The cache is a 2 litre blue lidded plastic
container. Shouldn't be too hard to find. The purpose of this
cache hide is to provide further incentive for you to Take 30 and
maybe extend your hunting in the area into a complete walk of the
Helena
Pipehead Walk. The walk is described as a 3 km walk but
my GPSr reported 4.3 km walk circuit. It is an enjoyable walk with
views of the dam followed by enjoying jarrah forest walking. You
can get track notes and a map of the walk at the link
above.
The walk is described at the Swan Valley
and Perth Hills Trails website as:
Walk passes lower Helena
Pipehead Dam. Although crest gates were added to Mundaring Weir in
1963, increasing storage to nearly 76,500 million litres, even
greater storage was soon sought to supply increased needs of mining
companies on the eastern Goldfields. Investigations for a second
major storage dam on the Helena River were carried out. As a
proposed first stage, designs were completed for a pipehead
diversion weir and pumping station on the Helena River, downstream
of Mundaring Weir and below the confluence with Piesse Brook. The
work was completed in 1971. Forty percent of Mundaring Weir water
comes from Lower Helena.
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