Day Seventy One Forbury Corner

 It was a frosty start to the morning so I opted to walk some more of the South Dunedin streets. Today I walked 18 streets.

857. Helena Street
858. Loyalty Street
859. Nicolson Street
860. Nelson Street
861. Richmond Street
862. Surrey Street
863. Wilson Avenue
864. Wycolla Avenue
865. Achilles Avenue
866. Fitzroy Street
867. Sussex Street
868. Ruskin Terrace
869. Thorn Street
870. Alfred Street
871. Edwin Street
872. Josephine Street
873. Eastbourne Street
874. Baker Street

The morning was lovely and clear which meant the streets were sparkling with frost.  I did my best to stick to the sunny side of the streets until the frost had melted.

Walking on the flat of South Dunedin means there are not many views, however the Frances Hodgkins Retirement Village dominates what view of the hills there was.  I have already walked the streets surrounding the retirement village back in late January. 

Other parts of my walk, I was able to see the hills of Kew and it is a good feeling knowing that I have already walked all of the streets that I could see on this hill.

Being on the flat the streets of South Dunedin are a bit like a maze, walking up and down the streets without being able to see how far I had come and how much further to go.  It was easy to lose sight of which streets I had walked and some streets I needed to walk twice to ensure that I hadn't missed any parts.

 

Some of the streets are very narrow with the houses pushed close up against each other. 

While other streets were wider, with grass verges and trees.  The houses on these streets were much larger but they still didn't have any views.  

South Dunedin is one of the older suburbs of Dunedin which meant that today I walked past quite a few older houses.  One in particular that I noticed is Faringdon House which was built in 1882.  At the time, most of the houses in the area would have been built from wood, whereas Faringdon House is made from brick.

I walked past this bus stop painted with people waiting for the bus

And the side of this shop that had a painting on the side that looked like a child playing on the other side of the fence.

And finally, I walked past this letterbox which looks like the person who lives here loves surfing.

Distance walked:  10.2  km         Walking time   1 hr 49 mins  

 

Total distance: 572.1 km       Total walking  107 hr 8 mins 

Day Fourteen St Kilda

 Today was a longer walk as I wanted to complete all of the streets of St Kilda.  Today I walked 23 streets. 

141. Moreau Street
142. Plunket Street
143. Kennedy Street
144. Nile Street
145. Trafalgar Street
146. West Avenue

147. Bayview Road

148. East Avenue
149. Montreal Street
150. Alma Street
151. Corunna Street
152. Kings Ave
153. Hargest Crescent 
154. Waterloo Street

155. Ajax Road
156. Richardson Street
157. Bellona Street
158. Calder Street
159. Dalgety Street
160. Bird Street
161. Churchill Street
162. Mills Street
163. Young Street
164. Ajax Street

 

 I started my walk by heading towards the beach and walked part of Victoria Road where I passed Forbury Park, a horse racing track that was built on reclaimed land in 1870 and has been used as a horse racing facility ever since.  Currently it is home to harness racing and greyhound racing.  The spectator stand that can be seen from Victoria Road was built in 1962.

At the end of Forbury Park I turned right onto Kennedy Street and then began a complicated journey through the streets that branch off Hargest Crescent.  As the streets do not align with each other it required some back tracking and to ensure that no streets were missed.  It was on one of these streets that I came across this neat letter box.   

After completing the streets off Hargest Crescent I was back into the grid streets that run between Richardson Street and Bayview Road. Here I was able to walk all streets in one direction then walk the streets in the other direction which meant I did not need to often back track or walk the same piece of road twice.  I also walked down another concrete footpath. This is only the second concrete footpath that I have come across during my walking.

 

Another interesting thing I noticed on my walk today was this unusual bus stop.  I do not know why the signs would be so low  and as I passed them again later during my walk, there was a bus stopped at the bus stop. This is one bus stop that would be easy to miss. 

Today was a milestone as I have now walked over 160 streets, I am over 10% through my challenge of walking every street in Dunedin.  This map shows the streets that I have walked so far.

Distance walked: 11.6km     Walking time 2 hr  02 mins    

Total distance: 115 km       Total walking  21 hr 29 mins