An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south from New Brighton".
A photograph of a front-end loader on Bower Avenue in New Brighton.
A photograph of damage to the road on Evans Avenue in New Brighton.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "18A Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton".
A photograph of damage to the road on Evans Avenue in New Brighton.
The brick facade has fallen from the former Princess Cinema in New Brighton, exposing the rooms inside, and crushing a car parked below. The photographer comments, "The front of the old Princess Cinema in New Brighton after the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February. Under the pile of bricks is a luckily unoccupied blue car. The word CLEAR on the broken facade is to show that there is no one in the car. This building has now been knocked down as it was so dangerous".
Damage to TJ's Kazbah in New Brighton. The tower and east end of the building have collapsed onto two parked cars. The photographer comments, "The occupants of the business and rooms all managed to escape alive. A digger was used to make the building safe and then used to sift through the rubble for any surviving belongings. It was a very emotional time for the ex-occupants. The damaged cars were removed before the digger demolished the building".
Detail of damage to the former Princess Cinema in New Brighton. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the interior. The photographer comments, "This is the side view of the back of the old Princess Cinema in New Brighton after the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February. The bricks seem to be just about to fall, but stayed in place after several big aftershocks. This building has now been knocked down as it was so dangerous".
The area beside the lower Avon River in New Brighton of Evans Avenue and Admirals Way has been cleared of houses and boundary fences (there were between 15 and 20 houses on this block) , fully fenced with post and wire and "spray on" grass applied.
These were all red zone properties acquired by the crown after the land was deemed too damaged t...
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury NZ. Bridge Street, South Brighton, Christchurch.
Badly damaged in both the September and February quakes and over 6000 aftershocks the Point Pleasant yacht club had started to sink into the Avon estuary before being demolished in July 2011 after the June 6.3 earthquake
The small wharf area of the now gone Pleasant Point Yacht Club has already been taken over by the Pied Shags (cormorants).
It is under water now except for low tide. Note the dead pine tree in background. Many have died because of the salt water their roots are in.
Post the earthquakes land has sunk and in this case the track is below high tide level. It would have been at least 500mm above the highest tide level prior to the recent earthquakes that started on 04/09/10.
When I was a kid this bit of land in the foreground was level and extended at least three times further out, but after the earthquakes you can see the angle that land near the river slumped. We used to catch a lot of herrings (yellow -eyed mullet) here when I was a kid, hence the local name of Herring Bay. Across the river is the Bexley Wetlands.
A bit of the now demolished QEII (Queen Elizabeth II) Park running track in the "Gap Filler" on the old Deka site in New Brighton (last occupied by a charity barn before a major fire and subsequent demolition).
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...
All this is "red zone" after the earthquakes and has to be demolished. The roof of my "old" house (now owned by the government) can be seen between the third and fourth river-side houses.
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury NZ. Bridge Street, South Brighton, Christchurch.
Water from the river at high tide crosses Evans Avenue and enters a now abandoned "red zone" house via the garage. Next door (to the left) is the garage containing a car that was destroyed by fire last week (see earlier photos).
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "449 New Brighton Road viewed from Waygreen Avenue".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Orion workers in Bower Avenue, New Brighton".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph of a front-end loader driving down Bower Avenue in New Brighton.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".