A photograph of cracks and liquefaction around a lamp post at Bexley park.
A photograph of liquefaction and water-logged soil near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction around a lamp post at Bexley park.
A photograph of liquefaction in the Avon River near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of liquefaction in the Avon River near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of liquefaction and water-logged soil near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "The block of Bexley and Pages Roads".
A photograph of liquefaction on the driveway of a residential property in Bexley.
A photograph of liquefaction on the driveway of a residential property in Bexley.
A photograph of a mound of liquefaction on the grass at Bexley Park.
A photograph of liquefaction in the Avon River near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
Bexley Subdivision (<5yrs old) Due to be condemned following the liquification damage
Bexley Subdivision (<5yrs old) Due to be condemned following the liquification damage
Bexley Subdivision (<5yrs old) Due to be condemned following the liquification damage
Bexley Subdivision (<5yrs old) Due to be condemned following the liquification damage
Bexley Subdivision (<5yrs old) Due to be condemned following the liquification damage
Bexley Subdivision (<5yrs old) Due to be condemned following the liquification damage
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Kokopu Lane in Bexley". A sign on the side of the road reads, "If you don't live down drive, do not drive down it you are trespassing!! Private Lane".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This house at 23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley, was badly affected by liquefaction in the previous earthquakes. The impact of the 23 December 2011 earthquakes and further liquefaction was to break the house through the middle".
My house (bought in March 2004) till the government procured it in October 2012, is finally being demolished. It will be an empty section in a couple of days, once they rip up the concrete base.
Note the rainbow on right.
20140521_1080_1D3-24 It has started!
Removal of the double-glazed windows is underway at my "red zone" house, now owned by the Government of New Zealand. Sold to CERA (the government agency) in October 2012 and has remained empty since, despite having little damage, apart from the tilt to the front from the land damage that occurred during the...
Looking across several properties to a yet to demolished (or possibly removed) house on Seabreeze Close, Pacific Park, Bexley.
Another house has gone from Seabreeze Close, Pacific Park, Bexley, leaving just the concrete base, a few floor tiles and the smashed toilet (throne).
Houses are being demolished (85%) or deconstructed/shifted (15%) as a result of land damage in the major earthquakes of 4th September 2010, 22nd February 2011, 13th June 2011 and 23rd December 2...
More repairs to the infrastructure as a result of the 2010 & 2011 earthquakes. Boat ramp at New Brighton. Avon River.
More repairs to the infrastructure as a result of the 2010 & 2011 earthquakes. Hardy Street/Owles Terrace corner (beside the boat launching ramp), New Brighton
More repairs to the infrastructure as a result of the 2010 & 2011 earthquakes. Boat ramp at New Brighton. Avon River.
Today (04/09/14) marks the fourth anniversary since the first earthquake rocked the city and greater Christchurch area. That first quake was magnitude 7.1, and luckily there was only one fatality (possible a heart attack).
Since then we have had over 14,000 quakes, most very small in magnitude, but well over 500 of magnitude 4 or greater. 5...
20160415_0029_1D3-24 Red Zone Closures
The permanent closure (to motor vehicles) of the Bexley red zone streets has started.
This was once the main south-north route just west of the Avon River in the New Brighton area, till an expressway (ring road) was built about 80m to the west (right) about 12-13 years ago. Then it became just another ...
This is a temporary pile of silt piled on the old Bexley landfill sight. Some trucks are addng to the pile, while other truck and trailer units are taking it away to the old Bottle Lake landfill sight, a few km to the north of here.
A historic plate smashed in the February Christchurch earthquake. Ashley Gorge Scenic Reserve was established by my Great-Grandmother (maternal) many years ago.
