The name "The Oval" dates from 22 March 1864, when it was decided to enclose the main cricket pitch within a formal oval. The first ever first-class cricket match in New Zealand was held on the Kensington Oval in1864, when Otago played Canterbury. The conditions of the playing surface was generally unsatisfactory, with old tree roots protruding from the ground and the pitch unpredictable and at times dangerous to batsmen. In 1879 the Otago Cricket Association requested that the Dunedin City Council make improvements to the ground. when the Councildecided not to make improvements, and refused to restrict assess to the ground to cricket only, the Association decided to find another venue. The enclosing bounds of the oval were removed about 1899.
The Oval is used for club, grade and social cricket and has two grass and three artifical wickets, as well as a Pavilion. Until recently the toilets were kept lock unless organised play was takong place but within the last 12 months or so they are unlocked during the day to meet the needs of the growing number of homeless people tenting on the fringes of the oval over by the railway embankment. There had also over many years grumbles from the public about them been locked. Earlier this year the city has made the showers available to the homeless. i've been here on a couple of occasions and have not felt at all intimidated.
The starting coordinates should bring you onto the grass and looking back towards the building, women are to the right, and men are to the left. You have to start going around the corner to spot them. I checked out the women's side. The outside door leads to the one and only toilet. You have a clear plastic toilet roll holder holding two large rolls. There is a sanitary disposal unit as well as a stainless steel hand basin that looks large enough to wash a few small pieces of clothing, but a didn't see an plug. A liquid soap dispender is above the hand basin. I don't recall any hand drying facilities. considering the age of the building the unit was in good condition. There was no mal odour. I didn't see any PT number. The facilities are serviced 7 days a week and opening hours are posted, Oct-Mar: 7am to 9:30pm, April-Sept: 8am to 6pm.
The cache is a distance away, basically because of cache saturation hassles. Parking isn't too bad around where the final is and you can usually get a park within about 200 metres from the toilets. There is not dedicated 5 minute parking spot outside them.
From the given coordinates head off at a bearing of 323.802 degrees for a distance of 1928.144 metres.