Jervis Bay Tours

BOODEREE NATIONAL PARK

A must see on any visit to the South Coast, this park and the Botanic Gardens have a $5 combined entry fee that gives access for a week.
Some of the many highlights in the park include Greenpatch, Bristol Point, Hole in the Wall, Scottish Rocks, Murray's Beach, Caves Beach and the ruined Lighthouse at Cape St George. Other attractions include H.M.A.S Creswell (limited public access on week-ends only, check at the security gate.)

SCUBA DIVING
Jervis Bay is the most popular diving site in NSW and second only to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Divers regard the area as one of the best diving spots in the world.

With clean, clear water and steep cliff drop-offs, the Bay has many diving and snorkelling opportunities with most of the local dive schools and charter boats based at Huskisson.

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DOLPHIN, WHALE WATCHING AND SEALS

With over sixty bottlenose dolphins living in the Bay you are sure to have a close encounter on one of the boats cruising Jervis Bay. Whale Watching is a newer activity in the area with sightings most often in June-July and October-November. Jervis Bay was once home to a whaling industry so hopes are high that visits will become more regular as whale numbers increase. Large numbers of seals live around the southern headland to the Bay and Cruise boats now visit these sites.

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HUSKISSON

Huskisson changes from sleepy village to busy resort town during summer week-ends and holidays.

Only two and a half hours south of Sydney it boasts a wide range of accommodation options and leisure activities including scuba diving, boat cruises, fishing, sailing and swimming. Huskisson has a proud history in its boat building and fishing industries and some of its past is captured at the Lady Denman Maritime Museum. Other attractions include Aboriginal Arts and Crafts, a restored cinema, bakery and a variety of restaurants. Currently undergoing a streetscape makeover, Huskisson still retains a laid back charm.

VINCENTIA

Home to a variety of new boutique guesthouses, holiday houses and bed and breakfast establishments, Vincentia is Jervis Bays district shopping centre with a modern BI-LO store and numerous other shops. Bordering the Jervis Bay National Park, Vincentia has some of the best beaches and bush walks in the area.

SANCTUARY POINT / ST GEORGES BASIN
Just a few kilometers inland from Jervis Bay are the calmer waters of St Georges Basin, with shallow, safe water this is an ideal swimming spot for young children.
Windsurfing, sailing and fishing are also popular as is the St Georges Basin Country Club which caters for bowling, golf, tennis, squash and entertainment.
Sanctuary Point is genuinely one of the few places in Australia where you can see kangaroos in the main street, if you don't spot them when you drive through they may be having lunch on the golf course.

HYAMS BEACH

Described in the Guiness Book of records as having the whitest sand in the world, this is a beautiful village with a range of unique accommodation. If you beat the peak holiday crowds then the General Store is a great place for lunch.

BOODEREE BOTANIC GARDEN

This garden (formerly Jervis Bay) was established in 1951 as an annex of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Its purpose was to provide frost free growing conditions for plants unsuited to Canberra's climate.
The Garden covers an area of 80 hectares of natural and cultivated areas surrounding Lake McKenzie, a natural freshwater lake. With beautiful picnic areas and stunning displays of native plants the Garden is well worth a visit especially in Spring.

BUSHWALKING

From gentle to challenging, Jervis Bay has some of the best coastal walks in the world.
With a few days practice on the beautiful beaches from Huskisson to Hyams Beach you might be ready for Pigeon House Mountain!
Other popular activities include fishing charters, sea kayaking, sailing, wind-surfing, golf, bowls and horse riding.

MUSEUMS
The Lady Denman Heritage Complex and Laddie Timbery's Aboriginal Gallery at Huskisson are great places to spend a day after too much sun and surf.
Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the fish breeding pond and the raised boardwalk over the mangroves.
Home to regular air shows, the Australian Naval Aviation Museum just south of Nowra has a huge exhibition hall filled with vintage aircraft. Follow the signs to HMAS Albatross just south of Nowra.

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE

Jervis Bay contains a number of important archaeological sites, some of special significance to the local Aboriginal communities. There are many middens along the foreshores and the information centre at the entrance to Booderee National Park is a good starting point for information about the aboriginal history of the area and details about any information walks and bush tucker tours.

CAPE ST GEORGE LIGHTHOUSE

The ruined lighthouse set on imposing cliffs on the southern headland of Jervis Bay serves as a reminder of early European occupation. Said to have been located at the wrong spot, the lighthouse was erected in 1859 and is similar to Francis Greenway's famous South Head Lighthouse in Sydney.
The lighthouse was deliberately destroyed early this century by a naval bombardment because it was felt to be a navigational hazard. The replacement lighthouse at the northern headland, Point Perpendicular was built in 1899, converted to electric power in 1964 and has itself been replaced by an unmanned lighthouse on the same site.

BOWEN ISLAND

Set in the entrance to Jervis Bay, Bowen Island is home to the most northern fairy or Little Penguin rookery. The island also has a significant Shorter bird population who nest in the sedge scrub land.
Access to the island is very tightly controlled but the penguins can be seen all around the Bay during their fishing trips.

NORTHERN JERVIS BAY

Popular villages and attractions on the northern side of Jervis Bay include Callala Bay and Beach, Culburra, Lake Wollumboola, Greenwell Point and Coolangatta near Shoalhaven Heads.

BEECROFT PENINSULA AND LAKE WOOLUMBOOLA
With the highest sea cliffs in NSW, the lighthouse at Beecroft Peninsula is a perfect spot to view the rugged coast line. The Peninsula also contains some beautiful beaches.
Lake Woolumboola is the largest shallow saline lake in NSW and provides habitat for thousands of swans and other water birds.