Day Thirty Six Maori Hill

 I enjoyed my walk winding around the streets of Maori Hill and I walked 12 streets today.

462. Claremont Street
463. Maheno Street
464. Hamel Street
465. Lynwood Avenue
466. Wallace Street
467. Newington Avenue
468. Burwood Avenue
469. Grendon Street
470. Brent Street
471. Baxter Street
472. Tolcarne Avenue
473. Drivers Road 

 

Today I continued to walk the streets skirting the edge of the town belt and joining onto Highgate.  This meant some hills to walk up and down but not as steep as my last walk.  The views from Maheno Street were worth a stop.  

I have really enjoyed walking around the town belt area as the streets are much quieter and it is hard to believe that I am in the middle of the city.  Newington Avenue is one of those quiet, green streets.  

Tolcarne Street is a street with a seat overlooking an uninterrupted view of the city.  I spent quite a bit of time here looking at the wonderful view of the city with the town belt in the foreground. 

The final street I walked today was Drivers Road which crosses the town belt. I walked down to where Drivers Road joined Queens Drive then I walked back up to Highgate.  Drivers Road can be very busy with traffic at times but today it was reasonably quiet.  

 I saw a couple of interesting things I saw today, one was this neat painting of two animals on a residential fence

I walked past this lovely gate on Drivers Road.  Behind the gate is a large house built in 1935.  

On my walk today I passed the Highgate Presbyterian Church.  Like so many older buildings and in particular, churches, the Highgate Church is closed to the public including church meetings due to safety questions around the building's structure. 

Distance walked:  6.6 km      Walking time  1 hr 14 mins    

Total distance: 303.4 km       Total walking  56 hr 55 mins