Wednesday, February 4, 2009

disused quarry at bukit timah nature reserve







today, i parked my car outside the moe dairy farm adventure camp - the only moe camp of which i have not seen the inside - and walked the disused road. sometimes, i think, i tread without realizing the danger i may be getting myself into.

just like the kranji nature trail, this road was totally deserted. i did not meet a single soul along the entire walk. the walk took me to a disused granite quarry. the quarry was fenced up and the gate was padlocked. there were certain areas where the water appeared to be quite shallow.

however, it is quite difficult to tell just by looking. concrete steps and slopes have been constructed just outside the fence. i think this is to facilitate water overflowing from the pond. the water would cascade down the steps and flow down the slopes to the drains.

i took a different route to get back to the dairy farm campsite. i walked alongside the railway track and managed to get to railway mall.

since then i have gone back to this disused quarry a few times. i found out that the name for it is the singaore quarry. at the moment, some development is taking place here as the singapore quarry will become part of the dairy farm nature park. a platform is being built over the edge of the quarry pond.

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