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Yeah it's a super weird place, administratively speaking.
It's treated like part of the ACT for some reasons, like federal elections, and receives most municipal services from the ACT government, but it is not part of the ACT for territory elections.
There's also basically no reason to ever go there unless you're in or supporting the military bases located there.
There’s also basically no reason to ever go there unless you’re in or supporting the military bases located there.
It does have some rather pretty beaches, best to plan on checking out all that's there to make it feel worthwhile though as they sting you $20 to see them.
wtf, you have to pay to see a beach? That's fuckin' unaustralian!
It's not a fee for the beaches per se but the fee for entering the national park which covers the territory (though it is in effect paying to see beaches as that's the main reason to visit).
I disagree. It's absolutely stunning.
What are they (or were they) actually doing with that port, though? Kinda impractical to have a federal government port so far away from the capital ...
It's pretty close to the capital, really. It's directly due east of the ACT. Maybe somewhere like Bateman's Bay would be a little closer, but not a huge amount, and I assume other practicalities (including existing uses) took priority.
These days it's a naval base, mainly.
Sorry, somehow I was convinced that Perth was the capital, not Canberra. That port definitely makes more sense with Canberra as the capital ...
😆 Western Australians wish Perth was the capital. At least you know your Australian cities
Aboriginal Australian people long lived over the area of Jervis Bay.[9] The area underwent significant change 18,000 to 7,500 years ago when the sea level rose, displacing inhabitants of previously coastal areas, resulting in dramatic population redistribution.
So they are used to climate change already?