Day Sixteen St Clair Park

 I took advantage of another nice day and walked the hills behind St Clair where there are plenty of great views.  Today I walked 12 streets

182. Isadore Road
183. Highgrove 
184 Clayton Street
185. Sutcliffe Street
186. Aberdeen Street
187. Ravenswood Road
188. Seaview Terrace
189. Kew Place
190. Ponton Street
191. Earls Road
192. Lock Street
193. Erskine Place

I also walked part of a number of other streets but I don't get to count these until I have completed  them.  The first street I walked down was Isadore Road and onto Highgrove and from here I could see the ruins of Cargills Castle.  Cargills Castle was built in  1877 for Edward Cargill who died in 1903 when it was sold and has had several owners over the last 100 years.  Sadly the castle is in ruins with no public access. 

It was a little windy in Highgrove today but there are also good views down the coast towards Tunnel Beach and Blackhead. 

Highgrove is also the first street that I have walked with a paving stone footpath.  It is a nice change from the normal asphalt. Highgrove also has nice street lights similar to parts of Waverley that I have already walked. 

After the relative flat of Highgrove and Sutcliffe Street it was onto the hilly streets with the residents of Ravenswood Street getting great views looking over the beach and South Dunedin.  It is great to look out and know that I have walked all the streets that I can see, even those on the hills in the distance

During all of my walk today, I was rewarded with great views of the city including this view from Middleton Road showing the city from a different angle to what I have previously seen it. 

There were a couple of interesting things I saw on my walk today.  The first is this donation box for Cargills Castle and also this telephone cabinet painted to represent a stamp.

I also came across this mirror at the bottom of Easter Crescent where it joins Seaview Terrace and thought I would have some fun taking a 'selfie'.

Distance walked: 9.2 km     Walking time 1 hr  47 mins    

Total distance: 133.3 km       Total walking  24 hr 17 mins

Day Fifteen St Clair

 It was a change of scenery today as I walked some streets on the hill and along the esplanade.  Today I walked 17 streets

165. Massey Avenue
166. Pretoria Avenue
167. Ings Avenue
168. Coughtrey Street
169. Albert Street
170. Victoria Road
171. Esplanade
172. Back Beach Road
173. Cliffs Road
174. Bedford Street
175 Norfolk Street
176. Beach Street
177. Sandringham Street
178. Hobson Street
179. Valpy Street
180. Mavis Street
181. Motu Street

I enjoyed the walk to the beach and along the esplanade which is very popular with the children's playground and coffee shops in the area all very busy.  It was good to see a number of surfers in the water and people enjoying the warm afternoon at the beach.  It was also a good place to look along the beach towards Lawyer Head where I had been walking a few days ago. 

Next I headed up the hill on Cliffs Road which was a nice change after the flat of St Kilda as I was able to get some nice views over South Dunedin and Forbury Park looking towards the hills of Waverley which I have already walked. 

 

It was only a short venture up the hill as I went back down onto the flat and along Norfolk Street to Mavis and Motu Street where I got an equally fantastic but slightly different view. 

This bought me onto the 'infamous' Jacobs Ladder with 135 steps that was built in 1884.  I did not need to walk up these steps as I had a few more streets on the flat to complete.

 I came across these two painted telephone cabinets on my walk today.  I particularly like the beach scene which highlights the mid winter swim at St Clair beach on the shortest day each year.  

I also noticed a lot of Pohutukawa trees in flower during my walk today.  The Pohutukawa is often called the New Zealand Christmas tree as it usually flowers around Christmas time with beautiful red flowers. 

Distance walked: 9.1km     Walking time 1 hr  41 mins    

Total distance: 124.1km       Total walking  22 hr 30 mins