We arrived at Jervis Bay during the afternoon and had beautiful weather. Tobi found a little bay with turquois water (Currarong) at the northern end of the bay. There is another Rock Pool there as well. Just a gorgeous area! We stayed the night in a camp ground in Huskisson in order to explore Jervis Bay the next day. Surprisingly it belongs officially to the Australia Capital Territory (ACT) and not to New South Wales, the state where we actually were. As it is the only official part of the coast which belongs to the ACT it is a marine base as well, why we could spot some ships and helicopters. We don’t want to say too much, but we saw at least ten beaches within the next 48 hours, one better and whiter than the other. Indeed we spent the afternoon at the whitest beach of the world (Hyams Beach), but please don’t ask how this is actually measured. However, it was so white that you definitely should wear sun glasses if you go there!
We left the beach with a heavy heart just to visit another extremely white beach in an even more beautiful bay. Murrays Beach (which is its name) belongs to the Booderee National Park where we also visited a lighthouse and Moes Rock. By the way, the lighthouse tells a funny story about Australian kind of engineering (or let’s rather say the art of planning the perfect lighthouse). This one was built on the suggestion of city officer who wanted to build a lighthouse at the top of the national park after some ships collided with the cliffs. So far so good. Unfortunately no one had the idea to ask someone who is experienced in boating or sailing. After it was built it figured out that all the ships passed the cliff, just to collide with the cliff 2 km north at the other end of the bay (this top goes farer into the sea than the other one.) Additionally we had another encounter with a snake, this time a black tiger snake. It is also deathly poisonous and due to her not existing fear against humans potential dangerous. She even didn’t move anywhere when we came across, why the Spanish family behind us went some meters backwards. We tried to make her moving with some loud steps and some noise which worked out after a bit (or she was just annoyed of lying on the way…)
The bays somehow reconciled us with the Australian east coast (even though it actually counts to the south coast). At the evening we went on heading to our last destination for the trip, the beaches in Batemans Bay.