Soft white sand in Jervis Bay

Booderee National Park, run by the local Koori community, has long white beaches and a gentle swimming sea, as warm in the Australian autumn as the seas of Cornwall in mid-summer.

There’s also an abundance of wildlife, including, brilliant red and blue parrots and these Rosilla’s, which (because many prior visitors have broken the no feeding rule) are fearless in their search for food. Tom and I didn’t have any, but were waiting for the others to return from a walk, when two birds came and perched on my arm.