Awaiting demolition
Awaiting demolition. Blue pipes are water supply to anyone still living on Hulverstone Drive.
Prior to the earthquakes (mainly the February 22 2011 event) this park bench was at track level. Shortly after the February quake someone in the council did the sums and realised that the area near the Avon River had dropped between a metre and 1.4m (about 4 foot), so a rush job by contractors shifted in many tonnes of rock and gravel to raise a...
Damaged in the earthquakes, now with more bends and not level as it was before.
Selected for Explore. #306 12/05/13
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 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 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!
A month after the 1st anniversary of the deadly Christchurch earthquake (22/02/11) a road cone lies on New Brighton Road, alongside the Avon River.
Part of the earthquake 1st anniversary remembrance was for people to place flowers in road cones (and there are hundreds of thousands in the city). Many had flowers in them, as this one did.
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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.
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...
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury (area covers Christchurch City), NZ. Cracks alongside Avon river.
20100904_3322_1D3-200 Bridge Street bridge, Christchurch earthquake
South Brighton Bridge. See the gap between the abutment and the bridge itself (just to right of lower person).
The city side of the South Brighton bridge. Approaches on both sides will need extensive work before this bridge can re-open.
Bridge opened for traffic less than a week later, but still (23/09) has 30kmh speed restriction.
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.
The South New Brighton jetty was rebuilt a couple of years before the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes wrecked it. Then, it was straight, level and all railings on left side were intact. Was closed to the public for about four years but is open now.
The South New Brighton jetty was rebuilt a couple of years before the earthquakes wrecked it. Was closed to the public for about four years but is open now.
A graphic giving the status of Freeville Primary School.
A photograph of a suction truck parked on Locksley Avenue. A worker is positioning the hose into a manhole.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A demolished residential property on Otokara Place in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A demolished residential property on Otokara Place in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Seabreeze Close and Wetlands Grove in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A demolished residential property on Otokara Place in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The foot entrance to the Bexley Wetlands in Bexley".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to a house at 107 Bexley Road".
A view across the river looking towards Avonside Drive, lined with road cones and Port-a-loos.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Grafiti art on a shipping container in Bexley".
An empty section where a house once stood at 14 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The section has become overgrown with weeds and the gutter has flooded.
An abandoned residential property at 25 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The section is covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction. Stones are scattered across the driveway.
A photograph of Whole House Reuse item 38. This item was salvaged from 19 Admiral Way in New Brighton as part of the Whole House Reuse project.