Kalamunda Libraries

📚✨ Discover What's On at Your Libraries This Week! ✨📚

From Rhymetime and Storytime to games, workshops and community services, there's something for everyone at your libraries this week!

💰 Tax Essentials Workshop for High School Students- Wednesday 3:30pm @ Forrestfield Library. Free, bookings essential.

🎵 Rhymetime- Check our website for session details and locations.

📚 Storytime - Check our website for session details and locations.

🎨 Crafternoon- Monday 3:30pm @ High Wycombe Library

⚖️ Justice of the Peace
🔹 Tuesday 10:00am - 1:00pm @ Kalamunda Library
🔹 Thursday 3:00pm - 5:00pm @ High Wycombe Library

🀄 Mahjong
🔹Tuesday 1:00pm @ High Wycombe Library
🔹Thursday 1:30pm @ Lesmurdie Liibrary

📚 Book Club- Wednesday 10:00am @ High Wycombe Library. Please contact the library for more details.

🔠 Scrabble Club- Friday 10:00am–12:00pm @ High Wycombe Library

🚀 Discover & Create- Saturday 10:00am–11:00am @ Forrestfield Library

✨ These activities and a whole lot more are happening at your libraries this week!

For the full list of our regular programs and to keep up to date with what's on at the libraries, visit:
👉 https://www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au/community/libraries/events

📚 We look forward to seeing you at the library! 💛

📚🎨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧! 📚🎨

Have you booked your spot yet?

Join acclaimed WA illustrator Karen Blair for a fun and interactive character drawing workshop inspired by the cheeky dogs from The Midnight Chew by Sally Morgan. Young artists will learn how to create characters bursting with expression, movement and personality, while discovering how words and illustrations come together to create a wonderful symphony of stories.

📍 Kalamunda Library
📅 Wednesday 26 August 2026
⏰ 4.00pm - 5.00pm
💲 $5.00 plus booking fee
🎟️ Book now: trybooking.com/DNHHX

📚Join us for a celebration of creativity, storytelling and imagination as part of Children's Book Week, and discover the magic of bringing stories to life through illustration. 🎨

Discover & Create @ Forrestfield Library

✈️Ready for take off? Join us for Make it Fly, a fun STEM activity where you'll create your own paper plane, helicopter or glider and see how far it can soar!

Test different folds, make changes and see what helps your plane fly farther, faster or straighter. By building, testing, and improving your paper plane, you'll be thinking like a scientist and an engineer while having lots of fun!

Did you know? The World Record for the longest time flying a paper aircraft is 31.2 seconds, achieved on the 11th February 2026 in China.
See more here: Longest flying paper aircraft- duration | Guinness World Records

Discover & Create runs every Saturday during school term 10.00 am - 11.00am. Ages 4 and up, parental supervision required

📢 Justice of the Peace Service Update

Unfortunately, the Justice of the Peace (JP) service at Forrestfield Library is currently unavailable. The JP will be unavailable until further notice.

Alternative JP services are available at:

📍 Kalamunda Library
🗓 Tuesdays
🕛 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

📍 High Wycombe Library
🗓 Thursdays
🕒 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Updates will be provided when the Forrestfield JP service resumes.

Discover & Create @ Forrestfield Library

Join us tomorrow at 10am as we explore cats and our relationship with them. Enjoy a creative, hands-on activity inspired by our feline friends and discover what makes cats such fascinating companions.

Drop in and enjoy a purr-fectly creative Saturday at the library!

All kids and families welcome - come discover, create, and explore with us!
Discover & Create runs every Saturday at Forrestfield Library during school term from 10:00 am - 11:00 am.

Note: It would be remiss of us not to mention responsible cat ownership and the City of Kalamunda's local cat laws, which you can view here: Dogs & Cats 😉

𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆

The Canning Jarrah Timber Co Railway was built in 1890/91 to connect the timber mill at Canning Mills to the Midland Railway Line. It was built by civil engineer Edward Vivian Harvey Keane (described by the West Australian newspaper at the time as “a keen man in business, and a keen man in every respect”) with his brother-in-law Edward White as the project’s surveyor. In 1903, after pressure from local orchardists, the Government bought the railway line, and it became the Upper Darling Range Railway, until its closure in 1949.

Initially, the sidings did not have any shelters for passengers, and passengers were only catered for with reluctance due to a clause in the contract with the Government. Once the railway was purchased by the Government stations were built, but most of these were only small, simple shelters rather than raised platforms.

The story behind these photos is that apparently, upon hearing that the line was to be closed in 1949, two young men made their way along the line on bicycles and had their photograph taken at every station.

These are some of the photographs they took, as well as a map of the railway line taken from the book Rails in the Hills: A history of the railway from Midland to Karragullen 1891 – 1949 by E.G. Webb, which is available for loan from Kalamunda Library.

🌿 Share Your Seeds, Grow Our Community 🌿

High Wycombe Library is seeking seed donations for our Seed Library. If you have seeds to spare, please consider sharing them with fellow gardeners in the community.

When donating, please place seeds in a labelled envelope and include the year they were harvested.

📍 Seed Donation Drop-Off Point
High Wycombe Library
15 Markham Road, High Wycombe WA 6057

🕒 Drop in during our opening hours:
Monday: 8:30am - 7:00pm
Tuesday to Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am - 12:00 noon

Your contribution helps support local gardening, sustainability, and the sharing of knowledge within our community. Thank you for helping our Seed Library grow! 🌱

🌿💚
𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠, 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡,
𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦, 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 🌿💚

📚 Library and Information Week 2026 – Truth Be Told

As Library and Information Week comes to a close, we have enjoyed exploring this year's theme, Truth Be Told, and highlighting the important role libraries play in helping people access trusted information, think critically, and navigate today's information landscape.

Throughout the week, City of Kalamunda Libraries featured themed displays, shared resources on misinformation and disinformation, hosted engaging discussions, and provided opportunities for learning and discovery.

Thank you to everyone who visited our libraries, attended a program, explored a display, or engaged with this year's theme.

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧, 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰.