Jervis Bay and the whales

Hi lovelies,

Yesterday we headed an hour north to Jervis Bay because we saw it on the way through and decided to come back for a longer visit. It's a really nice spot. We are camped on the river about 2 mins from the main-town area of Huskisson. This sits right on Jervis Bay.

HMAS Success

Chinaman's beach - white sand area - Jervis Bay Looking out to the heads

Jervis Bay can fit 2 1/2 Sydney Harbours inside it!! It is 10 nautical miles East to West and North to South. The naval base HMAS Creswell, sits to the right side of the bay looking out and is a training and operation base. We have at present a naval boat about to be decommissioned (on 29Jun after 33 years) sitting in the bay. HMAS Success ,which is basically a floating oil tanker to resupply naval boats in operation.

Foot shot showing the white sand

We had a wander yesterday around some beaches. We walked along a couple but one is said to have the whitest sand in the world. Yes it really is very white not yellow colour of lots of sand beaches.

Today we decided to go on a whale watching trip out through the heads into the "Humpback Highway". Yes it was my idea even though I get seasick. (managed to last until on the way back when it got a bit choppy)

What a great sight it was seeing first dolphins swim up beside the boat as we hunted for whale sightings. We headed out into open water and saw lots of "Blows" from the whales. So the captain took us further north than usual to follow a couple of sightings.

These are magnificent creatures!! A couple did a breach but weren't in a hurry to travel north doubling back to go under the boat.
What a cool sight to see their white bellies in the water as they come up to the surface, then to see them breach or see their huge tails coming over. it is a must do even for us seasick people.
Here is a link to my edited version of the whale watch tour. Love whales have a look see.
Whale watching

Till next blog take care all.
Rob & Liz

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