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    Heavy metal poisoning and littering

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    Long story short, was in a nature reserve today. Bashed quite far into the forest and found:

    3 rusted, dismantled mortocycles(at least! there were 7 wheels)
    a switchbox and wires leading to nowhere
    a shoe(nike!)
    a huge wok/kwali/whatever you call it
    2 big metal drums
    6-ish? abandoned fish traps along the rivers
    several broken ketchup bottles(Heinz if I'm not mistaken)
    zinc roofs, on the floor?
    lots and lots of coconuts(at least 30), with neat holes cut into them
    NO COCONUT TREES!!
    assorted cans, sweetwrappers

    1 bare-foot commando

    Point is, it's a mystery how whoever it is got all that junk that far up into the forest and secondly, why haven't the park authorities done anything? Or is venus road outside the protected zone?

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    Quote Originally Posted by XnSdVd
    1 bare-foot commando
    You referring to me?
    And not to mention that someone was very late for 2 hrs!

    A friendly uncle was watering the plants when we entered and according to him, he planted some of the stuff, emersed and submersed and comes here often to take care of them.

    It was quite a breeze walking in there. Absolutely no mosquitoes!
    And it's a small plants paradise. Saw snakeheads, barbs, pugnax, guppies and halfbeaks in strong flowing water.

    I thought you took some pictures? Maybe you can post some here.
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    looks like you found paradise on earth!

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    venus drive isn't in the reserve boundary. Anyhow, reason to your question is there were old settlements there in the early days.

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    On another note, anyone feel like doing a little volunteer work? Protected or not, it's sad to see the stream in such a state.
    Last edited by benny; 9th Feb 2006 at 17:07.

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    Most probably no heavy metal poisoning lah... That usually refers to Cr, Se, other industrial wastes etc...

    It could be due to 1)past residents, 2)dumping acts, 3)illegal immigrants...

    You want to clean up, maybe can talk to NParks on collaboration... And then can ask TCS to film you...
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    if they could hook me up with some hot environmentalist chicks, yeah, sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Weirong
    And not to mention that someone was very late for 2 hrs!
    I was sick! really!

    Quote Originally Posted by Justikanz
    Most probably no heavy metal poisoning lah... That usually refers to Cr, Se, other industrial wastes etc...
    What about lead and the like from the batteries? oh, on another note, some of the plants were really red. High iron right?

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    Low NO3 lar...
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    Really quite enjoyed the whole trip. But I hope people don't go plant hunting soon.
    Although I did take a few samples myself, I swear that no harm was done!
    Since someone actually maintains this place, I reckon it would be good to give him some plant species for planting?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Weirong
    Since someone actually maintains this place, I reckon it would be good to give him some plant species for planting?
    You have to be careful not to introduce non indigenous species that may overrun the native species.

    I prefer a visit to the farm anytime, cleaner and more variety.

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    that guy was already planting indonesian plants in there from what I could tell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by XnSdVd
    1 bare-foot commando
    My old stomping grounds in the mid 70s... The area used to be part of the old kampong of Ang Mo Kio. Zinc roofed huts, ponds, wells... Not adviseable to go walking around barefoot regardless of how "combat" you are. You might be pricked by rusted nails or cut by the rusted zinc sheets.

    Be careful of unfilled wells too. They might be covered by a rotting branch and it's a long way down... or up.

    If I'm not mistaken, used to be a duck farm under the bamboo thicket. It should be secondary growth over the area now.
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    bamboo thicket? i found a place like that... was it near a place where people left their bikes?

    And hey, I kept telling the commando to put on boots We artillery guys are very safety oriented you know..

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    Ok ok, point noted. Boots next time.
    We did see some bamboo but not really a lot of it. But I guess it's worth another trip to explore deeper.
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    Muahahaha! just thought of getting those rubber waders! hahaha! can you imagine 5 guys walking in a knee deep river with those? hahaha

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    Wellingtons no good for wading in knee deep water. Canvas boots that allow water to drain is better. Before wading in, spend some time observing the stream. Polaroid glasses with high light transmission index is a good tool here.

    Bamboo thicket is within earshot of the road I remember. these are those fat yellow canes, around 4-6 inch in diameter. The clump is big as a house and taller, just beside the pond where the ducks swim and feed. Catfish and fat tilapia in the pond. But there are many clumps of bamboo there.
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    Hmm... that's exactly like the thicket we saw, was the stream between the road and thicket? If so then the pond would've been on the other side of it. Unfortunately there was a small ravine that separated us. Appears to have been carved out by the river.

    And just so we're clear, I'm talking about the one at venus drive.

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    if you happen to find anything in the water that's round, hard and fragile, please return it to simon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by budak
    if you happen to find anything in the water that's round, hard and fragile, please return it to simon.
    Round? Hard?? Fragile???
    What in the duck is that????
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