Poon Saan
Poon Saan is the second largest village on Christmas Island, an external territory of Australia.
Poon Saan is the second largest village on Christmas Island, an external territory of Australia. Ethnic Chinese make up the majority of inhabitants. In Cantonese, Poon Saan means "halfway up the hill". The architecture of Poon Saan reflects the Chinese heritage of the majority of residents in being Singapore style units, rather than the Western style common in Flying Fish Cove.
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Worth seeing in and around Poon Saan
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Administrator's House, Christmas Island
The Administrator's House is a heritage-listed former official residence and now museum located 1.5 kilometres south-west of Flying Fish Cove in the Australian territory of Christmas Island. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.
2 km · residence and museum in Christmas Island, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Bungalow 702
Bungalow 702 is a heritage-listed house at Lam Lok Loh, Drumsite, Christmas Island, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.
1.5 km · Australian heritage-listed house in Drumsite, Christmas Island · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01The Dales
Comprised of numerous freshwater streams running roughly parallel to each other.
- 02Dolly Beach
An isolated beach, 1-hour drive by 4WD over rocky step tracks and then another 45-minute trek on foot downhill.
- 03The Blowholes
- 04Winifred Beach
- 05West White Beach
- 06Margaret Knoll
An easy to access lookout located a short walk from your vehicle.
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Things to do
View the spectacular world-famous Christmas Island Red Crab Migration during the months of November–February. Scuba diving or snorkeling at Flying Fish Cove Snorkel trip from a boat Scuba Dive from a boat Take a guided tour Whale shark watching Game Fishing on chartered boat Rock Fishing Caving (warning: seek local advice before setting out to any caves) 4-wheel driving, known locally as "bush bashing".
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Where to eat
There are several restaurants on Christmas Island serving Western and Asian cuisine.
- 01Lucky Ho Restaurant
Alchemy (at the Christmas Island Recreation Centre),.
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Getting to Poon Saan
- Stations
- Christmas Island Airport, 3.2 km
- Jakarta → Poon SaanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Yogyakarta → Poon SaanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Semarang → Poon SaanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Poon Saan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Poon Saan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Poon Saan – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Poon Saan
- Flying Fish Covecapital city and main settlement of Australia's Christmas Island500 m
- Silver City, Christmas Islandhuman settlement in Australia1.2 km
- Drumsitesettlement on Christmas Island1.5 km