Day Ninety Seven St Leonards

The weather has kept me from walking over the past week or so but I was able to get back out again today.  I walked 11 streets.

1286. Kea Street
1287. Finch Street
1288. Burkes Drive
1289. Moa Street
1290. Kaka Road
1291. Korimako Street
1292. Kiwi Street
1293. Huia Street
1294. Gannet Lane
1295. Hawk Lane
1296. Harrier Road

Tonight I walked along the road from Maia to St Leonards which used to be the main road to Port Chalmers.  Built in the 1860's this road connected Port Chalmers to Dunedin.

 

The railway line between Dunedin and Port Chalmers was built in the 1870's and as the township of Port Chalmers grew the faster harbourside road was built in 1965.

As I walked along the side of the harbour, I was rewarded with fantastic views looking across to the hills of the peninsula and Macandrew Bay

 

A lot of the houses in St Leonards are rewarded with great views looking down the mouth of the harbour and Harbour Cone which is the triangle shaped hill on the right. 

My walk tonight wasn't just along the flat as there are a number of steep streets in St Leonards that I walked up.  My reward for walking up the steep streets was getting a good view of Harbour Cone and the hills of peninsula as I walked back down.

During my walk tonight, I saw a train on it's way to Port Chalmers.  There has been a cycle/walkway has been built along the side of the railway line.  

Along the side of the Burkes Drive are the Halo Project traps.  I have walked past these traps in other parts of the city and each time I am reminded of what a great job these traps and the people who check them are doing to protect in helping to make predator free. 

Distance walked:  7.1 km         Walking time  1 hr 24 mins   

 
Total distance: 796.3 km          Total walking  149 hr 20 mins