Day Eighty Five Opoho

I took advantage of the spring weather and lengthening daylight hours by walking the streets of Opoho today.  I walked 14 streets.

1070. Signal Hill Road
1071. Grandview Crescent
1072. McGregor Street
1073. Colin Street
1074. Evans Street
1075. Warden Street
1076. Torridon Street
1077. Windsor Street
1078. Comely Bank
1079. Hatfield Street
1080. Balmoral Street
1081. Opoho Road
1082. Opoho Loop Road

1083.  Northfield Avenue

 

I started my walk at the top of Opoho at the Signal Hill Lookout.  This is a great place to be able to look over the city and for me, it was a fantastic place to be able to look out and know that I have walked every street that I could see. 

The Signal Hill Lookout also gives good views of the hills surrounding the harbour.  I have also walked every street that I can see on these hills.  There are still some streets further down the harbour that I need to walk but it is very satisfying to know that I have walked everything that I can see from here.

At the lookout is this stone taken from the rock that Edinburgh Castle in Scotland stands on.  Dunedin (Dùn Èideann) is the gaelic name for Edinburgh with many of the early settlers to the city coming from Scotland.  This stone was gifted to the city from Edinburgh in Scotland in 1941 during the city's centenary. 

As I walked down the hill from the lookout, views of the city in different directions opened up and again I have walked every street that I can see.  

The views of the city kept changing as I walked down the hill.  I was able to see city from different angles.  Dunedin is a very pretty city with it's hills and green areas.

It was great to be able to look down to North East Valley and over to Pine Hill.  I have been walking these streets in North East Valley during the last few days.  

 I walked past Tannock Glen today, it is one of Dunedin's hidden gardens.  Since 1975 the Dunedin Rhododendron Group have been planting and maintaining a selection of rare rhododendrons in this magical woodland garden.  It is well worth a visit during any time of year but particularly when the rhododendrons are in flower. 

During my walk today I walked past this lovely stone barn.  There were other stone buildings and fences nearby as well.  All the buildings look to be weatherproof and still in use. 

 

 

I saw different breeds of sheep on my walk today.  One set was most unusual with black and white markings while the other set were the more traditional white. 

 

Today I saw another couple of cute letterboxes. One is a cousin to the red one I saw yesterday and the other has the numbers in words. 

Distance walked:  7.8  km         Walking time  1 hr 31 mins  

 

Total distance: 684.8 km        Total walking  128 hr 23 mins