Morning drive 77 Early afternoon drive 56 Industrial and Exploring the central catchment area km scenic countryside km The Great START POINT 7 Ri e Range Road 1 Seah Im carpark • The little-known stretch • One landmark is the next to hawker centre off Dunearn Road cuts into the Satellite • The prominent Drive Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Earth Station. landmark in Seah Im Road is the 83m tower built in 1974 as part of the cable car system. Who says Singapore is too small for a good road trip? • Seah Im Hawker Centre Follow Straits Times assistant news editor Toh Yong Chuan and a bus terminal were on a 200km drive around the island to discover built in the 1980s, and they were popular meeting spots little-known spots and special lookout points. for those heading towards by ferry.

8 Old 2 “99” turns at Road Grand Prix circuit South Road 1961-1973 • The famously winding • Between 1961 and 1973, road runs downhill from this was the street circuit National University of for the Malaysian Grand Prix Singapore to West Coast and Singapore Grand Prix. Highway. • The 4.8km circuit has • The number of turns is catchy names like Thomson wildly exaggerated. There Mile and Devil’s Bend. are 11, not 99, turns. • A 3km stretch is now • The road is known as a one-way street to an accident hot spot and accommodate a park the 40kmh speed limit is connector. lower than that on most roads in Singapore. 9 Casuarina tree at 10 Soek Seng 1954 Bicycle Cafe Upper Reservoir • Diners can enjoy views of the • This lone casuarina tree Seletar Airport runway and parked at planes from the eatery. is one of Singapore’s most • Opened in 2016, the cafe is named iconic trees. It is anked by after the motor workshop set up in benches and is a favourite 1954 by the owner’s father. spot for bridal photography.

3 Mega Port • The Tuas Mega Port • The route to the construction site takes will be the world’s largest drivers through the Jurong industrial Kranji Dam fully automated terminal estate that has powered Singapore’s carpark when completed in 2040. economic growth since independence. 5 Kranji KRANJI ROAD Reservoir ROAD AVENUE 1 6 WOODLANDS 10 NEO ROAD TIEW 9 ROAD NICOLL DRIVE Upper Seletar SELETAR Reservoir Reservoir AEROSPACE ROAD RIFLE RANGE 8 DRIVE ROAD LOYANG 4 UPPER AVENUE COAST UPPER BUKIT THOMSON 11 ROAD TIMAH ROAD Lower Peirce ROAD ROAD 7 Reservoir TAMPINES AVIATION NANYANG EXPRESSWAY PARK ROAD FLYOVER MacRitchie Reservoir TANAH MERAH 12 COAST ROAD 4 40 lamp posts DUNEARN ROAD LORNIE HIGHWAY • The 2.5km road is a “spare runway”. Since 1986, the RSAF has turned it into a temporary aircraft runway SHEARES Belly View seven times for ghter jets to take off and land. PIONEER AVENUE ROAD Cafe & Restaurant • The long and wide road is favoured by street racers for illegal car and motorbike racing. END 2 13

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3 Late afternoon drive 11 UFOs in Tampines Road Scenic Tampines and Changi 39 • The “UFOs” or “giant spinning km tops” are storage tanks to hold Newater, which is recycled from waste and made potable. • These tanks are part of PUB’s Newater Service Reservoir facilities in Tampines.

5 Bahtera track leading to Sarimbun Beach Landing Site • The 1km-long Bahtera track is possibly Singapore’s last unpaved and unlit road. • The gravel track leads to Sarimbun beach, which is the site of the rst phase of the Japanese attack on Singapore in February 1942 during World War II.

6 Bollywood Veggies • The Neo Tiew area is Singapore’s rural countryside. Some of the farms in the area have banded together • 12 Tanah Merah Belly View Cafe & Restaurant to promote local produce such as eggs and vegetables. Coast Road • Bollywood Veggies, the lunch stop, is one of the • The road, built on handful of farm-themed cafes in the area. reclaimed land, is the only It is famous for its nasi lemak (left). public road where cyclists After lling your stomach with good food, time get their own 10km-long to hit the road again. We are heading east now. on-road cycling lane. • There are multiple cameras to catch motorists going above the 70kmh limit.

Night drive 23 City sights and km END POINT 13 Mount Faber • Mount Faber is one of Singapore’s oldest parks. • The hill top offers a panoramic view of Sentosa and it is one of the stops along the cable car line.

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