100 trips for 100 years with Dunedin on Foot: Day Eighty Eight Ravensbourne

I took advantage of the evenings starting to get lighter by getting another walk in. Tonight I walked 13 streets.

1132. Neptune Street
1133. Magnet Street
1134. Taupo Street
1135. Ellesmere Street
1136. Gerrys Road
1137. Mark Street
1138. Rimu Street
1139. Waireki Street
1140. Ocean View Road
1141. Lindsay Avenue
1142. Tekapo Street
1143. Parry Street East

1144. Kowhai Street

I started my walk from near the stadium and walked along the shared walking/cycleway that runs along the side of the harbour. The cycleway is popular with cyclists, runners and walkers, however tonight I saw very few people.

There are excellent views of the Otago harbour and peninsula all along the walk/cycleway. I enjoyed looking across the harbour to see streets that I have walked. I still have streets to walk further down the peninsula but I have walked everything that I could see from here.

The cycleway/walkway runs along between the harbour and the railway line for a couple of kilometres before crossing the railway line at Ravensbourne. From here it was all uphill for me.

Once I started walking up the hill, it didn't take long before the views across the harbour started opening up.

The streets became steeper and narrow the further up the hill I walked. The residents of these streets get great views of the harbour and hills of the peninsula.

Near the top of the hill the streets followed the contour of the land and flattened out which gave me the chance to see the views looking across the harbour to harbour cone and the Soldiers Monument.

After reaching the streets at the top of the hill, I then walked back down to the hill and was rewarded with more views, this time looking towards the city.

I timed my walk well as I neared the bottom of the hill, the sun was setting and the lights of the city were coming on. Despite the hills, it had been a good walk to a part of Dunedin that I had not seen much of before.

I walked past this large kuri (dog). Placed here in 2008, this kuri looks out over the Otago harbour and is a cultural guardian looking after the people of Dunedin and the surrounding environment.

I liked this unique stainless steel seat conveniently placed with a view of the harbour. It was a good place to rest and catch my breath before continuing up the hill.

During my walk today I saw both black sheep and white sheep. The black sheep were inquisitive and had cute faces while the white sheep moved away when I got closer to them.