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Very interesting. Definitely a must visit but only 4 stars as the place was not properly maintained eventhough there was an entrance fee. Many plants were either overgrown or wilting. Visited back in June 2019. Hopefully they will improve the place and put up more articles for people to read. I wasn't even aware about the death march that took place and I'm a local tourist!…
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Date of experience: November 2019
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A beautiful garden that is taken care by a man who came from Thailand and married local. Truly appreciate and respect the effort he spent on the garden.
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Date of experience: August 2020
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very tasteful setting commemorating the australian, british and borneo troops and civilians who suffered under the japanese. not a well known bit of history.
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Date of experience: March 2020
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Beautifully kept gardens. One for Australian, one for English and one for people of Borneo and one for all the names of those who died on the Sandakan Ranau death March by the Japanese during World War II. There's displays of information, a souvenir shop and cafe. It's small but worth a visit. The perfume from all the pink roses in the English garden was intoxicating.…
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Date of experience: March 2020
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We viewed a very informative video. I can't begin to imagine how horrific it must have been to be a prisoner of war in Borneo. The gardens themselves were really lovely.
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Date of experience: September 2019
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