Day 117 Brighton

 I headed South to walk the streets of seaside suburb of Brighton.  I walked 14 streets.

1583. Cole Street
1584. Trecastle Street
1585. Queen Street
1586. Pearse Street
1587. Taylor Street
1588. Bath Street
1589. Bedford Parade
1590. Hastings Street
1591. Copeland Street
1592. Wells Street
1593. Morse Street
1594. McIntosh Road
1595. Seaview Road
1596. Scroggs Hill Road

 

 Brighton is a small seaside town on the southern boundary of Dunedin and has a popular beach.  I started walking over the Otokia Creek.  A one lane bridge crosses the creek. 

Then I walked along Brighton Road which has houses on one side and the beach on the other.  This coastal road takes you to Taieri Mouth and further south. 

 

After walking the coastal road, I walked up the hill where I was able to look down to where I had been walking only a few minutes earlier.  I was able to see the down the coast towards Taieri Mouth and also see where there was beach across the road from the houses.

One of the streets that I walked along was Marine Parade which was unusual in that it had large grass fields with trees in the middle of the street.  The houses on the left in this picture are on one side of the Marine Parade with the houses on the right also on Marine Parade.  

After walking Marine Parade, I walked some streets that gave me a good view over wetlands.  This is a lovely place to live with a quiet, almost holiday feel to the town.

 

Then I was back down the hill and crossed the Otokia Creek.  This kayaking/boating place is part of the camping ground which has been sold and no longer operates. The boats were once popular to hire and paddle around the wetlands behind the camping ground. 

 

 I followed the road around the side of the hill and was able to look down onto Brighton Beach. This is a safe beach that is patrolled by the surf lifesavers and is a good beach for swimming.  It has plenty of white sand and rock pools further around for exploring.

 

Looking the other way, I was able to look down the coast towards Dunedin.  Unfortunately it started to rain and some of the coast was obscured by the rain.  I haven't had to walk in the rain very often during my challenge and this time really made up for it with very loud thunder, lightening and heavy rain.

As I followed Brighton Road around the cliffside I was able to look across to the streets that I was going to be walking

Despite the rain, the views were still worth stopping for, although the rain did mean that the photos didn't come out so well. This was a good place to stop and look at where I had been walking today.

 

I walked past these huge macrocarpa trees that dwarfed the cars and houses nearby.  The trunks on these trees are massive and would have made a fantastic play fort.

 

Brighton has a number of nicely painted bus stops.  Each one has pictures relating to the area with the sea and sea creatures being the most popular. 

 

There was only one interesting letterbox on my walk and that was this mailbox letterbox

 

Lastly, this map shows that streets that I have walked in Brighton highlighted in red.  I still have a few more streets to walk but these ones will be in Ocean View.

 Distance walked:  9 km         Walking time  1 hr 45 mins    

Total distance: 969.5  km          Total walking  180 hr 56 mins