Bendethera aus long weekend

Just a few happy snapps from my weekend trip to bendethra.
Spot the muppet : D

All in all was a great weekend. The nav was a trooper, the 2" lift surely did make a hell of a difference

oooo 'bugger'


where is Bendethera?

About and hour and a half up from moruya and the same from Canberra. In the deua national park

mike1303 said:

About and hour and a half up from moruya and the same from Canberra. In the deua national park

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Not a bad spot at all. We stayed at the Dry Creek camp ground at Araluen and drove into Bendethera via the Dry Creek fire trail a few weeks back.
When we got there we did the walk up to the limestone cave. The bats freaked the kids and wives out, but was an awesome little adventure climbing through gaps to the end.

How were the trails in the wet or did you find you still had decent traction?

All the trails were dry when we were there, but now knowing how steep they are was wondering if you would be able to drive them at all when it was raining, with some of the tracks looking like they were clay i would imagine it would get a little tricky.......

Ive only ever been down there in the rain. I had no worries first time around, accept that the truck was a touch low (stock suspension)
This time around we did the drive around the ridge, took near 6hours and was rough as guts, I only lost traction on one hill and rather then try an try and destroy the track I got snatched up. Once the tyres filled with clay it was hard going.
Even the river crossings arnt any worries when it's raining
Other then that it's a hell of a trip!! I love that part of the country
And so close to home

What is the actual camping like at this place?
All on the ground beside your car or walk in places?

The NPWS site says that the only place suitable for trailer camping is at Duea River Camp ground, but there is only four camp sites.
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/nationalparks/parkhome.aspx?id=N0047

I'm too gone at the knees these days to do on the ground camping.

There's campsites everywhere mate full access. And trailer friendly!
If it rains thou it could be a touch tricky on exit.
I love that place

mike1303 said:

There's campsites everywhere mate full access. And trailer friendly!
If it rains thou it could be a touch tricky on exit.
I love that place

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There are signs up saying NO TRAILERS PAST THIS POINT at both ends of the trail (Araluen and Bendethra) and the NPWS site says the same, But you could easily get a trailer down there and i saw a few that did, so it mustn't be enforced that heavily.

Never really paid any attention to that sign. There's always trailers down there though.
A lot easier to get out now, via moruya they've bypassed the steep clay hill. Much more trailer friendly

the sign could be a case of "We are not responsible that you whacked/wrecked your trailer. there was a sign there and you ignored it". they have to cater for the lowest common denominator of visitor.