Deb Robertson's Blog 23/06/2011: Living in the red zone...
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 23 June 2011 entitled, "Living in the red zone...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 23 June 2011 entitled, "Living in the red zone...".
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of a Red Zoned home's backyard. Home owner had left.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of two Red Zoned homes in Horseshoe Lake, looking East.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of two spectators watching a Red Zoned home be demolished. Image looking south-west.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of a Red Zoned home being demolished on Kingsford street. Photo looking North West.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image taken within the Horseshoe Lake Red Zone, of a home that is being prepared for relocation.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image from the inside of a Red Zoned home in the Horseshoe Lake area. Image depicts the dining area where a poem had been written on the walls by a member of the family. Poem talks about the earthquake, living in Horseshoe Lake, and being Red Zoned and what that means.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of a Red Zoned home that sits right on the edge of the Horseshoe Lake reserve. Looking North.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image depicts the lounge wall where family members had drawn large pictures after the home was deemed Red Zoned.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 20 September 2012 entitled, "A few snapshots of the residential red-zone....".
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, looking North East down Liggins street, where it intersects with Jean Batten St. An empty Red Zoned lot is also on the corner.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image taken from within a Red Zoned home on Kingsford st. Residents still living here and have written poems on the walls of the lounge.
Caption reads: "We have to find a new home. We have to move on but we don't know what to look for."
Caption reads: "People brought food to the area and we were grateful. It was a disaster but we were coping. Our house was broken but that didn’t mean we had to be."
Caption reads: "No, I don’t think they deliver the mail everyday. Not anymore."
Caption reads: "Yeah yeah, I know, but you’ve got to look. It’s incredible what’s happened to these places. It’s not something you see everyday and once it’s gone, it’s gone forever."
Caption reads: "You can’t do a thing about it but I can’t be bothered going house hunting. I’ll just live each day as best I can. I keep thinking it could change again. The dust here doesn’t bother me, the noise doesn’t bother me. When they start pulling down houses the vibrations don’t bother me. Nothing bothers me. We’re all like that. That’s how you have to be when you can’t do a thing about it."
Caption reads: "At the moment we’re trying to carry on like everything is normal. It’s not easy. It’s hard sometimes to remember what things were like before the earthquake."
A digital photograph in PDF format. Image taken from within the Horseshoe Lake Reserve, of the local wildlife.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image looking East, on Kingsford St. Memorial Day remembrance flowers, on the side of the street.
Caption reads: "It used to be lovely. We would go out walking all the time and we always went through the wetlands. There was all the beautiful flax and bushes that were around the track, and now it’s gone. All gone."
Caption reads: "There’s nothing we can do about what we’ve lost. We just keep hoping for the best."
Caption reads: "At night we light up the house like a Christmas tree so that people know we’re here."
Caption reads: "We were the only people around here for a long time. All of our neighbours moved out. It wont be long until Bexley is empty, and after that it will be gone."
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image looks south down Kingsford street. Port hills on the horizon with potholes in the foreground that progressively got worse after the Feburary 2011 earthquake.
A digital photograph in PDF format with an image showing where one of the first demolished, Horseshoe Lake homes once stood. Looking West.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image showing an empty lot. The house stood right alongside the Horseshoe Lake reserve.
A digital photograph in a PDF format with caption. Image showing one of the spectators on the Avondale bridge, a few minutes before the 2012 Earthquake Memorial, looking North-East.
Caption reads: "We made lifelong friends in Bexley. We never had a thought of living anywhere else until now."
A digital photograph in a PDF format with caption. Image showing the view of the Avondale bridge during the 2012 Earthquake Memorial, looking East.