Days 100-101 Bendleby Ranges

 (Kate)

Days 100-101 Bendleby Ranges https://bendlebyranges.com.au/

We have almost come full circle.  On the way from Smoky Bay to Bendleby, we camped at the roadside camp near Carrieton where we camped on night 1 of our trip.  It looked very different in October compared with June.

We first went to Bendleby Ranges for camping and 4WDing about 8 years ago, and have been back almost every year since.  They provide all the firewood as part of your camping fee, which is wonderful, and the office at “The Springs” reception sell a wide variety of food if you run out of anything.  Some essential foods, some yummy foods.  Although you could argue that yummy food is sometimes essential to your mental health, e.g. coffee flavoured giant twins.  We did a bit of 4WDing on the property, including testing out a new track they have built.  It was steep but not too difficult, according to the driver, Nicole, although in my humble opinion it had a couple of PYP sections (pee your pants).

We took happy hour drinks and snack up to the Sunset Lookout on the last night, and it was a lovely place to reflect on the past 100 days.  3 states, 1 territory, about 19,000km.  What an adventure.

Our campsite near Carrieton

A native pine at sunset, Bendleby Ranges

Our campsite at Bendleby.

Sunset Lookout at Bendleby.

The main street of Orroroo, the nearest town (an hour from Bendleby).  All the blue decoration is to signify National Mental Health Month.  You can read more about it here.