Day Ninety Five Waikouaiti

Today I headed back to finish walking the streets of Waikouaiti and I walked 18 streets.

1255. Inverary Street
1256. Nairn Street
1257. Dumbarton Street
1258. Haddington Street
1259. Inverness Street
1260. Greenlaw Street
1261. Matanaka Road
1262. Rothesay Street
1263. Cromarty Street
1264. Perth Street
1265. Clackmann Street
1266. Cupar Street
1267. Forfar Street
1268. Edinburgh Street

1269. Glasgow Street
1270. Gill Street
1271. Victoria Street
1272. Main Road

In Waikouaiti today, I was walking the streets on the other side of the lagoon and race course.  These streets are more rural and are similar to other streets in Waikouaiti as some are long and straight.

These roads skirt around the furthest edge of the Hawksbury Lagoon.  This is the lagoon that I had been walking on the other side during last weekend's walk. 

 

As happened last weekend I eventually walked all the way to the beach.  This beach is 4km in length and is the landing place of  'The Magnet' in 1840 . 

There were only a few people at the beach today and I was lucky to see this horse being exercised on the beach by it's jockey.

 

I walked past the golf club at Waikouaiti.  This is a small golf course with only 9 holes and was started in 1935. Because the course has a sand based surface, golf can be played all year round, regardless of the weather. 

 

After the golf course, I walked past the race course.  I had seen the race course from a different angle last weekend and I remember coming here with my family when I was a child.  The race course no longer has any meetings and is looking run down, especially the grandstand.

One of the last things I walked under while on my way back to where I started is this war memorial arch built over the footpath by Post Office Creek.  This memorial has 41 names on it of people from the area who did not come home from war. 

 

On my walk today, I walked past another entrance to the Hawksbury Lagoon.  I have enjoyed seeing the lagoon from different angles and I would like to come back and explore it further.

I was surprised to walk past this sheep and her lambs as the sheep had literally given birth to the two lambs minutes before I arrived.  I watched as the lambs stood for the first time and then took their first steps to their mother for feeding.

 

Walking on the rural side of town today, I walked past many animals.  A lot of houses had horses and sheep with a few cows and the odd pig as well.  These friendly horses were grazing on the side of the road.
 

And lastly, I have included the map of the streets that I have walked in Waikouaiti.  The streets that I completed today are on the right near the racecourse and towards the beach.  The other streets I walked over two days last weekend.

Distance walked:  9.8 km         Walking time  1 hr 49 mins   

 
Total distance: 781.3 km          Total walking  146 hr 27 mins