2013年4月27日

20130427-LionsNatureCentre-TuiMinHoi

蕉坑獅子會自然教育中心 & 西貢對面海半日自由行
Half-day visit @ Lions Nature Education Centre && Tui Min Hoi, Sai Kung


(彩虹地鐵站 C出口→小巴 1A→蕉坑獅子會下車→獅子會自然教育中心→西貢公路→西貢戶外康樂中心→康健路→西貢對面海→官門漁村→對面海村→小巴 4A回西貢街市→漫遊西貢碼頭)
(Exit C of Choi Hung MTR statikon→Minibus no. 1A→Get off @  Tsiu Hang→Lions Nature Education Centre→Sai Kung Road→Sai Kung Outdoors Recreation Centre→Hong Kin Road→Tui Min Hoi of Sai Kung→Kwun Mun Fishermen's Village→Tui Min Hoi Village→Minibus no. 4A for Sai King Market→Sai Kung Public Pier)

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http://www.fotop.net/medalene/27apr13TsiuHang?page=1

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/27apr13TsiuHang?page=2

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/27apr13TsiuHang?page=3

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/27apr13TsiuHang?page=4

http://medalene.blogspot.com/2013/04/lions-nature-centre-tui-min-hoi.html






今早在彩虹地鐵站乘坐往西貢的小巴, 在蕉坑獅子會附近下車~~~ 今天參觀獅子會自然教育中心!!!
We took a minibus for Sai Kung from Choi Hung MTR station this morning, and then got off @ the direction signs for Tsiu Hang. We are going to Lions Nature Education Centre today!!






獅子會自然教育中心是免費的, 今天遊人不多, 非常舒適!!! 中心內有農田及農產品出售, 而且亦有不同展覽館, 適合半日遊!!!
The Nature Education Centre is FREE for admission, as not so many visitors came here this morning, we all enjoyed a wonderful day!! There are also different exhibition halls and some crop fields around, visitors can buy vegetables here!!


礦石角
Mineral corner




貝殼型的展館~~ 內有不同的貝殼, 尤其是我最喜歡的硨磲!!! (在香港販賣是犯法的!!!)
A funny exhibition hall in the shape of a shell~~ This is the Shell House, with different types of shells inside!! My favourire~~ Lovely Giant clams!!! (Endangered species, selling of giant clams is illegal in HK)




遊客中心旁蓮花正盛放!!!
Very beautiful lotus flowers near the visitor centre.








此外還有化石展出!!!! 很大的三葉虫化石!!! 還有暴龍頭骨!!!!
There are also fossils showing in one of the exhibition halls!!! What a big piece of trilobite fossil!!!!! Woow!! T-Rex is also here!!!






園內還有蕉坑自然教育徑, 雖然天色稍暗, 但無阻大家郊遊樂~~ 小徑平坦易走, 途中突然有出口通向蕉坑的車道, 大家上去看看有什麼好玩的地方....
There is the entrance of Tsiu Hang Nature Trail (near the cafeteria), although it was quite dark this morning, we still went for a walk (NO other visitors here, GREAT!!).... The path is very hiker-friendly and we found an exit at the middle of the trail leading to the traffic road of Tsiu Hang ~~ let's go out and have a look, anything interesting here??




在蕉坑的車道旁, 有一隻唐狗一直跟隨著我們.... 然後我們在路旁的林內發現了一大片荒地, 但那隻狗無論如何都不肯走進去..... 最後牠還溜掉了....!!! 莫非此地有古怪???? 那更加要一看!!! 於是我們立即跑進荒地, 給我們在山邊發現了這隱世村落 ~~ 哈哈, 不告訴大家村落的名字, 因為實在太隱蔽了!!! (其實那片山林內的荒地只是陰暗了點, 我們可沒發現有什麼不妥...)
A dog followed us as we were walking along the traffic road of Tsiu Hang.... then we found a big piece of abandoned land inside the woods. We went inside to have a look but really didn't understand why the dog did not want to move forward, it even ran away, leaving us @ the bushes!! Oh... anything weird at this place??? Ooooops.... we were so curious and quickly went inside to find out if there is something strange!! And finally we discovered a village (I won't tell you its name!!) when we were climbing down the slope.... nothing strange here, just a little bit dark!!


離開獅子會, 才是下午1時, 遊山玩水興致未減, 決定去西貢對面海一行. 先經西貢公路(往西貢方向)走, 走到西貢戶外康樂中心. 再經康健路進入西貢對面海.
Just 1:00 pm when we were leaving Lions Nature Centre. We still wanted to explore more places. So we walked along Hiram's Highway (the direction for Sai Kung) for Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre, and then we walked along Hong Kin Road for a place called "Tui Min Hoi".




萬宜漁村.
Here is Man Yee Fishermen Village.




附近的官門漁村
Kwun Mun Fishermen Village nearby.




對面海村, 離西貢公路甚遠, 不過內有小巴可前往西貢街市.
This is Tui Min Hoi Village, which is far away from Hiram's Highway (The main traffic road for Sai Kung pier), but luckily there are minibuses for Sai Kung Market from here.


對面海的碼頭
Pier of Tui Min Hoi.


