Beach · Booderee National Park
A secluded beach worth the short, low-tide walk.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Booderee Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Booderee National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Green Patch Beach and Picnic Area“You're approaching Green Patch, a good choice for a beach-and-picnic stop. Its sheltered water suits a first snorkel; around the rock platforms, look for fish, squid and octopus, though visibility varies.”
Plays as you drive up to Bristol Point Beach in the Parkwolf Booderee Tour Guide.
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Guide
Bristol Point Beach is a small, secluded sandy shore in Booderee, about a 10-minute walk from Green Patch Beach. It is a short side trip for a quieter stretch of sand. Plan around low tide: the park says access is best then, though it gives no exact tide threshold or beach access pin.
The approach follows rocky shore and passes through nearby forest. At the beach, pale sand meets blue-green water along a low, tree-covered coast. For a photo, keep the sand in the foreground and aim along the waterline toward the wooded shore; that gives the broad bay some depth.
None of Booderee’s beaches have lifeguards. Take care in the water and supervise children. Bristol Point is also the name of a nearby headland and campground; use Green Patch as your starting point for the beach walk so you don’t end up at those separate stops.
Wildlife
206 sightingsGrey KangarooMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
26 sightingsEchidnaMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
16 sightingsRed-necked WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
118 sightingsSwamp WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
94 sightingsKookaburraMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
22 sightingsYellow-tailed Black CockatooMost seen around 5 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Booderee. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
EasyTelegraph Creek Nature Trail2.4 km · 1 hr · 0.7 km awayAn easy loop through creekside forest, swamp and spring heath.
EasyHole in the Wall Track0.9 km · 20 min · 1.9 km awayA short gravel out-and-back to sheltered Hole in the Wall Beach.
EasyMurrays Car Park to Hole in the Wall Low-Tide Walk2.2 km · 1 hr · 2.6 km awayA short low-tide shore walk to a sandstone opening.
EasyMunyunga waraga dhugan Loop Walk6.1 km · 2.8 hr · 2.7 km awayFourteen signs, coastal heath and a wide view into Jervis Bay.EasyMurrays Beach to Governors Head Walk2.2 km · 45 min · 2.7 km awayShort beach walk to a clifftop view across Bowen Island.
ModerateSteamers Beach Walk4.6 km · 2 hr · 3 km awayA shaded bush track ends on an isolated, cliff-backed beach.
ModerateBooderee Circuit Trail11.4 km · 4 hr · 3 km awayFrom eucalypt shade to sea cliffs and Blacks Waterhole.
ModerateSt Georges Head Trail13.8 km · 5 hr · 3 km awayOcean cliffs after miles of quiet, undulating management track.
Beach · 0.3 km awayGreen Patch BeachSheltered water and beginner snorkelling make an easy beach day.
Campground · 0.3 km awayBristol Point CampgroundA bushland base within walking distance of two beaches.
Food · 0.4 km awayKoffeeClan VanCoffee near Green Patch’s day-use area.
Campground · 0.6 km awayGreen Patch CampgroundHot showers and unpowered sites among the coastal bush.
Beach · 0.9 km awayIluka BeachClear shallows, pale sand, and a bush-lined shore.
Beach · 1.2 km awayScottish RocksRock platforms, snorkelling and shallow pools make this beach different.
Beach · 1.9 km awayHole in the WallA crescent beach ends at a sandstone opening worn into a U.
Store · 1.9 km awayJervis Bay SupermarketA handy in-park shop for groceries, supplies, and takeaway.Parkwolf’s Booderee ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
