has a variety of bars and restaurants as well as a Cold Storage grocery store. Named because of the proximity of the rail line which links Singapore to Malaysia.
The 63 hectare park has walking and biking trails and borders on the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. It was once Primary Forest, but much of forest is gone now with 400,000 people visiting Reserve each year and housing encroaching from the north.
We followed one of the trails through rolling terrain to view the Dairy Farm Quarry. Originally the stones were used for building the causeway and betters stones were used for buildings in the city. This quarry has been filled in after no longer being in use but the nearby Singapore Quarry is developing naturally into wet land rich in diversity. It is now home to many insects, birds, and fish; some never seen before in this area.
We then continued on our walk to the Wallace Centre. Wallace was a contemporary of Charles Darwin. He had also came up with a theory of origin of species by natural selection. His and Darwin’s theory of evolution were published at same time. The two men differed over the years in details of their respective theories, but remained on friendly terms.
On our walk, we enjoyed the serenity and beauty of the reserve with vast plant life, beautiful birds, and even spotted a monitor lizard. Luckily for our group, we did not encounter the large cobra snake that Dolores and I spotted on a previous walk there. Although we had a very warm and sunny morning, there was a pleasant breeze and the natural canopy of forest provided us with plenty of shade on our walk.
We returned to the Rail Mall for a lovely Thai lunch at Sweet, Salty & Spicy Restaurant.
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