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Gold Rock Beach in Lucayan National Park
And this was the destination of our wonderful kayaking tour. We had a picnic lunch, froliced in the warm aquamarine water, and then lounged in the shade of a towering pine at Gold Rock Beach. What a BEAUTIFUL place! The pines, interestingly enough, are not native to Grand Bahama Island. They were actually brought over from Australia to use as wind breaks. This wound up being a terrible idea as their roots are not good for keeping the beach from erroding. However the Bahamians are correcting the problem by waiting for the trees to fall down, which they will inevitably do as they are not equipped to cope with the environment here. Then they cart the tree away and replace it with native beach friendly plants!
Gold Rock Beach in Lucayan National Park
And this was the destination of our wonderful kayaking tour. We had a picnic lunch, froliced in the warm aquamarine water, and then lounged in the shade of a towering pine at Gold Rock Beach. What a BEAUTIFUL place! The pines, interestingly enough, are not native to Grand Bahama Island. They were actually brought over from Australia to use as wind breaks. This wound up being a terrible idea as their roots are not good for keeping the beach from erroding. However the Bahamians are correcting the problem by waiting for the trees to fall down, which they will inevitably do as they are not equipped to cope with the environment here. Then they cart the tree away and replace it with native beach friendly plants!