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| A spectacular view at from the Jejawi Tower! |
From monkeys to wild boar, birds to butterflies, crabs to mudskippers, and fascinating plants of the mangroves and shores, some of which are rare elsewhere. If we are lucky we may encounter otters or even a dugong. (There will be NO activities on the seashores).
Chek Jawa is also full of history. Volunteers will share about these too. Among the heritage of Chek Jawa is House No. 1, where there will be more activities for the family!
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| Our last celebration of Chek Jawa was the Dugong Ambassadors event in 2008 |
The volunteers of the Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative and Mangrove Action Squad will also be at Chek Jawa to share about their exciting ground-up community effort to restore mangroves at Pulau Ubin!
Get FREE mangrove colouring sheets! Four different sheets, each featuring different plants and animals and human activities in the mangrove forest.
While volunteers of TeamSeaGrass will share about seagrasses which dugongs love to eat. And how you can join them to monitor the seagrasses of Singapore. Get this FREE TeamSeaGrass colouring sheet.
Ubin Bird Lovers will also be at Chek Jawa to point out the amazing birds that live, hunt and forage here. Get their FREE colouring sheet too!
Want to cycle to Chek Jawa Open House and learn more about what you see along the way? Join the volunteers of Pedal Ubin who will lead a guided Journey to the East which includes Balik Chek Jawa.
This Chek Jawa Open House is brought to you by the Chek Jawa community of volunteers. They include volunteers who worked on Chek Jawa before reclamation was deferred, and current volunteers with Ubin NParks, the Naked Hermit Crabs, the Toddycats/Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum as well as Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative and TeamSeaGrass.
More about Chek Jawa.
Date: 5 Jun (Sun)
Time: 9am - 12noon
Meeting point: Chek Jawa Info Kiosk. More on how to get to Chek Jawa.
No charge, the activity is free!
No registration required, simply come to Chek Jawa.
If you have any questions, click here to ask us!
What happened...
Thanks to more than 40 volunteer guides who turned up to share about Chek Jawa along the boardwalk!
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| The volunteers arrive bright and early, ready to share Chek Jawa! |
Guides were all over the boardwalk to highlight Chek Jawa's charms and point out special plants and animals that are found there.
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| Guides welcomed visitors at Chek Jawa! |
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| Sharing about the heritage features of Chek Jawa. |
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| Sharing about the mangroves of Chek Jawa. |
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| And here's our youngest volunteer, who gives great flying kisses. |
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| Pointing out the islands and landmarks around Chek Jawa. |
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| Among the exciting sightings was a Spitting cobra! No people or animals were harmed. |
The Restore Ubin Mangrove volunteers were also there to share about mangroves and plans to restore those found in Ubin.
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| The Ladies of the Mangrove Photo Booth. |
TeamSeaGrass had an awesome outdoor booth to explain about seagrasses.
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| The friendly guides share more about seagrasses! |
There were lots of other activities too!
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| Kids had fun drawing or colouring. |
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| Thanks to those who shared their thoughts about Chek Jawa. |
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| The colouring sheets were a hit. |
Thank you to Mama Ley Kun for organising the Chek Jawa Open House and looking after us so well.
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| The awesome brownies that were sawed and conquered. |
Also many thanks to other volunteers who sponsored and supported the Chek Jawa Open House. Thanks also to Pedal Ubin for bringing their participants on a Journey to the East, which included a stop at the Chek Jawa Open House.
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