Eddie

During the field trip, I witness how geography can form our natural environment. Being at the nature reserve also allowed me to review the reserve and it’s history. Finally, going for the field trip also gives me a chance to review my chapters on Natural Vegetation, Coastal Studies and Weathering and allow me to better understand the chapters.
At the first station, Aerial Tower, we were able to see how does a tropical rainforest looks like in real life instead of the diagrams that we see in the textbooks.
The second station, Rocky Beach, we were able to see how waves shape our coast. during the time we reach the beach, it was the low tide period and we were able to see a notch in the cliff which was formed due to erosion done by the waves.
Along the third station, The Promenade, we were able to see how the coasts are protected against wave erosion. Seawalls are built along the coast where there is strong swash to prevent the materials along the coast to be carried away by the strong swash.
Finally at the fourth station, Dragon Teeth Gate, we were able to see how weathering can shape rocks and change their appearance like oxidation which turns the rocks, containing iron, reddish brown. Also we are able to see that chemical weathering is more dominant in tropical regions as there are little presence of physical weathering. All in all, this field trip made me realize that geography is all around us.