Event: Wooroloo Brook
Date: Sun – 18 May 2014
Type: Walk
Leader(s): Terry Gilmour
Level of Difficulty: Medium to Hard
Cost for Ride: $5
Duration: 4 Hrs.

Meeting Spot: Dome Cafe in Leederville for car sharing.

Detailed Description:
Wooroloo Brook drains a sizeable catchment area of 536 km² and during a wet winter it flows quite swiftly in its lower few kilometers, dropping about 50m overall as it passes through its narrow, quite rugged valley westward of the bridge at O’Brien Road (Gidgegannup) to its confluence with the Swan River in Walyunga National Park near the western edge of the Darling Range. The walk is centered around this lower section of the Brook.

This is a very rewarding walk route which provides plenty of variety and some small challenges for the keen walker; These include the steepish (in places gorge-like) valley sides which require some energetic uphill climbs, and also three crossings of the Brook which usually can’t be achieved without getting your boots and/or feet wet! The hill climbs also provide many excellent sweeping views across and down the valley to the Coastal Plain and along the Swan River valley.

http://www.walkgps.com/Wooroloo%20Brook%20Walk.htm