Places and Trails across Hong Kong
Port Island – Chek Chau – and its Ruddy Rocks
Port Island lies at the mouth of Tolo Channel. Its Chinese name, Chek Chau, means Red [Ruddy?] Island, after the mainly reddish hued rocks. These reddish rocks are sedimentary, and though just 1 kilometre long, and rising to 131 metres, Port Island is one of the few sites in Hong…
High Island and Sai Wan with columnar jointed rocks from a super-volcano
Collapse of Hong Kong’s Last Great Volcano Around 140 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous, a grand volcano dominated the landscape in eastern Hong Kong. Its northern slopes rose above present day Tai Long Wan on the Sai Kung Peninsula; its southern slopes reaching the Ninepin Group or further.…
Activities in Hong Kong outdoors
Picnic places in Hong Kong
A selection of top places for a DIY al fresco experience, together with tips for packing the perfect picnic.
Junk trips to Hong Kong islands
Hong Kong junk trips aren’t always short jollies; then can be adventures to areas with outstanding coastal scenery.
Introduction: Biodiversity Depleted yet Rich Lying just south of the Tropic of Cancer, and with a sub-tropical climate – summers are hot and humid, winters tend towards temperate – Hong Kong has a mostly tropical flora and fauna. Though there has been significant damage to land and marine…
Weather including tropical cyclones
Tropical Cyclone Ma-on Headed for Hong Kong
25 August 2022 (evening) update: Ma-on took a track somewhat south and west of earlier forecasts; passed within 200km of Hong as a severe tropical storm early this morning. So, “no biggie”. Quite dry while it passed Hong Kong too, with intermittent showers; though still some heavy rain…
Severe Typhoon Mangkhut highlights perils of massive reclamation by Lantau
Typhoon Mangkhut helped show “storm surge” is a threat to modern cities, not just something for the history books.
After I posted in a birding whatsapp group about issues with the Long Valley Nature Park, I was surprised at a response, sent to the whole group of over 200 members so hardly private. Well, perhaps complaints about conservation issues are indeed rather dull; yet clearly to me…
In another post, I’ve put email correspondence regarding my belief Long Valley Nature Park is far worse for bird diversity than it could or should be: Long Valley Nature Park initially poor for biodiversity yet improvements underway. Here, partly to show I wasn’t just being wise after the…
In the movie The Blues Brothers, an enthusiastic live music bar owner is asked about the kinds of music played there. “Oh we got both kinds of music,” he replies. “Country … and western.” And after my recent first visit to Long Valley Nature Park in north Hong…
