Day Thirty Nine Wakari

 Today I had another lovely, sunny day for walking the streets. I walked 21 streets and today is a milestone with having walked over 500 streets. 

498. Munro Street
499. Butler Street
500. Burt Street
501. Rosebank Avenue
502. Chapman Street
503. Cohen Place
504. Craighall Crescent
505. Dale Street
506. Kinsman Street
507. Mardale Street
508. Font Street
509. Wright Street
510. Walton Street
511. School Street
512. Tyne Street
513. Oban Street
514. Dunblane Street
515. Sargood Street
516. Wales Street
517. Fairfax Street
518. McMillan Street

I started my walk by going downhill then straight back up which seemed to be the theme of my walking today - down then up, back down then up again.  I walked down Lynn Street past the sports fields of Balmacewan Intermediate and then up the hill after the sports fields.

Once past Balmacewan Intermediate I was able to connect back up with Balmacewan Road where I had been walking yesterday, then it was back down Lynn Street and I was able to look back at streets I had walked recently. 

One of the benefits of walking on the hills is the views.   I am always happy to stop and look back to where I have come from (past the round about) and also to see all the streets that I still have to walk (everything behind the round about). 

I was able to join up some streets onto Kaikorai Valley Road where I had finished walking a couple of weeks ago.I have walked everything on the left of Kaikorai Valley Road but I have not walked any of the streets on the right.

Once I was onto walking Tyne Street I was able to look over to Wakari and see some of the streets I had walked earlier today but most of what I could see are streets that I have not been to yet. I also enjoyed the view of Flagstaff again.  Flagstaff is the hill behind the houses. 

The area I walked today has a number of quiet green spaces that are worth exploring further.  I passed the community garden which I will need to visit another time and the Kaikorai Reserve which has been developed into a lagoon/wetlands area.  Again I didn't have the time to stop and explore further but I will be making a return visit soon. 

I also passed the Craighall Crescent Recreation Reserve hidden on Craighall Crescent which is one of over a hundred reserves within the Dunedin City boundary.

Today I walked past Columba College which is a high school established in 1915 by the Presbyterian Church as a boarding and day school for girls.  Parts of the school date back to it's start with impressive stone buildings.

Distance walked:  10.8 km      Walking time  2 hr 2 mins    

Total distance: 327.2 km       Total walking  61 hr 30 mins

Day Thirty Eight Balmacewan

The weather and life have stopped me from getting out walking for a week and I was pleased to have blue sky today.  I walked 12 streets today

486. Dudley Place
487. Stonelaw Terrace
488. Brownville Crescent
489. Spylaw Street
490. Passmore Crescent
491. Grater Street
492. Sim Street
493. Prestwick Street
494. Pilkington Street
495. Cannington Road
496. Cairnhill Street
497. Braeview Crescent

I started by walking along Cannington Road towards Prospect Park.  It was good to get glimpses of Pine Hill from between the houses and I was really enjoying walking the streets again. 

 

Prestwick Street is a good street to walk along as it has great views looking towards Wakari.  I have walked none of the streets that I could see. 

I walked down (and back up) part of Balmacewan Road.  There are good views of Flagstaff (the hill in the background) from Balmacewan Road.  Flagstaff is a popular walking area and has some of the best views of the city. 

Balmacewan Road is unusual in that it dissects the Balmacewan Golf Course (at the bottom of the hill in the photo above).  Golfers need to stop playing, pick up their golf ball and clubs to cross the road to and continue playing. 

After Balmacewan Road, I walked along Pilkington Street past John McGlashan College, a state intergrated high school for boys.  John McGlashan College was opened in 1918 and is named after John McGlashan who was a Presbyterian lawyer, politician  and educationalist.  

Part of the school borders Cannington Road where I could see sports teams practicing on the school fields. 

The last street I walked today was Braeview Crescent and I was rewarded with fantastic views looking down to Leith Valley and over to Pine Hill where I am looking forward to walking more streets.

There were a few interesting parts of my walk today.  The first is this 'public art' on the side of a garage.  I am enjoying discovering all these hidden paintings around the city. 

Braeview Crescent is a hidden gem of a street with houses on both ends and in the middle is a narrow, winding street with trees closing in. 

There are gaps in the trees of Braewview Crescent and it is easy to see how the town belt curls around Ross Creek, under Pine Hill and finishing at the Dunedin Botanical Gardens.  Dunedin is very green looking from this part of the city.

Distance walked:  7.1 km      Walking time  1 hr 19 mins    

Total distance: 316.4 km       Total walking  59 hr 28 mins