Hobart Rivulet, Part II
Aug. 10th, 2012 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xenithEarlier entries can be found with the rivulet tag. Today's entry is the rivulet as urban park, with Google Maps link.
Obviously not a formal park :) Not a lot of words, in fact I think I'll just have the photos with no words up until the bridge. Things to look out for: rock formations, storm water drains, artwork & the open ground along one section that's used for dog exercising and other things.
McFarlane St bridge.
I stopped here for a while to rest, realise it was luck I tossed in an extra memory card that morning and contemplate the stonework under the bridge. No idea when it was constructed. I think there was a bridge across here in the 1820s, but earlier bridges were built more for convenience than durability, and the rivulet is prone flooding. Some major flooding in the 1960s washed away a lot of infrastructure along the rivulet. So there might have been many bridges across here.
Underneath me :)
Part of the current bridge. Can't make out what's under the footprint, initials and a date I guess.
From the bridge, into the water. Concrete, IIRC, and from the placement, I'd assume a footing for an earlier bridge, which is what makes me think there's been more than one bridge before the current one. Or it might have been part of a stormwater drain, or an attempt to change the course of the water. I just take photos :)
Still on the bridge, there's adjoining bank
and the next section.
That's what you call a backyard water feature.
Just after the bridge, there's a steep path heading off in the other direction, to the north. No idea where it comes out and it's a bit, well, steep.
But further along the rivulet there is work being done. Willow trees have been cut down and, you might not be able to make it out, but up ahead is a dug up area that's fenced off. No idea if I'll be able to get through and I'm tired.
and it's late, and that path can't go too far out of my way.
So, looking back at the options, there is the path to the right, the bridge to left or I can continue the way I'm going and hope I don't have to backtrack. Hmm.
Obviously not a formal park :) Not a lot of words, in fact I think I'll just have the photos with no words up until the bridge. Things to look out for: rock formations, storm water drains, artwork & the open ground along one section that's used for dog exercising and other things.
McFarlane St bridge.
I stopped here for a while to rest, realise it was luck I tossed in an extra memory card that morning and contemplate the stonework under the bridge. No idea when it was constructed. I think there was a bridge across here in the 1820s, but earlier bridges were built more for convenience than durability, and the rivulet is prone flooding. Some major flooding in the 1960s washed away a lot of infrastructure along the rivulet. So there might have been many bridges across here.
Underneath me :)
Part of the current bridge. Can't make out what's under the footprint, initials and a date I guess.
From the bridge, into the water. Concrete, IIRC, and from the placement, I'd assume a footing for an earlier bridge, which is what makes me think there's been more than one bridge before the current one. Or it might have been part of a stormwater drain, or an attempt to change the course of the water. I just take photos :)
Still on the bridge, there's adjoining bank
and the next section.
That's what you call a backyard water feature.
Just after the bridge, there's a steep path heading off in the other direction, to the north. No idea where it comes out and it's a bit, well, steep.
But further along the rivulet there is work being done. Willow trees have been cut down and, you might not be able to make it out, but up ahead is a dug up area that's fenced off. No idea if I'll be able to get through and I'm tired.
and it's late, and that path can't go too far out of my way.
So, looking back at the options, there is the path to the right, the bridge to left or I can continue the way I'm going and hope I don't have to backtrack. Hmm.
