Bluebell in Huskisson: A Holiday Rental With a Pool and Sauna

There is a particular kind of weekend that only works if the house is right. Everyone arrives Friday night, nobody wants to drive anywhere, and the whole trip lives or dies on whether the place you booked has enough room and something to actually do in it.

Bluebell in Huskisson is built for exactly that weekend. It is the newest Huskisson holiday rental from Jervis Bay Weekender, and it comes with a pool, a sauna and a cabana, which is not a sentence you get to write about most South Coast houses.

What you get

Bluebell sleeps eight across four bedrooms, so it takes a family, two couples travelling together, or a group of friends who would rather share a house than book separate rooms somewhere.

The outdoor space is the drawcard:

A sparkling pool for the warmer months
A sauna, which turns a cold South Coast night into something you look forward to
A cabana for the long lunch that runs into the afternoon
Room to spread out, indoors and out

Inside it is styled, comfortable and set up as a proper self-contained home rather than a stripped-back rental. Full kitchen, laundry, somewhere to put the wet towels. The sort of place where you can cook a real dinner or bring back fish and chips and nobody minds either way.

Huskisson is the easy base

Bluebell sits moments from Huskisson’s beaches, cafes and attractions, which is the whole reason people choose this town over the quieter pockets around the bay.

Huskisson is the middle of everything in Jervis Bay. The beach is a short walk. So is the coffee. So is dinner. You can park the car on Friday and genuinely not touch it again until Sunday, which after a week of driving is the point.

From the house you are within easy reach of:

Huskisson Beach and the waterfront walking track
The cafes, bakeries, pubs and restaurants through the middle of town
Whale watching cruises, which run out of Huskisson from May to November
Greenfield Beach and the White Sands Walk, a short drive south
Booderee National Park, with its bushwalks, calm coves and Hyams Beach nearby

A weekend that plans itself

You do not need an itinerary here, but if you like one:

Friday. Arrive, unpack, walk into town for dinner. Sauna before bed.

Saturday. Coffee in Huskisson, then a cruise out into the bay. Dolphins are around all year and humpbacks pass through in the cooler months. Back to the house for the afternoon, pool or cabana depending on the season, then cook in.

Sunday. A slow start, the White Sands Walk between Greenfield and Chinamans Beach, a stop at Booderee if you have the time, then home.

That is the appeal of a house with something in it. Half the weekend can be spent at Bluebell and it still feels like a proper trip.

Who it suits

Families who need four bedrooms and a pool to wear the kids out
Two couples splitting a house rather than paying for two rooms
Groups of friends after somewhere to cook, swim and stay put
Anyone in the cooler months who wants a sauna at the end of a beach walk

The rest of the properties

Bluebell joins four other self-contained homes from Jervis Bay Weekender, all in Huskisson or Old Erowal Bay:

Heart of Husky, a two-bedroom in central Huskisson for couples and small groups
Daffodil on Owen, four bedrooms in the Huskisson CBD, sleeping eight
Erowal Bay Cottage, a three-bedroom waterside home in Old Erowal Bay
Killarney at Old Erowal Bay, four bedrooms for eight in the quieter half of the bay

Every one of them is fully self-contained with a kitchen, laundry and off-street parking, so whichever you land on you can settle in and cook rather than eating out three nights running.