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PostSubject: Singapore's latest mega-attraction   Singapore's latest mega-attraction Icon_minitimeMon Jul 16, 2012 11:48 pm

Nina Karnikowski steps out of this world into Singapore's latest mega-attraction, where plants from around the planet get the high-tech treatment.

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Entering the 54-hectare urban oasis that is the Bay South area of Singapore's Gardens by the Bay feels like I imagine it might stepping into Pandora, the verdant wonderland depicted in James Cameron's epic Avatar. It's a combination of things: the imposing canopy of 18 steel Supertrees that range from 25 metres to 50 metres high, the two glass conservatories popping out from the foliage like a pair of giant mechanical turtles, the 22-metre-high aerial walkway weaving through the Supertrees and, of course, the 700,000 plants surrounding us.

When we visit, three weeks before the gardens' official opening on June 29, our guide, Michelle, tells us construction has been in progress for seven years.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/land-of-the-supertrees-20120713-21zqo.html#ixzz20qeas0UX
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