Travel: A Walk in Punggol Park

Brought QW out for some fresh air at Punggol Park[1], which is funnily located in Hougang.

QW playing in the playground
QW ootd: Pumpkin patch yellow romper

QW getting in touch with Mother Nature

Apart from the usual jogging/running/walking and cycling path, I will let photos do the talking on the facilities and activities that you can find in Punggol Park:

Playground (There are two swings in the behind too!)

Foot reflexology stone path

Restroom near the playground and foot reflexology stone path

Fitness corner

Took a picture of a man taking a picture of another drawing a picture :p

Pond

Parking rates

Car park

Wild Oats @ Punggol Park [3] 

Plaza area (Where activities such as tai chi takes place)

Inline skating at the plaza area

Woodball course

What I like about this town park are the rest benches and sheltered-areas which are quite closely scattered around the park. In case of sudden downpour, it is always great to have a sheltered-area within sight (especially with a baby in tow)!

For the record, I have not seen the water-sports activities (such as dragon boating) mentioned in their Wikipedia page taking place in the pond. But, my mum told me that she saw the dragon boating event before. Perhaps, I did not go at the right time?

I did see people fishing in the pond although Punggol Park does not seem to be on the list of designated fishing areas[4][5]. Do note that one may be fined if found not complying with the fishing guidelines observed in Singapore[6].

Also, I would not fly a kite there because my kite flying skill is not that great. I cannot find an open space which I deemed big enough to fly my kite such that it neither get stuck in the trees nor land the pond.

For a town park, it really does cater to young and old in the family. With it being connected to the Park Connector Network (PCN) and the opening of the PCN bike shop, also with the many HDBs and Condos which sprouted up around it, I think Punggol Park will get a lot more activities with days to come.

References:

1. NParks - Punggol Park
2. Wikipedia - Punggol Park
3. Wild Oats @ Punggol Park
4. Nparks - Designated fishing grounds
5. PUB - Fishing guidelines
6. Straits Times - PUB's effort against illegal fishing

[Slightly off-topic, I got to learn in Hualien, Taiwan, that bird nest fern (the fern in the 4th photo from the top which QW tried to touch) is edible! It is one of the aboriginal dish~ More on it in my future post on Hualien.]