The Georges River, looking east. The Woolooware Bay is pictured as the most easterly bay, to the right and back of the picture, southeast of the Captain Cook Bridge, the most easterly river crossing.
The Woolooware Bay is a bay on the lower estuarine Georges River in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Woolooware Bay was also home to local icon "Tattoo", a female Russian Blue ship's cat who lived for 10 years aboard a moored yacht (Simba) with her owner, author Rachel Alexandra.[2] Tattoo came to prominence through a children's book released in April 2024.[citation needed] Tattoo died on 22 November 2025, age 14 and was buried above the sands that over look the entrance of Woolooware Bay.[citation needed]
The bay is located near where the Georges River empties into Botany Bay, southeast of the Captain Cook Bridge. The bay's catchment area is bound by Botany Bay to the north, Bate Bay sub-catchment to the east, Gwawley Bay sub-catchment to the west and Port Hacking sub-catchment to the south.[5] The bay is surrounded by the suburbs of Kurnell to the east, Woolooware[6] to the south, and Taren Point and Caringbah to the west of the bay's shore.[7]Mangrove swamps were traditionally located around the bay area. Some were reclaimed to create parks and playing fields including Endeavour Field, Woolooware Golf Course and Cronulla Golf Course.
