute Route. I used the Cicerone guides for these routes as well as some maps I had acquired through book depository and some web blogs for route ...
Walkers:Jonathon Brice(L), Lee Marling, Ben Campbell, David Carmichael, Carlos Garrido, Michael Close, Nino Fioretti, Roxanne Crook, Tai Lim, Bruce Marquis
Where: Caroona Creek Conservation Park is on the western edge of the Olary Plain and around 6km E of Hallett on the Barrier Highway. Tourilie Gorge is in the northern section of the park. This park was proclaimed on 18 February 2010.
Indigenous history: The Mount Bryan East Area had been occupied by the Aborigines for thousands of years and evidence of this ...
In March 2017, Trevor Jones led Bruce Hood and me (Ben Trainor) on a 14-day walk traversing the Western and Eastern Arthurs, in the wilderness of the Southwest National Park, Tasmania. Soon after discovering overnight hiking in around 2012, I read about the Arthur Range and marvelled at its jagged peaks and alpine lakes. Photographs by famous Tasmanian wilderness photographer Peter Dombrovskis and prominent Sydney Bushwalker Dave Noble inspired me to dream of exploring the range.
In late 2016, Trevor posted on ...
Envenomation First Aid Reviewing The Pressure Immobilisation Technique Garry Tretheway provides here a critical review of the use of compression bandages in the treatment of venomous bites. The opinions expressed are those of Garry. We would welcome some response to the article.
Australian Snake Bites
In Australia there are about 3,000 snake bites per year, resulting in about 500 hospital admissions (Weldon, 2017). Many receive antivenom; on average two per yearwill prove fatal. About half the deaths are due to bites from the brown ...
Webb Gap to Burra Road on the Heysen Trail
© Arjunan
Waukarie Creek Camp site on the Heysen Trail
© Arjunan
Trevor & Tracy, Gardens of Stone National Park
© Bruce Hood
Tales around the campfire, ABW June long weekend
© Mal Watt
Smiles after a hard day at the Arch, Grampians
© Trevor Jones
Sammi Lanyon on the Walk the Yorke
Planking on the Acropolis
© Sean Bryant
Pagoda Country, Wollemi National Park
© Trevor Jones
Mountains
© Maggie
Grampians Long Weekend
© Sammi Lanyon
Flinders Ranges landscape
© Dean Johnson
Flinders Ranges landscape
© Ben Trainor
Eagle, Oraparinna Creek, Flinders Ranges
© Mal Watt
Dinner time at Gluepot
© Sean Bryant
Crisp Gorge, Flinders Ranges
© Mal Watt
Bruce and Eddie (our guide) in the Sumatran jungle
© Trevor Jones
Aroona Hut
© Dean Johnson
Happy ABW larksters at Alligator Gorge
© Dean Johnson