Day Thirty Belleknowes

Today was another long walk with just over 2 hours of walking.  I walked 25 streets.

385. Jubilee Street
386. Longwood Avenue
387. Meadow Street
388. McCrea Street
389. Porteous Street

390. Parkhill Avenue
391. Hawthorne Avenue
392. Napier Street
393. Lonsdale Street
394. Preston Crescent
395. Belleknowes Terrace
396. Harcourt Street
397. Alison Crescent
398. Michie Street
399. Hart Street

400. Bellevue Street

401. Kenmure Road

402. Carnavon Street
403. Bright Street
404. Granville Terrace
405. Newport Street
406. Rosebery Street
407. Ashley Street
408. Beaumont Road
409. Pitcairn Street

 

I started by walking the streets at the back of the Mornington shopping area which took me down Meadow Street to join onto Hawthorne Avenue close to the town belt.  The town belt is a 'belt' of native bush in the central urban area of Dunedin covering over 200 hectares..  There are a number of walking trails through the town belt and I took one of these to Belleknowes Terrace to continue my walk. 

 

The residents of  Belleknowes Terrace and Harcourt Street are lucky having the town belt just across the road as, having such a beautiful patch of native bush so close is almost like an extension of their garden.

 

 Along with the trees of the town belt there is also some open green spaces and the views across these are worth stopping to enjoy. 

I came across this comfortable, concrete seat which was perfect to sit and enjoy the view from.  The seat dates back to1919 and was placed here by Tomas Brown who was the co-founder of the Dunedin Amenities Society whose aim is the protection and enhancement of the the Town Belt since it's foundation in 1888.

Once past the Town Belt, I was into walking the surrounding streets.  Some of the streets are very wide and there are good views looking down to the harbour.

Pitcairn Street was the last street I walked today and it gave me good views down the other side of the hill, looking towards Kaikorai Valley and the streets I had walked last week. 

The interesting things I saw on my walk today was this bee friendly section of the berm.  It was useful as well as decorative by having a large artichoke plant and rose bush planted at the base of this pole.  The bees were loving it!

I passed two painted telephone cabinets today.  The first is a greyhound cabinet painted in memory to a much loved pet while the other is if the Aurora over Saddle Hill.  

And finally, today marked a couple of milestones for me - I have walked over 250km and more than 400 streets.   This is the map showing the streets (in red) that I have walked so far (does not include Middlemarch and Aramoana)
 

Distance walked:  10.9 km      Walking time  2 hr 03mins    

Total distance: 260.4 km       Total walking  48 hr 43 mins