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Follow life-giving water from picturesque
Mundaring Weir in the forested Perth Hills,
through the open spaces of WA's wheatbelt to
Mount Charlotte Reservoir overlooking Kalgoorlie-
Boulder, the city built on gold. On this self-drive
trail discover the importance of water and how its
availability has shaped settlement and
development in this dry state.
Opened in January 1903, the Goldfields Water
Supply Scheme criticised as ìa scheme of
madnessî is now an internationally acclaimed
engineering feat. Designer CY OíConnor believed
water could be pumped so far and lifted so high
through a steel pipeline that it would reach the
inhospitable goldfields almost 600 km from the
storage reservoir.
Visit the sites of the former steam driven pump
stations: some you can walk around following
signed trails.
The 25 stops also include other sites significant
to the story of water in our state ñ including
magnificent railway dams built to catch runoff
from granite outcrops.
Suitable for 2-wheel-drive vehicles. Guide book
available from the National Trust.

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