回到西貢墟, 一探有名的天后廟.
Back to Sai Kung Market, now just outside Tin Hau Temple.


愛護動物協會的西貢領養中心.
SPCA adoption centre of Sai Kung.


美麗的西貢海旁.
Beautiful seaside of Sai Kung.


似毛公仔!!!!
Looks like a stuffed toy!!!


牠看來很喜歡我!!! 牠不斷把口中的球交給我... 太可愛了!!!
This lovely Corgi likes me so much!!! He gave me his favourite ball for a few times!!!!

2013年4月20日

20130420-JordanValleyDam

九龍灣上山記~~ 一探前佐敦谷水塘主壩
City Walk @ Kowloon Bay ~~ A visit to the main dam of the demolished Jordan Valley Reservoir

(九龍灣地鐵站 A 出口→新牛頭角下村方向→佐敦谷北路→佐敦谷泳池→泳池旁小徑上山)
(Exit A of Kowloon Bay MTR station→The way for the New Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate→Jordan Valley North Road→Jordan Valley Swimming Pool→Go upstairs from the footpath next to Jordan Valley Swimming Pool)

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http://www.fotop.net/medalene/20apr13KlnBayDam?page=1

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/20apr13KlnBayDam?page=2

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/20apr13KlnBayDam?page=3

http://medalene.blogspot.com/2013/04/jordan-valley-dam.html






由於今天有雨 (下午還有雷雨!!!), 所以取消郊遊樂, 改為市區隱世之旅 :P
今天居然是遊覽九龍灣!!! 還要是人口極多的淘大花園附近????? 隊長即拿出市區地圖.... 一看, 原來內有乾坤 (在紅圈內便是水壩的位置)....!!!
我們會經淘大花園後面的一座小山~~~ 沈雲山, 再上去佐敦谷石澗, 以及去看山上的大水壩 (屬於早已給填平了的前佐敦谷水塘).
從九龍灣地鐵站 A出口起步, 在通往新牛頭角下邨的天橋遠望對面的小山 (沈雲山), 山上果然有大水壩!!!
據一些山友的資料, 原來淘大花園一帶, 前身是寮屋區, 所以當年政府在沈雲山建了水壩及水塘供居民使用, 後來因市區發展, 水塘給填平了, 不過水壩及石澗仍然存在, 但由於沈雲山不大有名, 所以不是太多人會刻意來遊玩.
Still fine this morning but was forecasted to be rainy (sometimes heavy!!!) later in the afternoon, we had cancelled the walk @ Sai Kung and changed our plan for a city walk!!! A crazy idea this time~~ City Walk @ Kowloon Bay, near a "highly populated" area~~~ Amoy Garden!!
Our "big brother" showed us a map with a red circle indicating the location of a big dam @ Jordan Valley, this is our "target" of the day!! This big dam is part of the disused (already demolished due to urban development project) Jordan Valley Reservoir which was built in the 1950s!!!
The reservoir was @ Sham Wan Shan peak, a source of water supply for the squatter houses nearby in the past. (the place now is near Amoy Garden)
Started from Exit A of Kowloon Bay MTR station, we could see the big dam @ Sham Wan Shan peak when we were walking on the pedestrain bridge near New Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate.






到了淘大花園附近, 轉入佐敦谷北路, 到對面的佐敦谷游泳池~~~ 沿著門外的引水道前行, 很快便看到上山的路. (在泳池門外)
Now we were near Amoy Garden~~ just turned to Jordan Valley North Road and walked to the opposite side for Jordan Valley Swimming Pool. There is a catchwater outside the pool, we walked along this side and then we could see a footpath for the hillside. (Outside the swimming pool)


上山了~~ 鬧市中難得的綠林!!!
Moving uphill~~ Very surprised to see so much GREEN @ an urban area!




這裡便是佐敦谷石澗!!! 水流很急, 今天天雨路滑, 安全第一, 大家沒有下去玩水. (此處沒有安全設施, 要下水就自行為個人安全負責!!!!)
Woow!!!! A stream is here!!! This is Jordan Valley Stream, the water was pouring down like mad this morning due to the rain, for safety, none of us went down for fun!! (A bit slippery to climb down for the stream, please be careful if you want to have fun here)


山上有休憩之地, 乘機在這裡來點零食. :P
A little sun-shelter~~ our snacks time!!!


上去水壩了!!!
The way for the big dam!!












終於可以近看主壩!!!!
Now a close-up for the main dam!!






更進一步~~ 攻佔主壩頂了!!!
A step further~~ We are occupying the top of the main dam now!!!!


一覽德福及牛頭角的風光....
We could see the buildings of Telford Garden and Ngau Tau Kok.








主壩頂上的景觀, 與地面完全像兩個不同的世界!!
Green, Green and GREEN!!!! The view @ the top of the main dam is just like another dimension, when comparing to what we can see @ Amoy Garden.




主壩盡頭是一條完全陷入山中的小徑~~ 可能有蛇, 在雨中走這邊有點危險, 小心小心.
At the end of the main dam~~ there is a footpath covered by bushes, a bit challenging especially during the rain (with snakes?????)




山下的伯德廟.
A little temple @ the bottom of the hill.