100 trips for 100 years with Dunedin on Foot: Day Fifty City Rise

Today's walk took me around the semi-industrial and housing area on the outskirts of the main shopping area of the city. I walked 14 streets today.

629. Russell Street
630. Adam Street
631. Manse Street
632. Hope Street
633. Carroll Street
634. Stafford Street
635. High Street
636. Graham Street
637. Broadway
638. Duncan Street
639. Brown Street
640. Elm Row
641. Bishops Place
642. Bishops Road

I started my walk by finishing walking a couple of streets that I had started the other day It was nice to get good views looking down from the top of Duncan Street to the harbour and the hills of Waverley early in my walk.

Once down the hill I was walking streets that had lots of old and/or interesting buildings but the streets did not have many views. It wasn't till I started back up the hill that I was rewarded with some good views of the city centre.

The further up the hill I walked, the views changed from looking out towards Waverley to looking at the harbour basin and South Dunedin.

And as I continued walking up the hill, the views changed again looking at South Dunedin and the Pacific Ocean. I enjoyed these views as I could see the streets that I had been walking over the past couple of days.

As I walked back to my starting place for the day's walk, I looked behind me and was rewarded with a good view of the tall buildings of the city centre, the harbour and hills of Waverley.

On my walk today I passed two lovely old churches. The first was St Joseph's Cathedral which was built in 1886 and is a very imposing building. The other is St Mathews Church which is much smaller but no less impressive with lovely stained glass windows.

I also walked past Speights Brewery. Speights Brewery is Dunedin and Otago's well known beer and was established in 1876 on it's current site. Known as "Pride of the South", Speights Brewery also has beer tours and it's own restaurant.

Part of Speights secret to brewing good beer is the water that it draws from a spring that flows under the brewery. There is a tap on the outside of building that has free spring water (not beer) for anyone that brings their own container.

Dunedin also has a lot of old buildings and houses. There are quite a few that are not in the best condition but there is much more that have been well maintained or restored. This is the Chief Post Office that has been turned into a hotel.

There is also the Bell Tea building that is not owned by Bell Tea anymore but is being earthquake strengthened with plans to turn it into apartments.

I walked past the Angus Motors building where the art deco facade has been beautifully restored. The building is a second hand clothing shop now.

Built in 1862, The Crown Hotel is Dunedin's oldest pub that is still trading. It has live music every weekend and is opposite the Speights Brewery.

As I walk closer to the central city, I am seeing more terraced houses. Terraced houses are older houses of similar style and attached to each other. These are very densely populated streets with no room for off street parking.

There was so much to see on my walk today. Dunedin has a lot of street art painted on the side of buildings and it was everywhere that I looked today. Below is some of what I saw on my walk.