Top Things to Do in Jervis Bay NSW: Beaches, Shopping, Food & Festivals

Yoga in the Melaleuca venue at Worrowing Farm in Jervis Bay. Photo Tania Genoves

Finding the Quiet Pulse of the Bay This Weekend

FRIDAY 27 MARCH: Skip the village bustle and lean into local rituals with sound baths, open art studios, and live Sunday beats.

Long dining table set for the Autumn Celebration of Food at Willinga Park.

Harvest Your Tickets to the 2026 Autumn Celebration of Food

The annual foodie-fest, Autumn Celebration of Food is back with a delicious seven-week program starting this May. From Sardinian long lunches at Willinga Park to behind-the-scenes tasting tours in Woollamia, we’ve rounded up the best tickets on sale now to help you savour the very best of our local backyard, thanks to the Shoalhaven Food Network.

Regional producers like Kevally Olives at the Tomerong Food Hall. Photo via Facebook

Autumn Air & Village Gigs: Your Jervis Bay Weekend Edit

FRIDAY 20 MARCH: From local food markets in Tomerong to sunset jazz in the Valley, discover the best ways to spend your autumn weekends in Jervis Bay.

Bek shows us how to score a chestnut at Sassafras Nuts. Photo Samantha Tannous

Autumn Gold & Local Soul: Your Insider Guide to Jervis Bay

FRIDAY 13 MARCH: As the mornings turn cooler, Jervis Bay settles into a season of intimate gigs and community connection. From local panel talks to movement meditation and farm-fresh harvests, here is your plan for the week.

Celebrate St Patrick's Day and Irish culture at Jervis Bay Brewing Co in Woollamia, Jervis Bay.

Sláinte! Celebrate St Patrick’s Day the Jervis Bay Way

Dust off your best green outfit! Jervis Bay is turning emerald this weekend with brand-new Irish stouts, traditional slow sessions, and a menu full of comfort classics like lamb stew and soda bread

A group of women standing together on the white sands of Jervis Bay at sunrise, silhouetted against a golden and pink sky. They are engaged in conversation and shared presence, representing the biological need for community and co-regulation over digital connection.

Beyond the Screen: Why Your Nervous System Craves Jervis Bay, Not an Algorithm

Digital connection is a poor substitute for the "biological necessity" of community. Wellbeing writer Tara Lee explores why Jervis Bay’s local sunrises and shared spaces are the ultimate health intervention.

$A brand-new molecule: Dr Pia Winberg shows the fractions of SXRG84 to the Project NICE participants at the PhycoHealth factory in Woollamia Jervis Bay. Photo Samantha Tannous$

How Local Seaweed is Rewriting Skin Science

An extraordinary collision of marine biology and medical innovation recently transformed Jervis Bay into a global hub for skin health. Project NICE (National Integrated Care for Epithelia) brought together diverse experts—from bioengineers to First Nations custodians—to unlock the secrets of a brand new molecule found right here in Jervis Bay waters with the potential to heal and protect the human body.

Prof Kate White looks at SXRG84 fractions under the microscope at the PhycoHealth factory in Woollamia Jervis Bay. Photo Samantha Tannous

Using Seaweed to Combat Chronic Infection in Remote Australia

A new research project led by Dr Esther Callcott is using the antimicrobial power of Jervis Bay’s SXRG84 molecule to tackle impetigo in remote Aboriginal communities. Plus the latest update on treatment for mucositis in patients receiving cancer treatment.

At the PhycoHealth factory shop in Woollamia Jervis Bay, Rosanna Angus admires the Lanje skin care range on sale. Photo Samantha Tannous

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science: The Extraordinary Launch of Lanje Skincare

What happens when you combine 60,000 years of traditional botanical knowledge with a breakthrough marine molecule from Jervis Bay? The answer is Lanje—a skincare brand that moved from concept to shelf in just twelve months.

The Art Of Becoming

Balding is easier than being bald, on show at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery until 02 May, is an unusual exhibition and not just because of its intriguing title. The range of diverse, intensely colourful, multi-media works—set in the small, north gallery, painted black—certainly makes for a lively, buoyant, close encounter with the minds of the young …