This past Sunday, we ventured down to Booderee National Park. We wanted to pay the park fees for the next 2 years for both of our cars. $99 gets both cars unlimited entry to the park. You get a sticker for your car window – very like a car registration sticker which we no longer use in NSW – so the rangers know not to fine you.
We thought while we were there, we would do a hike. There are a lot of places in the park we have never been to and Bristol Point is one of them. We also did a loop of the camping area at Green Patch, to check out sites to book in the future. I personally do not camp but The Other Half does. He now has several optimal sites selected in his mind.
This is high tourist season here in Jervis Bay. The campsites were all full. And yet, when we got to the beach, we were the only people on it, for most of the time we walked there. There were a couple of boats out in the water, with people fishing.
Imagine our surprise when walking along Bristol Beach to see a cyclist riding along the beach towards us! I am not a cyclist myself and I have never seen a bike ridden on a beach before. This was the only other person we saw on the beach.
I should not be telling you any of this. The truth is, these beaches are some of our best kept secrets in the Shoalhaven. A lot of people go to Hyams Beach, or the beaches near Vincentia, Huskisson, Callala Beach and Bay. Not so many people go into Booderee, because they have to pay to enter the park. That is good news for us locals.
The water here is mostly crystal clear. It can be a range of shades of blue, sometimes a gorgeous shade of green. There is very little seaweed. Many of the beaches are very sheltered from wind and often the water here is pure glass – especially first thing in the morning – with a teeny tiny wave where the water and the beach meets. It is one of the few places I am happy to get in the water and swim.
You’ll be seeing a lot more Booderee National Park posts over the next two years. :)
Hard to keep a secret when it is so lovely you want to share. Looks beautiful.
It looks like a very well kept secret, even those in the camping area didn’t find it (*~*)
I’m told that pedalling through sand is excellent exercise for the calf and thigh muscles, so if a cyclist is in training for a race, that might be why he is riding on the beach.
Looks amazing <3
What an idyllic place! I wouldn’t want to give away that secret either. Maybe you should have relabelled the map so no one would ever find it.
Gosh, it looks so beautiful there!
It looks so peaceful there! I love the beach, and quiet ones are the best.
I’ve actually seen quite a few people biking on the beach – there’s even a once a week beach bike meet-up group on a different part of the island! Glad you found a secluded place to enjoy the beach without a zillion people.
Beautiful. What a fund day.