Mundaring Weir Road (Kalamunda-Mundaring road) is a road in the outer eastern suburbs of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia that links
Mundaring and
Kalamunda.
Although an earlier rough track existed in a similar route, the Kalamunda-Mundaring road was developed in the late 1930s.
It is the primary access route for
Mundaring Weir
Mundaring Weir is a dam (and historically the adjoining locality) located from Perth, Western Australia in the Darling Scarp. The dam and reservoir form the boundary between the suburbs of Reservoir and Sawyers Valley. The dam impounds the Hel ...
, a
dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
and tourist attraction. It is a single carriageway for its entire length, with one lane in either direction. It crosses the alignment of the long since removed
Mundaring Weir Railway a number of times, before crossing the
Helena River
The Helena River is a tributary of the Swan River in Western Australia. The river rises in country east of Mount Dale and flows north-west to Mundaring Weir, where it is dammed. It then flows west until it reaches the Darling Scarp.
It passes ...
just west of the first pumping station for the
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is a pipeline and dam project that delivers potable water from Mundaring Weir in Perth to communities in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, particularly Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. The project was commi ...
.
[Edmonds, Leigh (1998)''Large timber structures in Western Australia.'' Perth, W.A. Engineering Heritage Panel, Western Australia Division, Institution of Engineers (5 volumes) mention of the bridge downstream of Mundaring Weir]
It passes east of the
Beelu National Park, and north of
Mount Gunjin.
It starts from Phillips Road in Mundaring, 35 km east of
Perth's central business district, and heads south towards the weir from which it derives its name through State Forest regions. It then heads west, providing access to the sparsely populated and largely forested agricultural localities of
Hacketts Gully and
Paulls Valley, before entering Kalamunda from the east. It terminates at a roundabout in Kalamunda's town centre.
It has been a vital link into forestry areas – and also areas subjected to bushfire in recent years.
The
Darling Range Tourist Drive (
Tourist Drive 207) follows Mundaring Weir Road as it travels between Mundaring and Kalamunda.
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See also
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Mount Dale
Mount Dale is a mountain in Western Australia about east of Armadale in the Shire of Beverley. At high, it is one of the highest points in the Darling Scarp.
It is best known for its walk track, which forms part of the Bibbulmun Track. Th ...
References
Roads in Perth, Western Australia
Mundaring Weir
Kalamunda, Western Australia
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