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- Mundaring Weir Rail Trail
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Mundaring Weir Rail 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 |










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.