Singapore Quarry

 

It is the eve of Singapore National Day (46th birthday) when I went with an old friend to the Dairy Farm Nature Park for a photo-taking outing. We started out from the Rail Mall along Upper Bukit Timah Road. We went up to the old railway bridge and headed south along the disused tracks. It was a nice morning and the bees and butterflies were all out and about!

We went up an incline by the side of the rail tracks and cross over a bridge and ended up on a tar road( **) leading to the Singapore Quarry. Monitor lizards are basking on the tar road. They will slither away as you approach. More butterflies were seen…and photographed.

(** this road will lead to Jalan Asas and the Rail Mall in the other direction)

The Singapore Quarry is beautiful, serene, quiet and makes you feel closer to nature. Even the birds are feeling romantic here.

 

There are many small indigenous fishes in the water. What surprised me was that there are some big Koi in the water. Kohaku, Shiro Utsuri, Hi Bekko, Showa are some varieties spotted. Could have been released or abandoned.   

I spotted some small Luohan cichlids in the water too. Not a good sign since Luohan cichlids are aggressive, predatory fishes, not native to Singapore and breeds easily. Soon they may take over and destroy the local ecosystem.

There are some newly planted aquatic plants there. Once fully grown, the view will be even better. This is a place to visit again in the near future for another photo-shoot or just to appreciate nature.