Mundaring Weir Road Explained

Road Name:Mundaring Weir Road
Type:road
State:wa
Length:24
Tourist: Tourist Drive 207
Direction A:Northeast
End A: Great Eastern Highway (National Highway 94), Mundaring
Direction B:Southwest
End B: Canning Road (State Route 41), Kalamunda
Through:Mundaring Weir

Mundaring Weir Road (Kalamunda-Mundaring road) is a road in the outer eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia that links Mundaring and Kalamunda.[1]

Although an earlier rough track existed in a similar route, the Kalamunda-Mundaring road was developed in the late 1930s.[2] [3] [4] [5]

It is the primary access route for Mundaring Weir, a dam 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 just west of the first pumping station for the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme.[6]

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.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Also known as Kalamunda-Mundaring road
  2. News: KALAMUNDA-MUNDARING ROAD. . . Perth . 14 November 1933 . 5 May 2012 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: NEW SCENIC ROAD. . . Perth . 10 September 1937 . 5 May 2012 . 25 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: NEW HILLS ROAD. . . Perth . 1 June 1938 . 5 May 2012 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: The GLORY of the HILLS. . . Perth . 25 August 1938 . 5 May 2012 . 25 . National Library of Australia.
  6. 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
  7. Web site: Tourist Drives of Western Australia . Main Roads Western Australia . 3 November 2013 . Main Roads Western Australia . Western Australian Tourism Commission . Royal Automobile Club . https://web.archive.org/web/20110404120927/http://www.tourism.wa.gov.au/Publications%20Library/Tourist%20Drives%20of%20WA.pdf . 4 April 2011 . dead . PDF.