A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Seabreeze Close in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Seabreeze Close in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Wetlands Grove in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Wetlands Grove in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Otokara Place in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Otokara Place in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Wetlands Grove in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Velsheda Street in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Waireka Lane in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Velsheda Street in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Otokara Place in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Seabreeze Close in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Wetlands Grove in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Otokara Place in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Seabreeze Close in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Velsheda Street in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Wetlands Grove in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Otokara Place in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Otokara Place in Bexley".
A motion-blurred photograph of houses, with the Port Hills in the background. The photographer comments, "This I hope gives you a feel of what it feels like in an earthquake. When you spend your whole life thinking that you and your home are built on solid ground, it can be quite a shock when you find it is not. You can feel the house shaking like a dog with a toy, rising up violently underneath you or the most gentle form which is when the ground moves gently like a wave moving under a rowing boat. It is not just the movement, you often get a rumbling sound which can precede a violent shake or can result in no movement at all. This means that some vehicles can sound like the rumbling initially and in the early days would get your heart racing. Another form of stress is when big excavators as heavy as a tank move as you can feel the ground shake from streets away, but you do not always hear the engine. For most of us the problem when the shaking starts, is wondering if this is the start of an extremely violent earthquake or will it peter out".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view down a driveway of houses on crazy angles. Liquefaction has been a problem here and slumping occurred under all these houses. The houses have been affected in different ways".
An empty section where a house once stood on Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The section has become overgrown with weeds and the gutter has flooded.
Dried liquefaction in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "This shape formed as the liquefaction after the 23 December earthquake in Christchurch started to dry out".
The pumping station at the corner of New Brighton Road and Palmers Road. New Brighon Road is still closed (2 weeks after quake) at this point.
These have been thrown in the Avon River
Went for a drive down to South New Brighton/Southshore after work today to see what interesting birds I could find on the Estuary (godwits, skuas, terns etc), but passing Jellico Street, I saw this. T-Rex the seismic survey truck from the University of Texas that is visiting the city (first time out of USA). Weighs 30 tonne and from the marks o...
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Went for a drive down to South New Brighton/Southshore after work today to see what interesting birds I could find on the Estuary (godwits, skuas, terns etc), but passing Jellico Street, I saw this. T-Rex the seismic survey truck from the University of Texas that is visiting the city (first time out of USA). Weighs 30 tonne and from the marks o...
The flooded Bexley Wetlands, now about 1 - 1.5metre below pre earthquake level. The short length of fence (mid ground) was on the "river track" that the council closed about three years ago. The whole track in this view is now under about 500mm water at high tide.
The main track in front of the houses was, prior to earthquakes, below the leve...
One of many disabled carparks outside what used to be one of the great sporting complexes in New Zealand. The Queen Elizabeth II Park complex in north-east Christchurch was built initially for the 1974 Commonwealth Games and was used for track and field and the adjoining pool complex had swimming and diving. It was built on an area that was used...