Jervis Bay, A Little Slice Of Heaven

There was a power outage this morning. We had run the 100AMP Marine battery dead due to an excess of charging gadgets and the fact we have been on unpowered sites for 6 days.

We were literally like Apollo 13 trying to power up the LIM and orbit the dark side of the moon before our next destination, Jervis Bay, NSW.

DRIVE: Potato Point to Jervis Bay (172km)
On our stroll up Princess Hwy, we took a scenic detour and then passed through Batemans Bay, a large fishing and tourist town. Further up the coast and another 54km, we stopped at picturesque Ulladulla for lunch, Flat Head and chips. Jen and Jaime restocked food supplies whilst I bought a spare Marine battery and refilled water tanks as Jervis Bay is also off grid.

CAMP SITE: Green Patch / Jervis Bay NSW
Jervis Bay in the NSW Booderee National Park is indeed a little slice of heaven. We are camping at Green Patch (site 53) which is right on the bay beach but it feels like we are in a sub tropical rainforest full of animal noises that we have never heard before. In fact, The Booderee National Park is full of native gum and 200 species of birds (raptors).

The campsite is very private and the beach is crisp silica white sand that squeaks when you walk on it. Canpsite 55 is also a great big flat site for 2 families.

Can you guess the Christmas carol me and Jaime performed on the squeaky sand? Straight in for a refreshing dip as we have had a warm summer’s day today.

The girls heading off to explore the beach whilst I returned to “The LIM” for a siesta. Some folk call our campervan “sleepy hollow” as you will always find the male species of our clan in the camper asleep in the afternoon. Not unlike a Koala.

Jen got quite excited as the girls spotted a pod of Dolphins frolicking close to shore in the bay. Jervis Bay is perfect for our kayaks as it is a calm and well protected bay. That’s our activity for tomorrow then.

Drinks-a-clockses prepared by Jaime with cool beer and time for dinner, a nice fillet of salmon. Well that’s the day done, but what’s that weird scary animal noise coming from the bush. It’s seriously freaking us out a bit... like that movie... Jurassic Park.

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