MY wife's mother had a wonderful home on The Boulevarde at Hawks Nest (Jimmys beach) from the mid 1980s for approximately 35 years.
Near the start of The Boulevarde it was an absolutely beautiful place to be. There was not much view to the beach, across from the roadway as there were many metres of native bush land with trees and shrubs of all heights. Beyond that there were many more metres of sand dunes before you got to the waters of Jimmys beach. Under the water it was an untouched natural aquarium. There were diamond pythons, goannas, bandicoots etc in the bush and koalas in the reserve behind the house. Only a two-storey house had glimpses across to Nelson Bay.
