Pristine Batu Payung

A pristine and quiet beach of Kampung Batu Payung of Tawau,Sabah
once famous for the umbrella or rather mushroom shaped rock
which was said to have broken off sometime before world war 2.





Find of the day,a heart shaped rock.



The other attraction nearby is the turtle rock.








Mr Sabturani,
our volunteer caretaker of the area
and many other attractions around Tawau
spending his retired days giving service to society.














an unknown marker at the cape.







The beach north of Batu Payung.



A jetty used for drying small shrimp used for making 'belacan' or shrimp paste.



I call this one the Belacan Jetty.



Shrimp drying bench view.



A small hut by the Batu Payung beach.





An elephant like rock after some touch up by Mr Sabturani.



The antiqued 9m high Batu Tinagat Lighthouse
build in 1916.