Jervis Bay, NSW
I scored the PREMIERE guerrilla camping spot last night…it was fucking divine. For those unclear on the concept of “guerrilla camping”, it is the ultimate form of no-impact camping. Basically, you hike in just before it gets dark (no headlamp), set up and camp, and then wake up and hike out at first light…none the wiser. (Usually, this is b/c you’re not really supposed to be camping there…but us wilderness pornographers have no scruples.)
I hiked down a rocky escarpment through a eucalyptus forest with birds making a riot of noise above me. At the bottom was a thin ribbon of pure white, Carmel Beach-quality sand…no more than 10 feet between the forest and then rock reef, which was picked cleanof any marine life. There was just enough of this beautiful gypsum sand to accommodate my tent. Above me, the ukes hung over about 60 feet up. To my right, I could see all of Jervis Bay, with a little light from a couple of boats and village…but mostly darkness. The steady sound of little frothy waves sucking through the rock reef lulled me to sleep.
I was up at first light (5:15am) and packed out in 10 minutes. It was one of the best nights of sleep in my entire life.
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