Bottle Tree Park
Places Kids Love September 27th, 2008I’ve always love ‘greenery’, Allan found this place – Bottle Tree Park by chance when he was on his way to meet his client in Yishun.
He knew I would love it and so we went.
The place itself took my breath away! It was BEAUTIFUL!
There were alot of stuff you can do there, like buying Home Grown Vegetables and Fruits for $2per pack;
Visit their Wine Shop;
You can fish in their ponds for $35+ per day…
Or you can let the kids go down to the ‘Longkang’ (Drain) and have fun with LongKang Fishing at $10per child.
They provide you with a Tank and a Net for ‘scooping’ up the Guppies, Swordtail fish, Goldfish and many other species.
There is also a Paintball Shooting Gallery. Yup, its PAINT-ball… “Aim, Squeeze and Fire” Get ready to have some paint fun. When we were there, the area was closed for maintenance, so we couldn’t really see the actions.
Then there were prawn fishing too. $14.50per hour, $29.00per 2.5hours or $43.50per 4hours.
They provide you with Rod and the Bait.
You can also sit on their duck ride at $9per 15mins for 2 adults and one child.
If you do not like water fun, you can pay $2 to rent the Pool Table for a game of Pool
Or you can let the kids sweat it out at the playground.
Did you realise that we were not ‘into’ any of the games, cos first of all, we did not want the kids to have fishes as pets, secondly, Allan and I find the place rather over-priced.
But when we saw the kiddy bumper car, we knew that there’s no escape. But IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE!
The ride is $3 per car and it only lasted for a few seconds. The blue car that Keatkeat was on did not last for more than 15seconds and the green car that Binbin was on, COULD NOT EVEN START!!!
So the person-in-charge carried Binbin to another car – a red car. It was too fast for him to react and bumped into the bricks. He wailed! “Mommy, I don’t want already! I’m very scared! Very Scared!”
So since Keatkeat’s blue car refused to move, he took over Binbin’s red car. That’s when another accident happened.
The car-ride area is a rectangular shape. Two sides were framed with mini brick walls, but the other two sides were framed by a single metal bar that was NOT SECURED TO THE GROUND!
Keatkeat couldn’t brake in-time and knocked onto the metal bar and the metal bar swung and hit onto a woman’s ankle who were standing one feet away from the metal bar. “OUCH!” She screamed! She glared at Keatkeat, almost wanted to scold him.
Though Allan and I were not happy with that look, we still said sorry, even though it was not ENTIRELY Keatkeat’s fault!!! The metal bar were not secured! How could the management do such a thing!!! So Dangerous!
Right after the knock, the red car died too. $6 just went down the drain in less than a minute and earned a stare from an angry 30+ year old woman!
The place is beautiful, great for photo-taking but nothing else attracted us, even the restaurant that served live seafoods sell crabs at 100g for $4.50.
One giantitic crab could easily weigh more than 1Kg. To pay more than $45 for the ‘shells’ more than the meat, nah, that’s not for us, but I bet it taste good, cos before we left the place at 7pm, the restaurant was almost full with diners.
For city people like us, this place is extra-ordinary! Go have a look, if you haven’t been there yet.
September 28th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Hey, yours is the 2nd blog that I read about Bottle Tree Park this week! Must really go there to have a look.
September 28th, 2008 at 2:42 am
that sounds fantastic.love the pics! i like the sound of bottle tree park as well
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September 28th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Sorry to hear about the cars, but it looks like a beautiful place to visit.
September 28th, 2008 at 8:14 am
wow..looks cool…must really check it out…thanks :)
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September 28th, 2008 at 10:04 am
read abt this park in a blog before but havent been there. will check it out next time! :)
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September 28th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Your children are lovely.
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September 28th, 2008 at 11:07 am
wow..interesting place! Can bring my kids there after R’s exam! thanks!
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September 28th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Looks like a very fun adventure. One of our favorite things – adventures!
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September 28th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
glad that ur kids having a real splendid moments there!The joy priceless!
September 28th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
we have been to the bottle tree park a few times… it was just an ok place for us after going there for a few times… i am more of a city girl, lah. i like the food in the restaurant, though! :)
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September 29th, 2008 at 3:46 am
OMG!That looks like so much fun!Great pics!
I wish we had those awesome places over here!
xoxo
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September 29th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Look like a great place for the kids but like what you said, prices a little steep.
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September 29th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Hi! First time to come here. I ‘catch’ u from “renet13”. Yah ! My kid really like to go the park too but almost half year ago and by the time not that much even there (still lot of construction). I think is time to bring my kids enjoy there again after my #1boy SA2. TQ for yr detail showing.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:01 am
it looks fun, sometimes it’s better to go to this parks, rather than go shopping complexes all the time for a family outing ehh…
ouch! i can feel the angry 30s something lady’s pain hehehe…
October 1st, 2008 at 11:59 am
It looks a great place for fun n frolic for the kids.. where is it exactly located ? can u lemme know..will try takign Yuvan:)
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October 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 am
Suhanya,
Its in Yishun. Go click on the link provided in the post itself….it provides you with a map! *wink*