BRUNEI WATERFALL .... TASIK LAMA

KNOWing  ....... OUR OWN COUNTRY


Going to Tasik Lama would not be too difficult....    
      The question is where.. ???   what.. ???     why..???
....... so .... a simple directional way to find ....
If U're driving from Bandar, make sure U pass the traffic lights at SMSMJA and go a little further to take U turn n then down turn left...

If U're from Gadong or Bandar through Jalan Kumbang Pasang U'll first stop at traffic lights to follow Jalan Sekolah as U'll pass 4 major schools - STPRI, SRRIF, SMSMJA n SOASC, till another after traffic lights n U turn right then left...

so...
If U're from up Jalan Kebangsaan..just straight but beware of d'2 Traffic Lights - to Mabohai ..but keep left to Bandar n don't miss to turn left too....look at sign boards...and the label of Jalan Tasik Lama...   there U're.

Yes...  waterfall..  'air terjun'...(as in Malay).. here at the heart of BSB!!!...only during heavy...rainy season d' hessing sound loud enough to be heard... dry season would be quite...but  another  sound n smelt - leaves cleaner machines  ??? ...  U're here for reasons...  jogging,  relaxing,  watching, spying, photographing... for wild birds, wild monkeys, wild flowers.... BUT reasons might varies if U're ..families, youngstars, teenages, students...or if U're..individualist, veteran, aged...may be..tourist heard about this through website..."just a stone throw"...so n so... many things can be done if U got innovative ideas... eeh!!!

"Tasik Lama"  (Old Lake) becomes ...important asset... as concerned ... many students with teachers did come for simple research .. references .... for basic ...studies....local nearer availability ....soils...the river...d' tasik history.. d' plants... location... surveying.. living things ... bio.. etc.. so more..... as never being thought ..... discussed ...argued..

If U're interested, lets' refer to old history of water supply in 'Pekan Brunei'........

Remember..... our Sultan also had several morning walkS ... as meeting place here ... when former Prime Minister Ahmad Badewi came to Brunei...(first but Not last)......nn.. so ..d' beginnings ..... ViPs  place...!! (for sure)

 

Unlike d' stadium...here. the hilly surroundings were the best natural exercises location ever provided by the BSB authority.... Clay tracks as well as special rubber padded tracks  made by early people n the town authority.. pass through many places..... U have many choices... providing ..how long U're ready to go... 10min.. 20min... 40min... 1hour... 2hours... etc.. 

....here I did regularly went through  short route ....with d' company... wife ...daughters ...children (taken one as in pictures) ...d' journey took...... only 20 to 30 minutes...IF uu wish.... the faster U're the shorter d' time...



On top of the hill next to d' Lake -  clearly be seen, a tower called "Menara Taman Peranginan Tasik Lama" is availabled to be captured ' walk in ..UP' .....so if U wish... too.... a place to explore more, look...d' open space nn... see d' skyline ....around...green ....blue ...eeem... not too high... but clearly ... see farther...as Uu're could see...
.... what Uu could NEVer ..expect.... other places..... in Brunei....(of coZ...views.... make d' differences)



Nice to have camera ready......

                  .......for panorama, fantastic views ...... 
          DOn't FOrget ......d' lake is behind U.



Going down the hill through the road... meet 2 more clay junctions n steps going up... on the left side tracks further to higher locations... U could go far... but make sure with company of few friends... Unlike Bukit Shahbandar.... this place .. Tasik Lama...had never heard d' news,  people lost their ways out.... Don't  know.... why ??..

Nice...local ferns... uduk-uduk.. nn.... simpur flowers.....
...the symbol of our forest natural plants.....  USed... it 
........during d' last SEA games...we 're d' HOst.......
                              ......(next ...to host..2019... so be..ready...)

TWo playgrounds available for children to play...a bridge crosses the river and on the river - many living things... including this animal.. amphibian ....kah ni, lupa udah!! ...biawak... big lizard - could walk...on land ..nn.... swim ...in.. water...eeh.

LOOK..... convenient... comfort....Even the walking tracks are padded with rubber...  wah... soft and dry...n safety too....

