Find these steps – Between 47 and 49 Tannadyce Street, and between 26 and 28 Elphinstone Avenue, Strathmore Park.

These impressive steps just appear as you walk along Tannadyce Street – something of a surprise.

Strathmore Park, again as noted in the incredible work of Ms Irvine-Smith, commemorates the visit in 1927 of George V when he was Duke of York. It is named for for the Earl of Strathmore, the Queen Elizabeth’s father. Her sister married the 16th Baron Elphinstonem and the third Earl, previous to her father, became Baron Tannadyce. Easy if you have graph paper on hand.

FIND THESE STEPS – At the top of Park Street, Thorndon.

The steps – there they are at the top of Park Street beside the lamppost – seen from near the Wellington Urban Motorway.

According to Ms Irvine-Smith, the street is named for an assistant to Captain William Mein Smith, the Chief Surveyor for the Wellington Company. Park arrived on the Cuba with Smith in January, 1840. We know Captain Smith’s first name but apparently not Mr Park’s.

This one was determined to keep a step ahead of me on the way up.

Off to one side the city has left us a little park with bench and an awesome expanse of trees and bush.

The Reserve is at the top of the stairs.

I can’t find any information about this fountain with a woman and what appears to be cherubs.

FIND THESE STEPS – Douglas is a short street that runs beside the Caltex at Adelaide Road and between 85  and 87 Tasman Street.

Very busy steps, and oddly divided into two sets – one with a utilitarian iron railing and the other with the usual Wellington City Council  white wooden rails.

FIND THESE STEPS -In Brooklyn, beside 80 Mornington Road across from the Vogelmorn Tennis Club at the upper level and on the lower level between 55 and 57 Clarence Street

View from Mornington Road – named for the Duke of Wellington’s father, the Earl of Mornington. Ms Irvine-Smith comments, “Mornington has always suffered from difficulty of access and lack of tram communication.” The bus rolls nearby, but still no tram.

 

 

FIND THESE STEPS – Between 18 – 22 Glasgow Street, opposite Te Herenga Waka Marae, at Victoria University.

 

FIND THESE STEPS – Between 49 to 53 Upland Road and from the lower level between 18 and 16 Central Terrace.

 

FIND THESE STEPS – At 15 Central Terrace and on the lower level at 18 Glasgow Street, opposite Te Herenga Waka Marae.

FIND THESE STEPS – At 127 Karepa Street or from below, between 52 and 48 Mitchell Street.

Over this hill and then down the steps.

A line of garages on Karepa Road looking very much like boat sheds.

And looking down from Karepa Road.

Prints left by a dog long ago.

A shed along the way with added value of decoration.

And looking out toward Wellington Harbour on an interesting weather day.

FIND THESE STEPS – From Cable Car Lane, 280 Lambton Quay, and then to 10 Upland Road, or from the lower level, at the end of Lower North Terrace, beside 3 Rimu Road.

These steps offer a fun and unique method to reach them – the Cable Car. At the top, follow the Upland Road until you come across the top of the stairs at Upland Road, on the right.

Ms Irvine-Smith reports that Upland Road is named for Upland Farm, a former dairy farm in this area.

FIND THESE STEPS – Two locations – one leading to the University and emerging at the Hunter car park, and on the other side of the road, near 101 Salamanca Road.

Map Source: OpenSteetMap

Salamanca Road was named by William Travers, described by Ms Irving-Smith as ‘a Spanish legionnaire in the Carlist War’, and she speculates he took part under the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Salamanca, Spain, in the Penisular War in 1812. Travers was as well as an advocate for trees in early Wellington, and along with others, advocated that land would be set aside for the Botanical Gardens.

Salamanca Road to Hunter Car Park

Salamanca Road to Kumutoto Forest

Kumutoto Stream originates in this area, and flows through the gully and then underground along The Terrace, and under Woodward Street. It is a project of Predator Free Wellington as well as the Kumutoto Forest Restoration Group, who have cleaned up the rubbish, restored native plants, and improved the urban green space.