The Heysen Trail is a very long distance track running from the tip of Fleurieu Peninsula below Adelaide - through the Adelaide Hills and the mid north to the Flinders Ranges up to Parachilna.
Covering such a distance, it involves significant road walking - not my cup of tea.
But this week a group of 4 of us did a more off road section just north of Burra.
Starting at Black Jack campsite we walked through a mix of scrub and abandoned farmland to Caroona Creek.
There were a variety of wildflowers out and colourful plants and saltbush in this dry area, refreshed by good rains this year.