Day Forty Nine City

There was a lot of up and down today as the streets I walked today joined a few areas that I had previously walked together.   Today I walked 9 streets.

620. Maitland Street
621. Steep Street
622. Jones Street
623. Fernhill Street
624. Lees Street
625. Manor Place
626. Melville Street
627. Grant Street
628. Sutherland Street

I started my walk by heading down Maitland Street then turning onto Stafford Street to walk up to Eglinton Road where I had been walking about 6 weeks ago.  The top of Stafford Street is part of the start of the town belt and has open green space with views looking to the harbour.

On my way back to Maitland Street there were open areas between the trees with good views looking towards South Dunedin and the harbour basin.

Back at Maitland Street and it was all downhill.  Maitland Street is quite steep and has speed bumps to slow traffic down.  The residents of Maitland Street have good views of South Dunedin and out to the Pacific Ocean.

From the bottom of Maitland Street, I zig zagged my way back up the hill, walking up and back down streets that joined Maitland Street with Melville Street until I had  walked up to High Street. I walked a couple of short streets off High Street where I was able to look back over the area that I had been walking yesterday.  I could also see Mt Cargill in the background. 

Today I walked past the Crown Mill Building which was built in 1867 to house a steam driven flour mill.  The building was in operation as flour mill until 1997 when all production was moved to Timaru and Christchurch.  The building has been turned into apartments with a restaurant on the ground floor. 

Opposite the Crown Mill is the oldest free standing public toilet in New Zealand.  Built in 1912 the men's toilet has not been in use since the 1970's and has escaped demolition as it is a rare example of a Victorian public toilet still with it's original tiles and urinals.  The toilet is looking pretty sad now and is not open to the public.  

Not far from the toilet is the Workers Memorial which is a memorial to all the men and women who have been killed at work.  The memorial is a piece of Bluestone rock from Blackhead Quarry and was placed here in 2003 with a service of remembrance held here every year on 28 April which is  International Workers Memorial Day.

One unusual street that I walked today is Steep Street.  It is not a street that you can drive up (or down) but it has a street sign and is called a street so I walked it and am counting it towards my street total.  Steep Street goes between Maitland Street and Eglinton Road with the only access for the few houses is via the steps. It is one of the more unusual streets I have walked.

On my walk today I walked past the Oval which is a large sports and recreation field on Princes Street.  The first recorded sports game, a cricket match, was played at the Oval in 1864 and it is still a very popular place for weekend sport. 

I walked past two pieces of public art today.  One was this cleverly painted telephone cabinet of local female roller derby heroes.  The other was this bus shelter painted with native birds often seen around Dunedin.

 

  

 

Two of the more unusual things I saw today was a house with a silver fern on the roof (why?  I don't know but it was certainly noticeable) and the other was this  sign post that was a large, fat post that had the top power pole part cut off and the only reason it was left was just for the no stopping sign attached to it.  

And lastly I walked past Palmyra Reserve which is community housing that was built in the early 1970's, replacing substandard housing from the early 1900's. The substandard houses were demolished to make way for these Palmyra houses.

Distance walked:  6.8 km      Walking time   1 hr 16 mins    

Total distance: 394.4 km       Total walking  74 hr 04 mins