October 2009
14 posts
Marina Barrage
(photo courtesy of Project Green Dot)
Built across the mouth of the Marina Channel, the Marina Barrage is Singapore’s 15th reservoir and first in the city. With a 10,000 hectare catchment area, which is one-sixth the size of the total land area, this city catchment is the island’s biggest and most urbanised. The Marina Reservoir seeks to increase Singapore’s water catchment areas from half to...
I'm Lovin' It!
A McDonald’s lunch! A sure favourite for our younger fast-food generation. Our trip down to McDonald’s@Ridout Tea Garden located along Queensway plans to show participants how a daily meal in one of Singapore’s most frequented restaurant is in fact, closely related to the topic of nature.
Firstly, participants will be served a typical McDonald’s vaue meal, in addition,...
Obstacle Course
External view of dormitory at Dairy Farm
Mountain Biking around the area of Dairy Farm
Abseiling down a tower at the adventure centre in Dairy Farm
Rock Climbing up a tower at the adventure centre in Dairy Farm
(photos courtesy of dairy farm adventure centre)
Taking a short break after lunch, we’ll head down to the adventure centre at Dairy Farm to carry out some outdoor...
Tai Chi @ Dairy Farm
Students will get to spend their night in Dairy Farm Adventure Center, owned by the Ministry of Education. It is located at the fringe of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, near the Dairy Farm Quarry. Compared to their homes in the highly urbanized Singapore, experiencing a night in Dairy Farm will be drastically different! One can get closer to nature and experience its serenity and the harmonious...
SPI Ghoulish Trail
The Ghoulish Trail led by volunteer guides from the Singapore Paranormal Investigation is a tour of Singapore’s urban legend landscape. The tour will bring our participants around the area of Dairy Farm Road about 200 metres before the highway entrance to the BKE expressway. It is a plot of natural space, within which an old abandoned derelict house can be found. The Spirit Tree stands just...
Union Farm Eating House
We will stop at Union Farm Eating House for dinner. From the exterior, this restaurant goes almost unnoticed, blending into the foliage along the busy Clement Road, when contrasted to its adjacent urban development, Maju Camp and SIM. It is only after careful notice that one will spot the 60s-looking signboard that says Union Farm Eating House.
Situated on a privately owned piece of land, this...
D'Kranji Farm Resort
(brochure of D’Kranji Farm Resort)
D’Kranji Farm Resort is Singapore’s newest installation of an Agri-tainment farm. The term agri-tainment might be unfamiliar to most Singaporeans, but is a growing industry on a global scale and defined as ‘any agricultural business or activity designed to entertain the public’.
At the resort, guided farm tours are available to visitors at a nominal...
Kayak Expedition to the KELONGS!
Kelongs—‘Malay for an offshore platform built predominantly with wood and propped up by tree trunks or wooden poles of about 20m in length. Wooden poles are also used to construct a funnel-like structure to guide the fish into the net in the centre of the kelong. The net is lifted daily and the fish collected for sale. Young fish, or fry, are usually bred till they become large enough to sell....
Itinerary and Money Matters
This is the schedule that the tour will follow
PROJECT GREEN DOT
What is Project Green Dot?
Our adventure plans to bring YOU to a whole new world beyond your imagination. Relook at the relationship you share with nature and be ready to be transformed. What is nature to you? Why do you think of nature this way? Is there nature in Singapore? Can nature be within your reach at anytime of the day? Stop being fed the meaning of nature and EXPERIENCE it for...