Sir Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen OBE (known commonly as Hans) was a prominent South Australian artist and 9 times winner of the Wynne Prize. Famed for his Australian landscape paintings, he grew inspiration from the beauty of the Adelaide Hills through to the Flinders Ranges. It would be no coincidence that the 1200klm long world famous Heysen Trail traversing the same landscape is named after him. It’s no secret that the Heysen Trail is stunning with those varying landscapes throughout the entire length of the trail, and the Fleurieu Peninsula is no exception.

In 2021, we celebrated 10 years of Heysen Trail Ultra and flipped the course upside down with the event finishing for all distances in Victor Harbor at the Heysen Village along the Esplanade and we added a bonus 10k to the iconic “105” to celebrate! We continue to run Heysen in the reverse direction with the bonus kms also to stay!

With options of 13k, 28k, 42k, 50k, 70k or 115k, plus multi-day options of 50 miler, 100k or 100 miler the Heysen Trail Ultra now has choices for you to quench your desire to conquer the trails!