Day 121 Broad Bay

Since I only have to walk the streets on a couple of suburbs on the peninsula, I headed down the harbour to walk in Broad Bay tonight. I walked 15 streets.

1634. Virginia Avenue
1635. Greig Street
1636. Roebuck Rise
1637. Waikana Street
1638. Clearwater Street
1639. Matariki Street
1640. Sandpiper Street
1641. Frances Street
1642. Moerangi Street
1643. Solar Terrace
1644. Holm Avenue
1645. Oxley Crescent
1646. Bacon Street
1647. Cowal Street
1648. Gwyn Street

I started walking the streets down by the harbour and it was good to be able to look across the bay to Broad Bay and see the  the streets that I am walking tonight.

As usually happens in Dunedin, the streets mostly go up and up I walked.  Turning around at the top of the street gave me a good view looking across the harbour towards Port Chalmers and Mt. Cargill on the right.

And then I was back down at the waters edge again.  This has become the normal while walking the streets on the peninsula - walking up the hill, just to come back down again. 

The road down the side of the harbour weaves in and out of the bays.  Being beside the harbour also gives uninterrupted views across to the hills behind Port Chalmers including Mt. Cargill.

After walking around the headland of one of the bays, I was back to walking up the hill.  I have enjoyed walking the streets of Broad Bay as they are usually quiet streets with good views.

As I continued walking around the bays, I walked up Oxley Crescent that gave me an excellent view of the headland that divides Broad Bay.  This was a good chance to see the streets that I had just walked and also to look further back to the hills across the harbour.

 

While walking on the hill, I was given a glimpse looking towards Quarantine Island in the harbour. Most of the homes in Broad Bay have a view of parts of the harbour. 

Once I was back down the hill, it was a short walk around the edge of the harbour to finish walking the streets in Broad Bay.  I have driven through Broad Bay often but have never really stopped before so it was a pleasant surprise to see how many streets there are.

 

I walked past the Fletcher House today.  The Fletcher house was built in 1909 by Sir James Fletcher, founder of Fletcher Construction which became New Zealand's biggest building and construction business.  This was the very first double bay villa home built by Fletcher and this style of home became very popular throughout the country.  In 1990 Fletcher Construction bought the house and have restored it. It is the only fully restored and furnished Edwardian house of its type in New Zealand

I really liked this sign that I walked past.  It is a warning that there are 'free range children' in the area.  I am guessing it is not an 'official' sign but one put up by the residents of the street.

 

I have walked past a number of unusual objects during my challenge to walk every street in Dunedin, and this is the first time that I have seen a cannon.  This small cannon is on the grass verge outside a house.

I walked past a couple of interesting letterboxes today,  I liked the one that was painted with seals and thought the large tree stump letterbox made good use of an old stump. 

Distance walked:  7.6 km         Walking time  1 hr 28 mins    

Total distance: 999.4  km          Total walking  186 hr 50 mins