Stathams Quarry Walk
May 1, 2019, 13:50 PM
A fairly strenuous walk, with a few loose stony sections. The views are spectacular and the wildflowers in spring are magnificent.
Map URL :
https://maps.kalamunda.wa.gov.au/intramaps22b/?project=Kalamunda&module=Recreation&startToken=7f525d01-29be-4596-aaff-71ec42f785b2
KML URL :
https://www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au/docs/default-source/trail-details/kml-walk-trails/stathams_quarry_walk.kml?Status=Master&sfvrsn=1a17a3b8_2&download=true
Distance :
5.9
km
|
Grade :
4
|
Time to Complete:
150
minutes
NOTE: All are approximate and will vary depending on individual fitness and ability levels
Suburb :
Gooseberry Hill
Location :
Gooseberry Hill National Park, Lascelle’s Parade, Gooseberry Hill
Description
The walk gives access to the now disused Statham’s Quarry. A major attraction on this walk is the now unused Zig Zag railway built to take timber from the hills to Midland Junction.
The Trail markers are grey
Trail Notes
Start point: The gravel car park on Lascelle’s Parade. This is the first look out that you come to overlooking Gooseberry Hill National Park.
1. Leave the car park and continue along Lascelle’s Parade, past the sealed car park. After another 400 metres, look carefully for the point where the track leaves the sealed road. This point is marked by a sign in a tree. The first bend of the zig zag comes into view about 100 metres ahead.
2. Turn off the zig zag road and head downhill.
3. Cross the sealed road and walk through a white gate.
4. Ignore a track from the left and continue in a general northerly direction.
5. Meet the corner of a mesh fence and continue on.
6. Leave the fence and continue downhill into the Helena Valley.
7. Reach Statham’s Quarry. There is a picnic area with toilets and an informative sign about the quarry. Leave through the gate and walk down the sealed path in a northerly direction.
8. Where the sealed road ends, turn sharply left and continue down an unsealed road between two granite boulders.
9. Go through a white gate and make a sharp left turn onto the sealed road heading uphill.
10. Leave the sealed road and cross through the white gate straight ahead.
11. Leave the remnant of the old railway line and proceed down hill on a straight track. There is a Shire of Kalamunda sign on a tree straight ahead.
12. Ignore a track that comes in from the left. Cross a small water course.
13. Ignore a track that leads to the right and continue straight ahead.
14. Take the branch to the left and continue uphill.
15. Leave the main track and turn left on a narrow footpath.
16. Approach a T junction and turn left at the houses.
17. Approach a Y junction. Ignore a track on the right, and turn left downhill.
18. Cross the water course on a steel pipe bridge. Continue up hill.
19. Turn left and cross a wooden bridge straight ahead.
20. Turn left and walk uphill to the car park.
21. The completion of the walk.
To help reduce the spread of Phytophthora Dieback along this walk trail and in the surrounding area:
- Don’t spread soil or mud around bushland, in particular during spring & autumn;
- Stick to tracks & paths;
- Observe signage in your local bushland reserve and stay out of quarantined areas in bushland.