Today’s S.A.D.* was really one heck of an adventure! We jungle bashed through Bt Batok Hillside Park in an attempt to locate the abandoned park that was also formerly known as Greenwood Park.
Yes, besides the two large parks of Bt Batok Nature Park and Bt Batok Town Park (or Little Guilin) at Bt Batok, there used to be another nature park along Bt Batok West Ave 2. But the peculiar thing about Bt Batok Hillside Park is nobody seems to know why was the park eventually abandoned. I searched online for answers before heading down but to no avail. (Let me know if you know!)
But you can clearly tell it was once a park - there are remnants of stone steps, a well, fake rocks (probably for aesthetic purposes), decaying boardwalk, stone table and even the skeleton of a sheltered walkway! Tap on the photos to see all of the sights we saw.
Intriguing huh? Hard to tell from the thick vegetation growing all around that this was once a nature park. What ever happened to it??? Personally, I’m glad that the kids were game enough to bash through the forest with me to locate this ‘lost’ park. It wasn’t easy though as I had to navigate using my phone, look out for steep slopes and sharp plants and try to stay on course - all at the same time. The kids (and wifey) also had to keep up and keep moving so that the mozzies won’t have a chance to suck. 😅 And of course, what you don’t see in the photos is the tiredness and the grumpy faces of the kids mid-way though the hike when we momentarily went off-course. But that is fleeting because the moment when we located the old park, the satisfaction was immense. So when I asked them which do they prefer - jungle bashing or walking through the usual parks - they unanimously echoed jungle bashing! Heng ah. 🤣
*Sunday Adventure Date
