Jurong Park Connector IPPT Route

Jurong Park Connector IPPT Route

If you wander around Jurong Central Park, you can't miss the new futuristic-looking SAFRA Jurong Club house. Along the Jurong Park Connector that lines the canal, you will find this IPPT (individual physical proficiency test) 2.4-km run route marked out on the park connector track.

There is a sign board displaying the various test stations of IPPT with a map of this route. Fit NSmen who perform the annual pilgrimage to IPPT test centres throughout Singapore now have a new training ground at SAFRA Jurong to work out.

This Jurong Park Connector IPPT route starts and ends along part of the Jurong Park Connector network. The route takes runners into a maze-like run within the Jurong Central Park.

After your run along the IPPT track, you can cool off at the Jurong Shopping Centre
across the road.

Photograph 1, Jurong Park Connector IPPT Route, next to SAFRA Jurong.

Photograph 2, Jurong Park Connector IPPT Route Map.

Photograph 3, Jurong Park Connector IPPT Route, at entrance to Jurong Central Park car park.

Have you cleared your IPPT this year?

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Ludo Garden, Jurong Central Park

Ludo Garden, Jurong Central Park

I was wandering around Jurong on my regular outing when I came across the Ludo Garden at Jurong Central Park recently. This Ludo Garden is found within the confines of Jurong Central Park, located opposite the Boon Lay MRT station and Jurong Point Shopping Centre.

For a neighbourhood park, this addition of a Ludo Garden in Singapore is a breath of fresh air. Combining elements of play, fun, flowers and plants, this Ludo Garden is best seen with your own eyes than described using my words. Photographs may not bring out the positive impact as a physical visit to this Ludo Garden in Jurong Central Park can do.

I have put up a few photographs nonetheless for those who have yet to pay a visit to the first and only Ludo Garden in Singapore.

Photograph 1 of Ludo Garden, Jurong Central Park:

Photograph 2 of Ludo Garden, Jurong Central Park:

Photograph 3 of Ludo Garden, Jurong Central Park:

Not sure what is the game of Ludo? You can read instructions printed at a sign board here. In the game of Ludo, 2 to 4 players take turns to roll a dice to move their pieces (or members in this case) across the squares on the ground. The winner is the team that gets all members around the Ludo board and into the central area of their team colour. This Ludo Garden game can be an attractive proposition for large families, friends, and colleagues looking for an outdoor place for some fun and games.

But how many park visitors bring a dice with them to play Ludo in an outdoor garden? If you need a dice, guess where you may find one at Jurong Central Park?

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Jurong Central Park

Jurong Central Park Singapore

Jurong Central Park Singapore is located at the junction of Jalan Boon Lay and Boon Lay Way in the western part of Singapore. Most Seen This Scene That readers would be able to place it on a map of Singapore if I mention that Jurong Central Park can be found across the street from Boon Lay MRT station, Jurong Point Shopping Centre and the Integrated Bus Station (IBS) of Boon Lay.

Jurong Central Park is one of the newest neighbourhood parks opened to the public. Amenities abound within the perimeter of Jurong Central Park.

The usual amenities at Jurong Central Park would not raise any eyebrow when I mention them - jogging track, cycling pathways, toilet facilities, a fitness corner, shelters and park benches, open areas with minimal shade, free car parking and a children's playground.

What raised my eyebrows were the Snakes & Ladders playground and the Ludo Garden. You must see it for yourself to get a 3-dimensional idea of how much thrill these two unusual park additions will give visitors. I shall elaborate about these features in future posts. There is also a small mangrove plot tucked in a corner of this sunny, green-friendly, family-friendly park.

The main eye-brow raising item at Jurong Central Park was the Dice Tower. What is a Dice Tower? As you may know if you go back into history to read Seen This Scene That, I have a fondness for towers. When I heard that this new park in Singapore had a brand new tower, it made it to my Seen This Scene That must-see list.

Photograph of the Dice Tower at Jurong Central Park:

To my disappointment, this Dice Tower has no staircase or lift for visitors. In fact, it was not built to give visitors a bird's eye view of the Jurong Central estate. The striking colour and spiral-like design is hard to miss. It is the iconic feature of Jurong Central Park. But what is the tower at Jurong Central Park used for?

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