A Weekend Getaway to Beautiful Jervis Bay

A Weekend in Jervis Bay New South Wales

Since it’s only around a three-hour drive from Sydney A to Jervis Bay, a weekend in Jervis Bay is the perfect amount of time to get away from the city. It’s a great spot for a relaxing with incredible beaches, beautiful coastal walks and plenty of Jervis Bay camping opportunities. 

We hired a car from Sydney’s Bayswater Rental which we picked up on Friday and returned Monday morning. 

The rental cost us $125 between four people so worked out really cheap. An extra $100 was held as a deposit as we opted for full coverage so no excess would be paid, should we have an accident. 

Sydney To Jervis Bay

Detours for Berry Doughnuts

We had been told by a few people that we needed to take a pit stop at a town called Berry NSW along the way to Jervis Bay National Park. Berry has a famous doughnut van and it was just the temptation we needed to have a break, stretch our legs and stuff our faces on doughnuts and ice cream. They were delicious.

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Jervis Bay Accommodation

The Cove Jervis Bay

The Cove is a beautiful lodge and cabins retreat for Jervis Bay. Located about a good 30-minute drive into the Booderee National Park, you get to experience driving through the park, navigating past kangaroo’s down to The Cove. 

Make sure to pay for your park entry online which comes in around $15.00. There are lots of police checking (especially in the day) for your park entrance tickets. So make sure you don’t forget and get caught out. 

The cabins and lodges themselves are stunning. Recently taken over by new owners the design and decor around the park and inside the lodges are beautiful and calming. Not to mention the candles and soaps made the place smell heavenly! 

The park is also home to around 15 kangaroo’s, almost like a house pet at this stage, they are very friendly but make sure to keep the screen door closed. Otherwise, you will have an unwelcome visitor inside! 

The Cove also has rental use of paddleboards and surfboards, should you wish to go down to the cove and make use of the still water.

We had an early sunrise walk down on the beach and were lucky enough to spot a few dolphins in the cove. 

We stayed in the Boat Shack, which could accommodate up to six people. Luckily, we had a 40% discount code from a previous booking company.

So the weekend stay for two nights cost us a total of $210, split between four people worked out at a really cheap price of $53 dollars each. 

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Things To Do In Jervis Bay & Jervis Bay Territory

Cave Beach

Wherever you choose to stay in the Jervis Bay area, you will come across Kangaroos at some point. Cave Beach is a good place to head to meet the furry little friends.

Very used to humans by this point, they will often come up to your car and nose around the boot and doors, hoping for food. Walk down the path to Cave beach, around 10 minutes from top to bottom to see one of Jervis Bay area’s beautiful beaches.

Green Patch Camping

There are also many great spots for camping in Jervis Bay. One of the most popular is Green Patch Campsite- make sure to book your spot in advance if camping is your choice of Jervis Bay accommodation.

Bendalong Beach

Stingrays! Head down to Bendalong Beach to swim with and feed these strangely odd beautiful creatures. The water was quite cloudy for the morning we decided to visit.

This also meant that sneak attacks occurred when you got pushed by a wet thing heading between your feet.

Once we got over the attacks and stopped screaming each time this happened, we managed to feed them some shrimp. They are so gentle but that can be pretty big which shocks you a bit when they brush up against you and you didn’t see them coming.

Bendalong Beach is around 30/40 minutes drive from The Cove, Jervis bay, around 20 minutes if you’re staying in one of the closer towns or outside of Booderee Park.

Bendalong Camping is also an option with some beach camping spots and other sites nearby.

Pitstop Pictures

On the way to Bendalong Beach from Jervis Bay, there are quite a few fun photo spots, like the peach farm above. There is also an old car lot with lots of rusty old bangers and trucks to take pictures with; think Rusty from the Disney/Pixar film Cars.

Hyams Beach

So Hyams beach is probably one of the main destination spots to visit whilst in Jervis Bay. It’s famous for its white sand. The sand is so white and fine it squeaks underneath you as you walk! We spent a cloudy afternoon here and enjoyed the rock pools and the Hyams beach cafe on the front does some amazing pie!

One of the houses along the front is the home to around eight Golden Retrievers, who are more than happy to say hi and be fussed over. Just beware the miserable woman who owns them all (breeder), she’s over the fact she has 8 Retrievers, unlike the rest of the people who walk past and see the exciting fluff balls.

Iluka Beach

Personally, this beach is 10x better than Hyams beach. Its sand is whiter than the famous Hyams beach and it was empty. The water was beautiful and calm and it was a secluded 2k beach. Perfect for paddle boarding or kayaking. There is also a campsite down the road for those wishing to get a little bit more back to basics.

The Road Trip Home – Jervis Bay To Sydney

Having taken the quickest route to get down to Jervis Bay on a Friday after work, we opted to take the scenic way on the way back to Sydney.

Places to visit on the way too or from JB:

Kiama Blowhole & Kiama Lighthouse

The blowhole is pretty cool to see water exploding out of the cliff hole but make sure to check tide times otherwise it’s a little bit more like a spit of water as opposed to a huge geyser.

Sea Cliff Bridge

You can park up and walk across – takes about 20 minutes each way. There is also a cliff climb you can do to reach a really good viewpoint. Although, recently it has been harder to access as a lot of people are falling and requiring medical assistance up the steep and difficult to access cliff face. There is a rope that can be used to climb up but be careful!

Figure 8 Pools

This is a whole day of exploring in itself – make sure to check tide times because we didn’t and there was nothing to see!

Drive through the Royal National Park