Day Ninety One Ravensbourne

Another lovely day in Dunedin so I took the opportunity for an evening walk and returned to walk some more streets in Ravensbourne.  Today I walked 13 streets.

1205. Manuka Street
1206. Matai Street
1207. Junction Road
1208. Adderley Terrace
1209. Short Street
1210. Hinau Street
1211. Monowai Road
1212. Wanaka Street
1213. Wakatipu Street
1214. Totara Street
1215. Seddon Street
1216. Athol Place
1217. Ohau Street

 

Ravensbourne is on the side of the harbour that loses the sun in the evening, however the views more than made up for walking in the shadows. 

The streets of Ravensbourne are narrow and wind their way around the side of the hill.  One of the benefits of being on the hill is that I was rewarded with great views from every street I walked tonight.

As I walked the streets on this side of the harbour, I was able to look over at the sunny side and know that I have walked all the streets that I could see. I had walked the streets opposite in January and at the time, my challenge to walk every street in Dunedin seemed like an impossible task. Now I have walked around 3/4 of Dunedin's streets.

It was a lovely evening to be out walking and as I made my way down the hill, the city and harbour views continued to open out.  

Eventually I made it back to the bottom of the hill and walked along beside the road and railway line as the sun was setting. 

As I walked along beside the harbour and railway line, I was able to look over at Macandrew Bay which was still in the sunshine.  I have walked along the road as far as Macandrew Bay but I haven't walked the streets in Macandrew Bay yet. 

And finally I finished my walk by walking up a couple of the steep, narrow streets.  This photo doesn't show it, but this street is steep and a good challenge for the legs and lungs.

 

Today I walked past the Ravensbourne fire station.  This is a small fire station which is run by volunteers who give up their time to train and fight fires.  Even though it is still in the city, the volunteers would be first at a fire or car accident.  The fire bell out the front is a memorial to firefighters who have died while still being on active service.

I didn't see any interesting letterboxes on my walk today but there were a number of houses in Ravensbourne that had interesting things on their fences.  The residents of this house had lots of small windmills as well as ornaments on their fence.

And I am not sure why the residents of this house would have a fly stuck in a spider web as their fence. 

The residents of this house look like they have made their own unique fence ornaments.

The railway line runs through Ravensbourne and the Ravensbourne bus stop is cleverly painted as a tribute to the railway line.  One one side is the walking bridge over the railway line.  The way it is painted, it is made to look like you could walk over it and the other side has a lovely steam train.

The other street art that I saw on my walk today was this fox painted on a garage door. 

Distance walked:  4.5 km         Walking time  56 mins  

Total distance: 745.3 km          Total walking  139 hr 44 mins