Day 25 – The People’s Glorious Independent Sultinate Territory of Jervis Bay
Today was ANZAC Day. We caught the end of the local dawn service, which was held near to the caravan park we stayed at last night. I resolve to take the kids to a local dawn service next year. It was moving.
Anticipating early rainfall, we broke camp early again. Today, our destination was Jervis Bay – Australia’s fabled third territory. We traveled steadily north up the east coast, through a variety of towns – Narooma, Bodalla, Moruya, Batemans Bay, Ulladulla. We took a meandering tourist path that took a few rest breaks. The nicest was beside a coastal lake in Dalmeny. We spent a pleasant hour playing around this lake, climbing trees, digging holes and falling in the water.
Thus refreshed, we headed on to Jervis Bay. This is actually a small territory separate from NSW, and is part of the ACT. Apparently, because they “had no access to the ocean”. True story.
Anyways, Jervis Bay is totally delightful. We had a few hours to wander around this afternoon. Our site is on a spot called “Greenpatch”.
We’ve got the morning tomorrow to explore, then after lunch it’s onward to Sydney. Back to the big smoke.