The 59th Annual National Family Island Regatta – Great Exuma, Bahamas
Tuesday, April 24th to Saturday, April 28th, 2012 –
To be proven Best in the Bahamas is the goal. The National Family Island Regatta is the event and you are invited to come on down to the beautiful island of Great Exuma to enjoy this 59th annual sailing event. Join the crowds of wildly enthusiastic sailing fans from all over the world as you watch Bahamian sailors from every major island in the Bahamas compete for the honor of being the very best of the best!
The working relationship between sailors and their sailing vessels is inextricably woven into the fabric of the history and culture of ...Full story
Sands Beer
‘Jimmy’ Sands, whose family has a long heritage in the liquor and beverage business, opened the Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company in 2007. Even before the first spade of dirt was turned for the 60,000 sq. ft. facility, Jimmy held a competition giving local residents the opportunity to find a name for the brewery’s first brew. A chance to win $3,000 produced nearly 4,000 names for a beer that hadn’t as yet even been brewed! ‘Sands’ was the winner and the name has become synonymous with quality Bahamian beverages ever since.
The Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company currently produces ...Full story
Insects of Exuma — walking sticks
While you are exploring the island of Great Exuma, you may easily walk right past a ‘walking stick’ or mistake it for a twig as it rests on a branch or leaf amid all the bits and pieces of the surrounding trees and shrubs in the forested and bushy areas of Exuma. That is because the green, brown or grey-brown, sometimes striped or spotted, coloring of this fascinating insect (order Phasmatodea) is the perfect camouflage, making it extremely difficult to spot.
Although walking sticks are found all over the world, they mostly inhabit tropical and sub-tropical regions where the climate is hot ...Full story
Cuban tree frog
Cuban tree frogs (Osteopilus Septentrionalis) are amphibians native to Cuba, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, and are the largest tree frogs in North America. They can be found in estuaries, low-density suburban developments, small towns, agricultural areas, lowlands and swamps — being attracted to damp shade around trees and shrubs, wells, rain barrels and buildings.
They range in size from 3 to 5.5 inches (76 to 140 mm) and vary in color from olive-brown to bronze, gray or grayish-white, which can change depending on the temperature and the environment. Some have dark splotches on their ...Full story
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