The Dune Preserve is the name of the 2-acre strip of land on Rendezvous Bay which is flanked by CuisinArt Resort and Spa on the left and Temenos Golf Club on the right. This sliver of paradise is home to Bankie Banx, The Moonsplash Music Festival, The Dune Preserve Restaurant, and The Planet Dune live-music lounge.
The Dune Preserve is affectionately called the Planet Dune because it is unlike anything else on this earth. Since 1994, Bankie and his sidekick Bullett have collected old sail boats, fishing boats and driftwood and transformed them into an ever expanding work of island art. The Dune Preserve has embodied green architecture before anyone on Anguilla had ever head of green architecture. Literally built between coconut and mauby trees of predominantly salvaged and discarded material, it is barely visible from above and from the sea.
The Dune Preserve in 1994 sat alone on the west side of Rendezvous Bay before CuisinArt and Temenos were conceived. At its origin the Dune Preserve consisted of Bankie's one-room cabin which sat behind a 50-foot sand dune and a small beach bar which sat on the beach side of the sand Dune. The Dune Preserve was completed destroyed by hurricanes in 1996 in 1999. Each time Bankie and Bullett rebuilt the Dune Preserve with a new vision. After the 1999 hurricane the once majestic sand dunes at Rendezvous Bay were flattened from a combination of hurricane damage, shifting tides, and new construction. Since that time Bankie has worked with the Anguilla National Trust to restore the once majestic dunes. Over time the dunes have made a comeback although at only half their original size.
Here are some video of Dave performing with Ruel Richardson of British Dependency.
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