Kattamordo Heritage Trail

Kattamordo Heritage Trail is a walk track in the Shire of Mundaring and the City of Kalamunda in the Darling Range.[1]

Kattamordo Heritage Trail
Length27 km (17 mi)
LocationShire of Mundaring and the City of Kalamunda
Completed1988
DesignationWalk Trail
Trailheads
  • Mundaring (northern terminus),
  • Bickley Reservoir (southern terminus)
UseWalking
Hiking details
Trail difficultyClass 3
SeasonAll year, but spring is best
WaymarkEquilateral Triangle
Hazards
  • Summer heat,
  • Fire danger
Right of wayPedestrian
Maintained by
  • Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Government of Western Australia
  • Friends of Kattamorda Heritage Trail
Websitewww.kattamorda.org
Trail map
The Kattamordo Heritage Trail, shown in red, is a walk trail between Mundaring Weir Road and Bickley Reservoir. Also shown, in yellow, is the Kep Track.

Route

It goes for 27 km (17 mi),[2] and includes traversals along formations of former forestry tramways:

  • 1908 – Mundaring weir horse tramway[note 1][3]
  • 1872 – Munday Brook horse tramway

It also passes close to Mount Gunjin and Mundaring Weir Road, and through Kalamunda.

It has end points in Mundaring and at Bickley Brook Reservoir.[1][4]

See also

Notes
  1. Otherwise known as the wooden-railed tramway built in 1908 to cart timber from Port, Honey & Cos sawmill at The Dell to the Mundaring Weir Railway line at Mundaring Weir.[1]

References
  1. "Kattamordo Heritage Trail" (PDF). Pandora, Web Archiving, National Library of Australia. East Perth, Western Australia: Heritage Council of Western Australia. June 1998. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. "Kattamordo Heritage Trail". Shire of Mundaring. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. Gunzburg, Adrian (1968). The Mundaring Weir railway. Bound with Port Honey & Companys̀ timber tramway by E.W. Woodland, other authors: Australian Railway Historical Society, Western Australian Division. Perth: Australian Railway Historical Society, Western Australian Division. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. "Bickley Brook Cottage". Bickley Brook Cottage. 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.


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