Travel Rural Sydney to Bents Basin

For a leisurely trip through the backblocks of rural Sydney, away from the hustle and bustle of city life, the visitor may want to pack a picnic basket and head to Bents Basin, a natural geological feature on the junction of the Cumberland Plain and the Blue Mountains escarpment.

Bents Basin is 25 minutes by car from Liverpool, where urban Sydney seems to end in the southwest. You can get to Liverpool from the heart of Sydney by driving southwest on the Hume Highway or through Southern Cross Drive and the M5 Motorway, then traveling a short distance west from the Liverpool exit.

At Liverpool take Elizabeth Dr west all the way to the Northern Rd, turn left at the roundabout and turn right where the signs say you’re going to Wallacia.

Watch for the turnoff to Bents Basin on your left.

Photo: Bents Basin © Larry Rivera licensed to About. Inc