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Kalamunda is both a town and Shire in Western Australia , located overlooking the city from the hills at the eastern limits of the Perth metropolitan area. The word is derived from two Indigenous Australian words: ''kala'' meaning "home" and ''munda'' meaning "forest", hence spawning the Shire's motto "A home in the forest". The town was once part of a thriving logging region, being a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range Railway . The area has a number of features as a result of this railway including a museum at the site of the original station. Typical rail side road structures with a rail reserve between and the Zig-zag road on the old section where the railway climbed the Darling escarpment. The region also has extensive areas with orchards, notable for it's Stone Fruits . It later became a highly frequented weekend escape for holidaying Perth residents. It also developed a strong sense of community identity being in the 'hills' and separated from the Mundaring area to the north across the Helena River . Despite the steady encroach of the urban sprawl in recent times which has eroded the sense of a 'regional centre', Kalamunda remains a quiet town amongst the Jarrah forests on the Darling Scarp . Located nearby is the Kalamunda National Park . SUBURBS
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