Houses teeter over the edge above Redcliffs School.
Houses above Main Road, Sumner.
Damaged houses above Shag Rock.
The jetty in the South New Brighton Domain was rebuilt a few years ago. It was straight and level till the earthquakes. Has been closed for 2½ years now.
Part of the container wall to stop rock falls on Main Road, Sumner.
The jetty in the South New Brighton Domain was rebuilt a few years ago. It was straight and level till the earthquakes. Has been closed for 2½ years now.
Part of a house that fell can be seen on the rocks above right hand containers.
The jetty in the South New Brighton Domain was rebuilt a few years ago. It was straight and level till the earthquakes. Has been closed for 2½ years now. The shags like it though!
The damage to Castle Rock, overlooking the Heathcote Valley from the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th.
The sea wall at Beachville Road, Redcliffs, after the earthquake. It used to be straight and level - not now!
As a teenager I went fishing off this wall.
20130125_1749_1D3-400 Road Closed 1
The Lyttelton side of Evans Pass is closed (since the earthquake 23 months ago - 22/02/11). Prior to the road tunnel (through the Port Hills) opening in the early 1960s this was the main access road to the port of Lyttelton.
#3072
What more can one say except that Shag Rock is now about one third it's original height. Whitewash Head in the background with the road that now drops over a cliff.
20160419_7732_7D2-400 The City is in Rebuild phase (110/366)
A totally different view to a few years ago. Most of the tall buildings have gone and construction is underway on a lot of new buildings, View from across the Estuary in Redcliffs.
A couple of days ago the government agency controlling the post-earthquake work (CERA - Canterbury Ea...
Demolition of the relatively new seven-storey Waters Edge Apartments in Ferrymead continues. CERES Environmental NZ are doing the job for CERA (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority).
Some will be pleased to see this block go as there was lot of resentment to it being built on the site of the old Ferrymead Tavern,
Selected for Explore, #347...
20130817_2457_1D3-400 The story of Christchurch (Day 229/365)
Many roads are closed all over eastern Christchurch as infra-structure repairs are carried out, whether it be water supplies, sewer repairs (as is the case here) or general road repairs, In just over two weeks it will be three years since the first earthquake happened (4th September...
The Christchurch Methodist Church van takes a hit from the falling gable end of the church.
A local resident walks to the nearest dairy for essentials after the 7.1 magnitude quake, that has caused major infrastructure damage to Christchurch City.