Welcome to Main Street - Upper Stuart.
Stuart Street is one of the main streets of Dunedin, New Zealand. As with many of Dunedin's streets, it is named after a main street in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Stuart Street runs orthogonally to the city's main business district of George and Princes Streets, meeting them at The Octagon, the city's centre, where it is briefly interrupted by the Octagon itself. This divides Stuart Street into two separate streets, Upper Stuart Street and Lower Stuart Street.
Upper Stuart Street
Upper Stuart Street climbs steeply from the Octagon, passing through the city's Town Belt and up to the suburb of Roslyn. One of Dunedin's landmarks is the Roslyn Overbridge, which crosses Upper Stuart Street at Roslyn; shortly beyond this point Stuart Street becomes Taieri Road, the original road leading out of Dunedin toward the Taieri Plains in the hinterland to the southwest.
The contract for the north-western extension of Stuart Street, incorporating the former Albert Street and cutting through the Town Belt to Roslyn, was let in 1949. These works, which were completed in 1954, also required the demolition of Littlebourne House, which had been gifted to the City by the children of the former Mayor, the late Sir John Roberts, in 1934.
Below the Roslyn overbridge, nestled within the town belt, lies Dunedin's main swimming pool, Moana Pool, and the imposing structure of Otago Boys High School. Below this are the former buildings of the Otago Polytechnic (now located in the city's north end), including the King Edward Technical College. Closer to The Octagon, at the junction of Moray Place is the Fortune Theatre. In the block immediately above The Octagon are St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral and a distinctive series of historic terraced houses, now restaurants and boutique shops
Fortune Theatre
The Fortune Theatre is located on the corner of Moray Place and Upper Stuart Street, in the heart of the southern city of Dunedin. The theatre lays claim to being the world's southernmost professional theatre company and is the sole professional theatre group in Dunedin. The Fortune Theatre building is registered as a category I historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, which recognises its historic and architectural significance.
The theatre is a repertory theatre, and is a regular host of both local and touring shows. It also contains the entrance to a World War II underground bunker.
The building was originally the Trinity Methodist Church and was designed by Scotsman R. A. Lawson and made out of the local materials trachyandesite and Oamaru stone. The former church is an example of Gothic Revival architecture and contains a "Rose" stained glass window which is located at the back of what is now the theatre's main stage.
Source: Wikipedia
The cache is a black Eclipse container. Please place back how you discovered it.
When placed it contained the following:
Log book
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Note: Placed with permission. There is no need to leave the footpath or enter private property.
If you decide to look for this during business hours - look down the hill towards the Octagon and look up to the tall building and wave. If you time it right Papa might wave back!!