Throw out your travel guides! The best source of travelling and camping knowledge is your fellow nomads around a campfire. As we have moved up the coast, everyone kept raving about Booderee National Park (Jervis Bay National Park).
A quick look on the internet and apparently “Greenpatch Camping Ground” was the go. We arrived at a slightly underwhelming campground (after the magnificent Prom and luxury of Durras). Not happy until we walked down onto possible the most magnificent beach in Australia – Greenpatch Beach.
Silicone sand so white it blinds you, crystal clear, warm, azure water in a sheltered cove – teeming with the most amazing collection of fish life and sea life. Lightly wooded bush ringing the cove - Robinson Crusoe would have been right at home.
We spent a very happy week at Greenpatch saying hello to the various denizens of the deep including: Six foot wobbegong shark (gave me a hell of a fright), dolphins, stingrays, drummer, whiting, seahorses, massive groper, garfish, angelfish, elephant fish, pike, magpie perch, penguins and cuttlefish. Ollie’s snorkelling and swimming improved dramatically and he was transfixed with the sights below the waves.
Jane and the kids also discovered some lovely trails through the native heathlands which were perfect for mountain bikes big and small.
Meanwhile I was transfixed by the navy Frigates, Minehunters, Sea King and Squirrel Helicopters that did exercises off the beach every day. Jervis Bay is home to HMAS Creswell Navy training base and nearby HMAS Albatross Navy air base.
By the end of our week, we were itching to get into a house, wash up, sew some orders and live the domestic life for a while and generally take it easy.
Love from the Beach Bums
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