Mundaring Weir Rail Trail

Trail

Type:	Rail trail
Location:	East of Perth
Start/end:	Mundaring to Mundaring Weir
Status:	Open
Length open:	7km
Surface:	Compacted earth, Coarse gravel, Fine gravel
Terrain:	Flat and undulating with some steep sections.
Public transport:	Bus
Contact Region:	Western Australia

The Mundaring Weir

The pipeline

The Mundaring Weir Trail

Details

Features

This trial runs through parkland from Mundaring to Mundaring Weir.

Description

Along this trail you will see the "Golden Pipeline". It is the longest freshwater pipeline in the world running 560 km from Mundaring Weir to Kalgoorlie. Built between 1898 and 1903, it is still in use.
The pipeline was designed by CY O'Connor, the Government Engineer-in-Chief. Sadly, O'Connor took his own life only a few weeks before the pipeline started operation. More information on O'Connor can be found at No. 1 Pump Station at the end of the trail.
The trail is downhill from Mundaring to the Weir. The trail deviates from the railway formation occasionally and is a little steep in places.
At Mundaring, the trail links with the Railway Reserves Heritage Trail.
The trail forms the first part of the Munda Biddi Trail.

Background Information

The trial follows the route of a branch railway which ran from Mundaring to Mundaring Weir, operating between 1898 and 1952 to assist with construction and maintenance of the weir.

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Support Services and Attractions

Perth Hills Mountain Bike Tours. Enjoying nature made easy using Giant Dual Suspension E-Bikes to pedal up and down these bush terrain’s in Waterloo National Park, John Forrest and Beelu National Parks, visiting sites including Lake Lechenaultia, Mundaring Weir , the Lower Helena Valley Dam and the Swan view Tunnel.

November 2020

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Contact Us About This Trail

Email or click here: wa@railtrails.org.au.

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