Railway Reserves Heritage Trail

Bellevue, WA, Australia; Perth, WA, Australia; Swan View, WA, Australia; Hovea, WA, Australia; Parkerville, WA, Australia; Stoneville, WA, Australia; Mount Helena, WA, Australia; Chidlow, WA, Australia; Sawyers Valley, WA, Australia; Mundaring, WA, Australia; Mahogany Creek, WA, Australia; Glen Forrest, WA, Australia; Darlington, WA, Australia; Boya, WA, Australia

Est. 62.6km / 2 hrs 4 mins

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This walk follows a long abandoned section of the Eastern Railway, the main railway route between Fremantle and Northam in Western Australia. It opened in stages between 1881 and 1893. The line continues east to Kalgoorlie as the Eastern Goldfields Railway via a different route

The original Eastern Railway alignments still survive today, in the form of a rail trail for cycling, horse riding and walking. The sections from Bellevue to Wooroloo form the 'Rail Reserves Heritage Trail'. The section from Mundaring to Clackline, as well as the Mundaring Branch, form part of the Kep Trail.

Swan View to Mount Helena: 16 km (3 hrs 30 mins)

Mount Helena to Bellevue via Mundaring: 23 km (5 hrs )

by Stephen Yarrow

Stephen is the editor of a number of websites about Australia, his home website being Pocketoz.

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