The waterfall... just nice day coz' raining at night allowed heavy downpour...amount of water stored at the lake overflowed....   nn...here we're....  nn .. look......
...what....are d' differences .... IF Uu're here...during dry season ... !!!


OOLd picture.... just to share...  
        ......rare... pictures' collections too....(look at date ...aaa)

Once upon a time... (COUld BE ... long time ago ) when I was small  nn.. my late father was only 29  (woww...) at that time... we already explored. .. here .... waa....imagine...a loooonngg time....ago ....ehhh .....as a proof...my father's handwriting is clearly be seen written d' moment date... what a picture'.... my sister ... Masnona,  cousins...PHj Mohammad ... right, nn ...  PHj Yahya... far ..left.

...(Picture... shown.. the grass must be wild enough ..... eeh... no grass cutter..ah)

Late Father , eldest sister .... gwing ...aaa 

My father was a government servant, an argiculture officer, he was one of  earlier students went to GO... further courses at Serdang College, Malaya...( Now ..upgraded to become...University).  He was also undergone agricultural course in Singapore .. also in earlier years... 50s.....at Botany Garden..Singapore ...

Actually ... my father was given a government-quarters...so.. the house was a bungalow (with short stills type)...so ..the location was somewhere (now at d' mid ....T junction  in Jalan Lintang ...three floors housing ),... very near to SOASC... so...Tasik LAMa ... considered a short distant walked with my father nn cousins to this waterfall place...

The new Tasik is refreshing.... Uu could be expecting to see  many things, to cater all ages ... young ..old ....including the reflexology stones for those dare to walk with bare foot...(but keep in mind...Uu ..always want to keep FIT...) Uu're welcomed.. to come here nn look around.. won't take long.... other things also have here to serve for younger energetic people too ...ahh .... journey ....as long as Uu could do ..... in ..hours .....
       follow d' jungle.. TRAcks ...       ...walking ....jogging....
         .....(now....... tracks' MAP guide .... available...here..)
Children place ... (safe to leave them roaming..playing..) .....with rubber ... playground ...absulately ...FRee..



A stage just overlooking the enterance... a best for rest place when U're tired... and occasionally...a group of ladies... men too... have some music, sometimes....  practising 'Tai Chi'... a slow motion but... effective excercises for anybody interested... either old ... young.... ( NO barrier...) ....open to Uu to join IN ... if U like too... buuttt.... bE ...early biRds...ok ....morning...lahhh

Lilly like flowers (white with soft branch)...don't know the bio-flower name!!... it grows up right but... to grow ...around it must have a lot of water... not wild, selected ..as import plants ... here.

REally.....interested ... Great Interest to BE ...here.... !!!

The NOTICE board ...gives as reminder.. attention, please.. 
           .....to all ...VISITORs ....WHy...NOT... ..???

By Understanding ... looking at IT ...U might have OWn..perceptions ...to ..understand...2 different visions..

I meant.. some Bruneians nn foregins aliked... are sooo stubborn.. .....as nowadays People increasingly NOt ....or...  never understand...  so  Should we BE punished ....or d' best... to be ...fined??? Ok....Yesss... should learn... a lesson... the hard way...???

                       
LOOK TOp ...picture.....
Clearly...the logo as a symbol...somebody ......
                                       ..........throws rubbish on the back side... 

THought ...1stly... no body see UUUuu !!!!
                                          ..a symbolic  .....kah   ..ka...

Here... ok....just read the passage....

As ..... scanned  to share .... to read... as a reminder... 
                                  .......eeemmm  to all.......  ???

 


BORNEO BULLETIN, Wednesday 29 September 2010

New added DIRECTIONAL picture  ...... 
........at d' front Gate Entrance     .................. February 2011

 
Tracks Directional routes are shown nn placed  
                   at three different places...  as shown here..

....... d' bridge erected ...(around May 2011).. to replace d' old using trunks ...old trees crossing ....d' river .... seasonal  fast going streams on top of d' hill .........nearing d' waterfalls..........

Old Pictures 2007...added