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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Much awaited..

Where : Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
When : 15-Mar-09

My third visit to Sg Buloh is a much awaited thingy. It was planned a month ahead esp when its difficult for me to have a off day on a Sunday. Finally 15-Mar comes! Since it has been an off and on raining day for the past few days, i pray hard that today will be a bright sunny and clear sky. Thank God it didnt rain!

In fact i love the cloudy sky!

Despite having a nature walk in the reserve after performing nite duty last nite, i don't feel tired at all because...because i love nature walks. AND...and i love mangroves, esp watching mudskippers!

I have always love mangroves. In Sungei Buloh there's two mangroves area : Mangrove Broadwalk and Mangrove Arboretum.

(Above) Painting to add colour to the mangrove's shelter rooftop

This viewing tower (pic above) has a very very narrow steps! (Below)

Have been reading so much of fellow blogger, TiDeChaseR's post about cotton strainer, finally i spotted one myself!

Past two visits here, spotted frequent presence of the monitor lizards, but today i just got to see this lil fella

Creepy caterpillars grouping together!

In my kampung days, i love eating these wild cherries! But no cherries for me today. This tree have season for fruiting? No idea!

I've explored almost all the area in Sg Buloh. We spent three hours here. But before leaving...Watch it!

To SK, thanks for the companion! Looking forward to a next Sg Buloh trip perhaps... ;-P

Labels: local, mangrove, rambling, sungei buloh, wetland

++ quoth nessie at 6:48 PM

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Short visit to Sungei Buloh Wetland

Place : Sungei Buloh Wetland
When : 8th Feb 2009

I have always miss going to Sungei Buloh Wetland. But despite asking around many times who's interested to visit this place, the answer is still the same; "hmmm, don't want". So i have decided to visit it alone.

Work finished at 3pm. Changing to my outing attire, a friend asked where am i going? Sungei Buloh is my reply. To my surprised, my friend said " If you don't mind, can i tag along?". Ohh...not that im happy that i have a companion at the last minute,but im in deep thoughts and wonders...why would she who have no interest in nature wanna tag along? Nevertheless, im okay with any friends tagging along with me to anywhere. So, i said yes.

The wait for the bus to bring us to the wetland lasted for 30 minutes. The weather was sunny, but as we are approaching the destination, dark clouds gloom over the sky. Issit going to rain soon? I don't care. Rain or shine, I will still walk in the reserve. keke

The Bus Service 925 drop us at the entrance of the wetland. When we reached there, it was already 1650hrs. Admission to the wetland on Sunday is S$1.

For your info, Bus Service 925 will only drop you to the wetland entrance on a Sunday and Public Holidays. On any other day, you have to walk 15minutes from the bus stop near Kranji Reservoir Carpark.

While in the reserve, here's the Do's and the Don'ts

(Above) Entrance to the mangrove broadwalk.

Mangrove Broadwalk is my fav bcos i love to see mudskipper.

While in the reserve, its best to be more quiet. Listen more and talk less.

Reserve closes at 1900hrs. The last admission ticket will be sold at 1800hrs. Here's a schedules of the bus service 925 from the reserve. Don't ever miss the bus bcos the walk is a long walk out.

Labels: local, mangrove, rambling, sungei buloh, wetland

++ quoth nessie at 12:00 AM

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Improper etiquette of Park visitors

Where : Pasir Ris Park Mangrove
When : 8 Dec 08

I am so disappointed with those who visited nature parks but do not know how to observe proper etiquette. What greeted me when i entered Pasir Ris Park Mangrove is an ugly sight and behaviours of some visitors to the Park.

Litters found on the mangrove grounds

Graffiti seen on the walls and pillars of the bird watching tower

Some would comment that the agency in charge of managing parks should be more observant to these litters and do frequent clean-up of the Park. To me, i personally feels that as the visitors to the Park, everyone should do their part to keep the Parks litter-free so as not to spoil the scenery, and eco system of the mangroves.

Labels: hmmm, local, mangrove, pasir ris, rambling

++ quoth nessie at 9:16 AM

Monday, December 8, 2008

Pasir Ris Park Mangrove

Where : Pasir Ris Park Mangrove
When : 8th Dec 08

SLR in my palm, mind went blank! Where can i go today to start snapping photos with my new gadget? Its been raining since morning. Oh no...am i gonna be stuck at home doing nothing but listen to the rain drops? Think! Think!

hmmm....lets see...Why not i go visit places thats near my home? hmmm...

Pasir Ris Park mangrove! I've not once been there but for so long i have always wanted to visit the place. It was said from an article that i read that the mangrove was only 5mins walk from Pasir Ris MRT station. So, thats it!

So i suggested to my siblings to visit the Pasir Ris mangrove. My 2nd brother insist not going cos of the rain. But my other two sisters were very supportive as I have told them earlier that I wanted to play around with my new gadget.

It was 2.10pm when we reached Pasir Ris MRT. Looking around from the bus interchange, we can't find any signage to indicate the direction to the mangrove. We then proceed to look at the map of the neighbouring area surrounding the bus interchange. We saw "Pasir Ris Park" on the map. But there's no indication for mangrove area.

We decided to just walk into the park and find out where's the mangrove, thinking that the mangrove couldn't be so far away from the park.

True enough when we read the map of the Pasir Ris Park, we saw the mangrove indication. So thereafter we just follow thru the broadwalk and start snapping photos.

Having these broadwalk makes my walking and enjoying the nature, a comfortable experience

Saw the mudskipper? Info on mudskipper

Bird watching tower

After a long tiring walk, you can take a rest at one of these benches (its found all over the park) or rest in one of these cool close-to-the-nature hideout.

Can u see that one of the hideout had a tent pitched in it? The park visitor is protecting himself from the rain cos its now a rainy season.

Labels: local, mangrove, pasir ris, rambling

++ quoth nessie at 9:14 PM

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This blog is more of nature themed.

Here i will share my findings and observations by means of photos and narration to places that i rambles in Spore.

Beside that i will post on what i have been doing (but not so much into writing such stuff actually).

There's also post of my overseas trip, with photos and narration of course.

So, please feel free to tell me which other new places or interesting place which of nature related that I should go explore next.

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