Governor’s Beach
NOTE: Stay on the beach side of the white wall and make sure your are going to the public beach, not the Governors house.
NOTE 2: We have moved to Canada, the cache will remain as long as it is maintained by fellow cachers.
Parking at Governors beach it is a short walk under the trees.
Found on the west coast between the Cruise Center and Cockburn Town, Governor’s Beach is the best beach on Grand Turk. The site gets its name from being the location of the Governor’s mansion, Waterloo, which is found a short distance away from the main beach access. Sheltered from the typical east southeast tradewinds, this beach offers a wide strip of white sand, shallow clear water, and a thick Casuarina tree grove for shade.
The ocean clarity at Governor’s Beach is exquisite, and the sand is incredibly soft with a light peach hue..
There’s really not any good snorkeling at Governor’s Beach. Some rocky patches can be found in areas, but simply not much coral or fish life to be found here.
The Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos Islands. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the Governor is to act as the head of state, and he or she is responsible for appointing the Premier and 5 members of the House of Assembly. The official residence of the Governor is Government House of Turks and Caicos Islands, Waterloo, Grand Turk. In August 2009, the United Kingdom suspended the islands' self-government after allegations of ministerial corruption. The prerogative of the ministerial government and the House of Assembly were vested in the Governor until self-government was restored in 2012. The Governor has his own flag in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Union Flag with the territory's coat of arms superimposed. The islands were a dependency of Jamaica until that colony received independence in 1962. Afterwards the governor of the Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973.