My critics have brought to my attention that Laura in Singapore does not provide enough coverage of beaches. This is not surprising, as we're not really big beach people. But I do aim to please!
Upon extensive consideration, I am hereby launching the Laura in Singapore 7-point Beachliness scale!
We were repeatedly educated, mostly by strangers, on the whiteness of the Straya beaches near us, particularly Hyams beach (pronunciation varies: Strayans seem less sure of this). Here is a pamphlet for colour reference.
Apparently, white sand is good, but I'm uncomfortable that this seems unfair to brown or darker-skinned sand. I was a bigger fan of this multi-coloured mosaic of shell sand. See what I did there?
The second point on the LiS Beachliness scale is boatiness. Here, you can see an extensive view, along with a navy boat. Reasonable boatiness.
Here, however, we saw a real actual submarine. This is clearly full boatiness points.
This beach was cold for Strayaland, but shipwrecks get bonus boatiness points. No one was harmed in the making of this shipwreck, which is the S.S. Merimbulla from 1909, built in Scotland.
The third measure is prettiness. While clearly a subjective measure, I'm the only judge. Here is a good one.The fourth measure is desertedness; people are not desirable on a beach. Bonus points for completely difficult to reach.
The fifth measure is wildlife, which is a more core LiS value. Straya had a few good rockpool creatures.
The sixth measure is the availability of activities, which can include anything from hunting for treasure, to sportliness. For Straya, I will count rock-hopping and dolphin watching, especially since we saw dolphins twice. Struggled a bit with sun protection, mind you.
The seventh and final beachliness measure is availability of cocktails. Here is where Straya's beaches fell short. Yes, I realize some measures can be paradoxical, like many things in life. No cocktails here:
Jervis Bay Straya Beachliness Review
Sandiness: 1
Boatiness: 1.5 (submarine/shipwreck bonus)
Prettiness: 1
Destertedness: 1
Wildlife: 1
Availability of activities: 1
Availability of cocktails: 0
Total: 6.5/7
