The Bottle Tree Village at 60 Jalan Mempurong in Sembawang features some unusual looking trees. The owners of this F&B establishment bought 4 bottle trees from Australia and they become the mascot of the place. Two of the trees are in the Bottle Tree Village and 2 are at the Bottle Tree Park in Yishun.
On record, there are some 31 species of the Bottle Trees and the one in the village is the Queensland Bottle Tree (Brachychiton Rupestris). The tree has that unique bottle shape and could grow up to 20m in height. The swollen trunk is used primarily to hold water.
View of Johor
The Bottle Tree Village used to be the former People’s Association (PA) Canoe Park and the Jetty behind the village is a popular spot for fishing
Sembawang Shipyard in the background
Johor as seen from behind the Bottle Tree Village
The Petempatan Melayu Sembawang Mosque at 278 Jalan Mempurong. This mosque was completed in 1963 for the used by the Malay community in Sembawang.
Much of Jalan Mempurong in Sembawang is still very rural
Then suddenly when I reached Andrews Terrace, you see rows of houses
Does this belong to anyone ?
Butterfly Pea Flower
The Boys Brigade / Girls Brigade Campsite at Sembawang
At Sembawang Park
This is the roundabout for Bus 882 from Sembawang Interchange which is the only means of public transport to Sembawang Park
View of Johor from Sembawang Park
Barbecue Pits at Sembawang Park
The Sembawang Jetty and Sembawang Shipyard in the Background
The site where Sembawang Shipyard is located was where the British Navel Base was between 1938 and 1968.
Sembawang Jetty
The Beaulieu House
In the 1910, this was a private residence but was taken over by the British Naval as the official residence of Admiral Geoffrey Layton between 1940-1942. He was the most senior British Naval officer in Singapore at the time who was the Commander-in-Chief of the China Fleet. Presently, the house is a F&B establishment which offers both Chinese Seafood and Western Cuisine
Maps
