I set out today at 2:00pm for a nice afternoon walk to the waterfront and Mt. Victoria to do some hiking/ sight seeing. As I sat down in the flat afterward I discovered, via Google Maps, I had walked/ hiked 4.63 miles.    

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I started out walking along the waterfront which lead to the trailhead. There were a lot of people on the walkway. It was very uplifting. 
    There were people in the water as well enjoying the weather kayaking and sailing.

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 This is basically where the trail started. As you can tell from most of the pictures it was a pretty steep trail winding up Mt. Victoria but really awesome. The views were amazing and it was extremely quiet up there. I also heard this very weird bird while hiking and coming home my flatmates informed me it was a Tui. They make MANY, MANY sounds; very confusing the first time you hear one! If you were to take sounds from a clicking game wheel at a carnival, a car alarm, doorbell and maybe some handtools, thats what this bird sounds like. Very bizarre!