The Punggol Waterway is a 4.2km man-made waterway which stretches through the entire Punggol town and was opened on the 23rd of October. When better to visit it with the photography gang than a day with such lovely weather?

I’m disappointed that not much directions on how to get there were given, we had a fairly difficult time finding the place.

You can’t miss this arc-like structure! There are free parking lots by the side of the road too.

You can park your vehicles by the side of the road

Identifying Punggol Waterway

The waterway below

Mother Nature was smiling upon us on the day and presented the most beautiful skies in a long while, at least in Singapore.

Pretty weather and clouds

From the viewpoint

The fields surrounding the waterway are great locations for kite flying. On a beautiful day as such, we were in for a kite treat.

Fitting place fo kite flying

Giving spot metering a try

Rocky pathway

I could imagine all sorts of water activities taking place down this waterway in time to come, it could even turn out to be a tourist attraction.

Heartwave Wall

Beautiful reflection on the waterway

It has been awhile since I last processed a HDR photo and with a near perfect setting, I couldn’t resist.

Punggol Waterway in HDR

Lalangs are fragile little things. A little touch and it breaks into near-half. I am no destroyer.

Lalang by the side

It was said that there were 5 bridges throughout the entire waterway but we only managed to see two. The first was the Adventure Bridge leading to the fitness station and the Heartwave Wall.

Adventure Bridge

Qiquan

The fitness stations seem to be more catered to senior citizens these days. Whatever happened to climbing monkey bars, doing crunches on benches and lifting wooden poles?

Fitness station

MyWaterway@Punggol

The sand was extremely fine and soft, nothing like the coarse ones at the beaches of Sentosa. It was a joy simply walking on it. Noticed my fake Havaianas slipper from Phuket missing its Brazil flag?

Soft smooth sand

Bright sunshine

Along the Heartwave Wall

I was disturbed. At the time we were there, the fountains were switched off, making the the waterway non-moving. It is as though we are putting a huge welcome sign to mosquitoes to breed here.

Steps to the waterway

This is the result of the water being stagnant for too long. You be the judge. Mosquito eggs or water bubbles? Disappointed much.

Mosquito eggs?

Any guesses on who made those footprints? Mine is that it was my favorite feline friend. There was supposed to be water running across the glass but from the looks of things, it has been switched off for awhile. Astonishing when you consider that the waterway is just a week old.

Guess what made these footprints?

All about the smart phones

Kissed by the sun

Squinted eyes

I can safely conclude that Punggol Waterway is still a work in progress. They do not even have “humane” accessible walking paths to get back out to main road. We had to walk to the other side of the bank in order to get back out to the main road.

Bridge linking to Punggol Park

We found ourselves on the Jewel Bridge and it is definitely a scenic place for photography. Love the dome-shaped trellis too!

Dome-shaped trellis

Fast forward and we land ourselves on the path of Punggol Park and in the midst of nature, away from the man-made waterway.

Punggol Park Boardwalk

Punggol Park

On our way back, we noticed a giant string of connected kites being taken down. One can only wonder how much of an effort it requires on a daily basis.

Keeping the kites for the day

Punggol Waterway

Maybe when time permits, I would visit it in the hope of seeing the other 3 bridges.

Do visit it when you are free but don’t get your expectations rising. It is largely a work-in-progress and there is no effort to maintain it. I won’t be surprised if it turns out to be just like many of the reservoir-parks: dirty and infested with mosquitoes. I hope something can be done.

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