Meant to visit Thomson Natural Park this morning. However, I mistook it for Springleaf Natural Park. I only realised my mistake after having enter the car park and read the signboard!
We examined the visitor map, and noticed that Springleaf Natural Park is a rather small. Luckily, it is connected to Lower Seletar Reservoir nearby. Since we haven't visited this place before, we decided to "go with the flow" 随缘。
The park connector from Springleaf Natural Park to Lower Seletar Reservoir is not shedded. Fortunate for us, we reached there quite early in the morning (and right after a heavy rainfall last night, where several low lying places in Singapore was caught in flash flood), and the weather was fairly cool (with fog in the far away trees/reservoir).
It is a man-made park/park connector, hence, not as "wild/natural" as Chestnut Natural Park or Mac Ritchie Reservoir. But the view along the park connector (water lilies, trees/rivers), and Lower Seletar Reservoir (observation deck, post-card view of MRT track, kayaks) more than make up for the "artificial" elements.
We spend about 1.5 hour all in all - stopping for photo shots along the way.
SPRINGLEAF Natural Park
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| Park connector leading from Springleaf NP to Lower Seletar Reservoir |
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| Water lilies dotting the river bank along the park connector |
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| Boat and water lilies |
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| work in progress |
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| reflection |
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| Bridge that divide the park connector into 2 segments |
LOWER SELETAR RESERVOIR
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| MRI track adjacent to Lower Seletar Reservoir |
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| Fishing at the reservoir |
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| Fishing from the deck |
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| The reservoir with MRT train on its way from Khatib station to Yio Chu Kang station |
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| Leisure kayaking |
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| kayaking |
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| Observation deck in the reservoir |
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| Another view of the deck |
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| Kaya docking station, available for rental |
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| Lower Seletar Reservoir |
My wife and I visited Lower Seletar Reservoir over 25 years ago, when we were still "pak-thor" 拍拖。I just bought a canon camera then, and came here to take some photos.
The reservoir itself is still the same, but the park and walkway surrounding it has been upgraded and beautified.
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| 回眸一笑 |
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| view from the deck |
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