Our family took an early mark from school and work, heading off around lunchtime. The 220km road trip took just over 3 hours allowing us to set up our tent before taking advantage of the warmish conditions to explore the beach prior to dinner.
Green Patch is such a beautiful place. The brilliance of the turquoise water set again the white sand and blue skies. We were treated to views across Jervis Bay to the cliffs of Point Perpendicular however the smoke from the bush fires soon drifted in obscuring the view for the rest of the weekend.
Meanwhile back at the campground as the adults prepared dinner, the children were busy climbing in and out of trees followed by organising their seating arrangements. We were also fortunate that it was not a total fire ban, so as the sun set, a campfire was lit just in time for the children to toast marshmallows before bed!
Saturday dawned with the children waking up early. Once breakfast was devoured, they were all hunting for items to sell at their shop. Bargains were to be had - bottle tops, brass fittings, maps, leaves, birds nest, log books.....The adults all had to visit the shop and haggle over prices of prized items! One could pay in leaves or by card (swiped and pin number entered!!) It was great that their shop kept them entertained while we gathered all the necessary stuff needed to spend the morning at the beach.
Arriving at the beach, we noticed the tide was in which created a mostly shallow river / lagoon area. We nestled in behind the headland sheltering from the wind and began playing.Ella and Katy were very keen to ride their boogie boards in the river. Ella donned her new wetsuit and flippers and was off! It wasn't long before all the older children were taking turns and sharing the 4 boogie boards amongst themselves. Parents were soon commandeered into towing children across the lagoon. Meanwhile the younger ones were content with building sandcastles!
Our lovely clear lagoon soon became brackish as the tide ran out and so to did the energy of our children! We returned to the campsite exhausted and hungry from our morning activities. A bite to eat and a sleep for some of the little ones solved these issues. By mid afternoon a small group of adults went off for a jog while the remaining took the gang on a bush walk.
The short loop involved sign spotting, lizard spotting, echinda spotting, lizard egg spotting and stick spotting; several food stops and generally everyone having a fun time.
Again returning to the campsite there was more shops although the shop owners began to bicker resulting in some moving their shops and others creating a hospital equipped with nurse and doctor who could give needles, take xrays and issue crutches, wheelchairs and even moon boots! A bbq dinner followed with more marshmallow toasting and for those still awake even some glow stick action thanks to Allison! As most children entered the land of dreams, it seemed there was a disco in our tent as Ella battled to succumb to the land of zzzzz.
On Sunday morning we all packed up, then headed for our last beach session. The tide once again had created a perfect swimming lagoon. The children became more adventurous boogie boarding over to the other side and even trying to surf! A few even tried to catch a real wave (despite the lack of a swell!)
We concluded the weekend with fish n chips for lunch at Huskinsson overlooking Curambene Creek watching the boats. Our drive home was mostly quiet as both girls nodded off!! Must be the sea air!!
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