Coast-to-Coast Trail: CP6 to CP7

Sunday 2019.09.22

Coast-to-Coast Trail	Day 02
Start	Checkpoint 06 Luxus Hill Park
End	Checkpoint 07 Sengkang Riverside Park
Distance	2.69 km

C2C Trail CP6 to CP7 2.69 km

After yesterday's walk from CP5 (AMK-Bishan Park) to CP6 (Luxus Hill Park), we continued with the second leg of our C2C Trail journey today by walking from CP6 to CP7 (Sengkang Riverside Park, also known as the Floating Wetlands). It was a leisurely walk over a distance of about three km.

We started our journey from CP6 at about 06:26 hrs and arrived at CP7 at 07:12 hrs

06:26 hrs CP6, our short walk started here

06:49 hrs A long deserted road ahead

06:50 hrs Another 1.8 km to go

07:12 hrs Yay! We have reached CP7 Sengkang Riverside Park after walking for 46 minutes

07:13 hrs We decided to spend some time exploring the Sengkang Riverside Park nearby

07:14 hrs This is the bridge that brings us over to the Sengkang Floating Wetlands in the middle of the Punggol river.

07:15 hrs Walking across the Punggol River towards the west bank of the Riverside Park

07:15 hrs A long road bridge spans the north-eastern part of the Punggol River

07:16 hrs Looking out towards the middle of the Punggol River

07:17 hrs Lots of Piai Raya ferns, acrostichum aureum

Piai Raya ferns are usually found in brackish waters on the land side of mangrove swamps. Traditionally, the leaves can be shredded and pounded to make a poultice for treatment of boils, ulcers and even snake bites.

The southern-most tip of Johore state is Tanjung Piai, named after this medicinal fern.

07:17 hrs A zoomed out view of the Piai Raya ferns

07:20 hrs Large slices of "oranges" for public seating on the platform of the Floating Wetlands