Kattamordo Heritage Trail

Walking trail in Western Australia

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

Length| 27 km (17 mi)
Location| Shire of Mundaring and the City of Kalamunda
Completed| 1988
Designation| Walk Trail
Trailheads|

* Mundaring (northern terminus),
* Bickley Reservoir (southern terminus)

Use| Walking
Difficulty| Class 3
Season| All year, but spring is best
Waymark| Equilateral Triangle
Hazards|

* Summer heat,
* Fire danger

Right of way| Pedestrian
Maintained by|

* Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Government of Western Australia
* Friends of Kattamorda Heritage Trail

Website| www.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

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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

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* Bibbulmun Track
* Kep Track

## Notes

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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

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1. ^ a b c "Kattamordo Heritage Trail" (PDF). Pandora, Web Archiving, National Library of Australia. East Perth, Western Australia: Heritage Council of Western Australia. June 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2003. 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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