bedok reservoir park viewed from the highest point
scenes of the tampines sand quarry pond
i was at bedok reservoir to familiarise myself with the schools' national cross-country route - to be held on 25 march - when my friend suggested that we cross the road and check out the old tampines sand quarry pond. always game to explore any new place, i readily agreed.
from car-park b, we crossed the road and we were soon looking for a path that would lead us to the pond. although i did not meet anyone with a fishing rod that day, there was enough evidence around to show that fishing is one of the main activities (illegally?)carried out at this quarry pond.
i remember the tampines of old, with lorries loaded with sand trundling along some of the tracks and then go speeding along the narrow tampines road. there were quite a number of sand quarries in operation in those days when we were spending our time waiting for the tilapas and grass carps in the ponds to take our bait.
those fishing days @ tampines pondtampines road started from upper serangoon and joined up with changi road. whenever we preferred the rustic countryside scene, we would take this route when making our way to changi point. of course, we had to be wary of the lorries loaded with sand but the traffic was usually lighter than if you were to take the city route.
according to the records, most of the sand quarries were located at the present tampines avenue 10 and at loyang. my friend, who lives in tampines, told me that the tampines polytechnic's site used to be a sand quarry.
