Mundaring power line track.

Mundaring power line track is not for the faint hearted, however you don't need a monster truck to survive the track. For every hardcore challenge there is a chicken track, but not all the chicken tracks are that easy.

Distance from Perth: 40km east of Perth, along Great Eastern HWY.
Nearest fuel: Sawyers Valley 1km.

Size: Track length 24km
Time to allow: perfect for a day trip.

The Power Line Track.

The track starts near Sawyers Tavern in Sawyer Valley, it's an actual power line track managed by Western Power but open to the 4WD community.

The track will take a good 5-6 hours to complete from end to end including stopping for a few breaks and taking time watching your mates tackle parts of the track.

You don't have to do the whole track as there are a few roads and tracks that cut through the power line track so you could make an early exit if time is running out.

The Power Line Track.

It's best to travel with at least one other vehicle as recovery is not uncommon, especially if your tackling the harder parts of the tracks, even a tame looking chicken track can get you hang up on opposing wheels and without diff lockers your pretty much stuck and will need to be winched or snatched forward or back.

I have seen panel damage done on the harder parts of this track and just recently my rockslider saved my Hilux from panel damage as I slid into the side of a rutted out part of the track.

Toyota wheel lift at the Mundaring Powerline Track. Western Australia.

Climbing With Diff Lockers.

If you have diff lockers this track is a must do, as you will use them more than you could imagine. I have done this track with and without diff lockers and had loads of fun without them and four times as much fun with them.

Mundaring power line track really underlines the difference in traction with locker and without.

Action only video clips from just some of our visits to the track.

Gnarly Hill At Mundaring.

A 30 meter section of this track I have named Gnarly Hill, as i don't think it has a name.

This extremely fun and challenging part of the track can only really be conquered if you have diff lockers or a monster truck, unless you really like hopping, skidding and getting panel damage.