Greenpatch Point

Jervis Bay Territory map

Greenpatch is a locality in the Jervis Bay Territory in Australia.

Geography

Greenpatch is located on Aboriginal Land within the Booderee National Park. It is located within close proximity to HMAS Creswell and Jervis Bay Village. Greenpatch beach is approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long. The Guinness Book of Records reports Jervis Bay as having the whitest sand in the world.^[1]

Boarded Walkway leading out into Greenpatch Beach

Greenpatch is home to many different kinds of Australian native flora and fauna, including kangaroos, kookaburras, rosellas, lorikeets and wombats and many more.

↑ "Gazing onto the world's whitest sands". Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

Jervis Bay Territory, Australia

Towns, suburbs and localities	Greenpatch Point Jervis Bay Village Wreck Bay Village

Other places and points of interest	Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens Bowen Island Cape St George Lighthouse HMAS Creswell Jervis Bay Jervis Bay Airport Jervis Bay National Park Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant proposal South Coast Pipe

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