Last weekend a group of 6 of us went to Jervis Bay. We drove down on Saturday morning, stayed at Bristol Point camp ground that night and drove home on Sunday afternoon. Our little group consisted of Aurelie, Nico, Andrew (Rose), Manibu, Andrew and I. We went to the Blow Hole at Kiama, followed by the Little Blow Hole and we stopped at Nowra to get some food for the trip. After we had set up our tents at our camp site, we walked the 400 metres to the beach and went swimming. Everyone went snorkelling except me, since I’d forgotton to bring my contacts!!!
From there we went to a beach on the other side of the peninsula, which was at the end of a long dirt road. On the way we saw numerous wallabies hopping away from us, but we also saw an Echidna which just tried hard to bury itself while we tried to take photos. The beach was lovely and white with firm, fine sand that was easy to walk on.
Back at the tent site we cooked our dinner over a fire, and just sat around and talked.
I didn’t sleep well because it was hot in our tent, so when I woke up at 4:45 am I decided I’d go down to the beach and watch the sun rise. I dragged Andrew along, but it wasn’t a very impressive sun rise and we were eaten alive by mosquitos, so at 6 am we went back to the tent for another snooze. We both felt cooler and slept for a bit.
We had pancakes with fruit and maple syrup for breakfast, then packed up the campsite and went to Cave Beach for a couple of hours. The boys had fun trying to body surf on the waves. It was very windy on the beach, making it a bit unpleasant, so we decided to find somewhere else for lunch. The lunch spot ended up being Hole in the Wall, which was very nice and after lunch Aurelie, Nico and Manibu went snorkelling. We also saw a huge eagle soaring up in the sky, and as it got near we realised it was a sea eagle. I’ve never seen one in the wild before, so that was something very special.
Then started the trek home, with a little detour to Husskinson where we got ice creams, and on a short walk on the rocky beach we saw a Sooty Oystercatcher and loads of Port Jackson shark egg cases. I’ve never seen so many in one place before, there were thousands!!
