Walk 040 - Poad Street

Date: 28th September 2015
Distance: 5.16 kms
Locality: Seville Grove

Streets walked:

• Teal Brook Circuit
• Purdy Court
• Murphy Road
• Dunn Close
• Hesketh Avenue
• Solva Place
• Leaf Place
• San Jacinta Road
• Sepal Close
• Craigie Place
• Cosgrove Court
• Chidzey Drive
• Hansen Road
• Floret Court
• Silverhill Loop
• Kara Court

Running street count: 491
Running distance count: 182.05 kms

The Poad family are perhaps best known as the people who, for at least two generations, drove the district's primary school students to school safely in big orange buses. Their street naming is deserved, as is the Barry Poad Reserve.

Barry Poad Reserve.

Here's a bonus pic of Dunn Close. Nice place.

Walk 033 - Chidzey? No, Chedzey.

Date: 26th February 2015

Distance: 3.22 kms
Locality: Seville Grove

Streets walked:

• Chidzey Drive
• Kingham Place
• Watkinson Court
• Snook Place
• Poad Street
• Sutcliffe Close
• Ainstey Court
• Bonn Court
• Denning Court

Running street count: 409
Running distance count: 157.44 kms


Chidzey Drive was mis-named back in the day. The family that farmed in the area way back when were the Chedzey's. Naturally enough, if I was them, I'd be a bit cheesed that mistake wasn't rectified.

Another alley - nothing beats a shortcut.

Walk 012 - Strawberry 1

Date: 26th January 2015
Distance: 6.69 kms
Locality: Seville Grove

Streets walked:

Australia Day walk flag-spotting. Obviously a proud Dockers fan.

• Eureka Place
• Emperor Close
• Riverside lane
• Seminole Garden
• Strawberry Drive
• Tangerine Close
• Barnfield Court
• Sitella Place
• Joppa Court
• Jaffa Close
• Lisbon Way
• Lemon Grove
• Fortunella Grove
• Mandarin Way
• Seville Drive
• Tangelo Court
• Minneola Road
• Ellendale Court
• Chidzey Drive

Running street count: 179
Running distance count: 66.16 kms