Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens








'Contemplation Garden' with a reflection pool in 1995 and in 2011(above 2 photos).
昆達山戰爭紀念園。
紀念第二次世界大戰犧牲的2,428名澳大利亞及英國士兵。
紀念園分四個花園:
1) 澳大利亞園、
2) 英國園、
3) 婆羅洲園、
4) 沉思園及水池




Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens
Kundasang War Memorial commemorate 2,428 brave Australian and British Prisoners of War who died in Sandakan and during the infamous death marches to Ranau during World War II.
At the end of the march, no English survivors left, only six Australians survived in the tragedy.
These six Australians survived to tell the horror.


If the Japanese conquerors was able to get done with these 6 last survivors, today no one will be able to know the details of this infamous story of WW2 in Malaysia.

But glad full to the initiative of a young New Zealander Toby Carter.

Major G.S. Carter, D.S.O. (Toby Carter) was an employee of Shell Oil Company based in Borneo. He initiated the building of a Memorial to remember these groups prisoners of war who died during the War.


Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens is like a fort on a hill, located immediately behind the rows of shops.

Kundasang War Memorial is made up of four gardens representing the different nationalities -
1) Australian Garden
2) English Garden
3) Borneo Garden
4) Contemplation Garden and Pool
The beautiful gardens are a reminder for those who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of others.

I first came to the Memorial Garden in 1976 and many years later in 1995 with family members.

Kundasang Town has always been my favorite location ever since. Since 1995 I passed by Kundasang Town several times yet non I drop in Memorial Gardens again.


To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Memorial was restored in 2005 by Mr Sevee Charuruks and with funding provided by the Malaysian Government.

Xing and me came in 30th August 2011 and spend some time to have a closer look at changes of the Memorial since 1995.

We met the restorer Mr. Sevee Charuruks.





Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Desa Dairy Farm, Kundasang Town 2001

Desa Dairy Farm, Mesilau Highland, Kundasang in 2001

It is one of the subsidiaries of Desa Group of Companies which is wholly owned by the Sabah Government.

Australian Memorial Park is at the road entrance to Desa Dairy Farm.


Desa Dairy Farm is located at Mesilau Plateau, Kundasang, Ranau. Mt. Kinabalu is just behind the farm. William Chung's (left in above photo) 4 wheels TOYOTA has no problem in climbing up the steep slops.

The best time to visit the farm is around 2:30pm as milking session is starting at 3pm every day. You can see all the cows are lining up waiting for milking (photo above)

Friesian Cattle are reared in this farm to produce around one million liters of fresh milk annually.


Desa Dairy Farm is a good education for children to understand how fresh milk processed from cows to milk we drink at home.

The processing plant is fully automated at all stage of production. Fresh milk in original and chocolate flavors is available for sales at the lobby.





Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Kundasang Trip 29-2 September 2011

Kundasang Trip 29-2 September 2011


From Kundasang Town to :

to Kinabalu National Park - 5 minutes (6 km/4 miles)
to Poring Hot Spring - 35 minutes
to Kinabalu Golf Club - 15 minutes
to Zen Garden Resort - 10 minutes

to Rose Garden - 0 minutes
to Kundasang War Memorial - 0 minutes



Kundasang Trip At Night
Monday, August 29, 2011 Tawau - Sukau Sukau
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Sukau - Kundasang BCCM
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Kundasang BCCM
Thursday, September 01, 2011 Kundasang - LD Lahad Datu
Friday, September 02, 2011 LD - Tawau Home
Saturday, September 03, 2011 START WORK

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