Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 15:30
These are my Trek notes for
Bendethera from
Braidwood - the route is signposted and a map is good enough.
No notes are required to enter from Moruya - follow the 'signs'!
I haven't got notes for trek from North via Merricumbene FT
Detailed Trek Notes SO=straight on, SP=
sign post, TR=turn right, TL=turn left, KR=keep right, KL=keep left
Distance from start Distance between points Description – Start
Braidwood park opp Police stn. Cnr Wallace St and
Wilson St
Trip Meter (km)
0 0 Proceed southerly down main street (Wallace Street) GR 542 743
0.4 0.4 SO – SP to “
Batemans Bay” to left
0.7 0.3 TR – SP “Coghill St –
Cooma”
1.0 0.3 KL – SP “
Cooma”
2.7 1.7 TR – SP “
Cooma” GR 531 722
23.0 20.3 SO – “
Shoalhaven River
42.4 19.4 SO – SP “Berlang
Camp area”(
The Big Hole good camp site with pit
toilet GR 393 434 )
ZERO0.0 TRIP0.0 SO GR 386 432
19.9 19.9 SO – “Jinden Creek”
26.2 6.3 TL – SP “
Bendethera – Deua NP – Middle Mnt Rd” GR 331 203
26.6 0.4 SO – creek X
28.6 2.0 TR – SP “Middle Mnt Rd –
Bendethera”
39.7 11.1 TL – “
Dampier Trig – Minuma FT” GR 410 140
41.4 1.7 TR – SP “
Dampier Mnt FT – Minuma FT)NOTE – SO for Valley loop Trek (see below) GR 418 152
50.4 9.0 TLNOTE - TR to exit to Moruya GR 477 159
51.0 0.6 SO - River X
Camp site,
Toilet. NOTE – there are numerous
camp sites on the Northern side of this crossing
51.4 0.4 KL – keep to main track
51.6 0.2 SO - River X – steep exit
53.8 2.2
Camp site,
toilet on right – SP “
Bendethera Cave” to the leftNOTE – track continues to other
camp sites GR 478 182
SIDE TREK
NOTE - Allow approx 6 hours for this drive
Distance from start Distance between points Description –
Bendethera Valley Loop Trek Start –
Junction of
Dampier Mtn FT &
Bendethera FT
ZERO TRIP Trip Meter (km)
0.0 0.0 SO –
Dampier Mnt FT (Southerly) GR 477 159
9.0 9.0 TR (Northerly) – SP “Minuma Range FT” GR 418 152
30.0 21.0 TR – SP “Mongamula FT” GR 424 337
37.8 7.8 SO – River X
39.6 1.8 TL – past Alpine HS through gateNOTE – do not stop PRIVATE PROPERTY GR 473 289
41.0 1.4 SO – River X
52.1 11.1 TR – SP “Merricumbene FT” GR 550 267
62.8 10.7 TL – SP “
Bendethera Trig” to right
63.4 0.6 TR – SP “
Bendethera FT” GR 522 181
70.1 6.7 KR – SO River X
70.3 0.2 SO to
Bendethera Camp areas - SP “
Dampier Mnt FT” - GR 477 159
or TL to return to
Braidwood via
Dampier FT
or turn around to go to Moruya via
Bendethera FT and Little Sugarloaf Rd.
Subaru Forester
"size isn't everything"
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Follow Up By: Member -Bob & Lex (Sydney) - Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 19:12
Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 19:12
Colin is this route sutable for a KK camper trailer? Regards Bob
Where to next
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Follow Up By: Richard & Leonie - Tuesday, Feb 17, 2004 at 21:09
Tuesday, Feb 17, 2004 at 21:09
We went down to Bendethra a couple of weeks ago. Magic as the school holidays were over and the place was deserted. The only thing again that makes us angry are the fools that do not take there rubbish with them particularly beer bottles smashed in fire
places. Some other fools had made a
hill climb track that I do not thing the Parks people will be happy about. There is still evidence of the donutbleeps work.
Thanks for the effort put into your trek notes. At 28.6ks you call a road Middle Mountain Road. I think it should be Curranbene Creek Road.
A terrific map of this area is the 1:25000 NSW Dept of Info and Land Management SNOWBALL 8826-3S. I find these maps at servos.
RichardRichard and Leonie, The
grey nomads.
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