Kangaroo sightings in Jervis Bay

Boy was it cold last night! Apparently the temperatures went down to 4 degrees C and I put on 3 layers to go to bed. I was so glad for the very hot shower in the morning. We had somewhat of a late start since Dave had some work emails to take care of so we sat outside the campground reception (to catch the wifi signal) to get that done. At almost 10 am we left Cooma to go toward the coast.
The final destination was Jervis Bay, but when we set off we were not sure we would make it. We thought it would take us a lot longer to get out of the mountains but by lunch time we realized we were making really good timing. We stopped in Narooma to take a quick walk around the bay: it really wasn’t anything special, but it was good to stretch our legs and have a quick bite to eat before hitting the road again. We are getting to be expert at having lunch from the cooler from the trunk.
We started up again going toward Batesman Bay (a city we dubbed Batman Cave: hey, it was a bit of a boring drive, don’t judge). We finally arrived at the Booderee National Park, a splendid location with lots of deserted white sandy beaches.
We checked in at the park entrance and there were 2 options for camping: a wilder campground near a beach called Caves Beach (secluded and quite) and a “proper'” campground called Green Patch (way busier and more populated). As soon as the person said “well Caves Beach only has cold showers”, I was sold…on the other one. We arrived at our site and since it was drizzling we set up the tent right away: just yesterday we said we would not camp in the rain..and here we are, silly us.
After that we went for a walk on one of the beaches: and it was paradise. The sand is so white and so fine it actually squeaks when you walk on it. I picked a lot of really cool shells but the rain intensified and we decided to find our way back. We cut through the forest and low and behold, 2 kangaroos were on the side of the road munching away. We stood there watching them and taking pictures until the hopped away. Before we reached our tent, we saw 2 more: one with the baby in the pouch – the Joey (that’s what the tiny baby roos are called). Awesome!
Since it was raining and cold, we had no intention of sitting outside and trying to eat dinner so we got in the car and drove to Husskinson and went to a Thai restaurant: it was delicious, and warm, and we loved it.
Once we got back, we drove by Caves beach to see how it looked and we were so glad we chose not to camp there. First of all, you park and you need to haul all your stuff for 400 m or so, and there was absolutely nobody there..way too freaky (and apparently there are a lot of car break-ins too).
Since David wanted to see more kangaroos in the wild, we took a quick walk in the woods, the creepy woods I shall add. While we were walking, I think we spooked a wallaby (the tinier version of kangaroos) and he scared the life out of me…yup, jump complete with scream. After that, every rustle would make me jump…scaredy cat that I am.
We saw a few more wallabies hopping around in the forest and a few more kangaroos munching on the side of the road before we went back to the tent. We got ready for bed, and if the scary wallabies were not enough excitement, the growls right outside the tent put me back in my place: most likely an opossum, but I’m not about to go out to check…the growling scared me enough (yes, it was that close, in fact I think it was right outside the entrance of the tent…my side of course!). Opossums are cute but they make this awful noise…it sounds like a ferocious thing – and heck for all I know they could be ferocious…again, I’m not going outside to find out.
It might just be a long night tonight.