Blogs from Huskisson, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Huskisson was just a short drive down the coast, which we planned to use as a base to explore the Jervis Bay area. The Jervis Bay area was home to the Wandandian aboriginal tribe and experienced its first white settlers around 1840. Huskisson is bounded by Currambene Creek in the north, Moona Moona Creek in the south, the Jervis Bay shoreline and its beaches in the east, and Jervis Bay National Park in the west. Jervis Bay is home to HMAS Creswell, the naval college. It was decided in 1915 that Canberra, as our nation’s capital, needed a port, and the closest body of water was at Jervis Bay, which was dutifully handed over by the NSW government. So when you visit Jervis Bay, you are actually in the ACT. One of our first drives was ... read more

I had a few days off but had decided on a staycation, to explore a bit more of Sydney. However it seems like the travelbug can't keep me still, so with a couple of days up my sleeve I headed beyond Sydney to the South Coast and Southern Highlands, all highly recommended by locals. It's a very pretty drive down the south coast. My first stop was Berry, a very sweet little country town filled with cafes and homeware stores stuffed with knick knacks for cluttering up your house. It's a mystery to me - who is buying all this stuff? However my destination for the night was Huskisson, in Jervis Bay. It's a cute little coastal town on the edge of the national park. I was staying in a little B&B, run by a very ... read more