20131110_8308_EOS M-28 Lupins in the Red Zone

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Another empty Red Zone section. Avonside Drive, Dallington.

20130206_0211_EOS M-55 Town Hall and Ferrier Fountain

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20131110_8306_EOS M-55 Beauty in the Red Zone

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There is some beauty in the desolate and near empty Dallington Red Zone.

20130206_0215_EOS M-47 Ferrier Fountain at the Town Hall

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Full of weeds after nearly two years of neglect. First time I have been in Victoria Square in over two years.

20130206_0195_EOS M-21 Salvation Army Citadel

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A week ago this building was intact, now partially demolished. Will be an empty site in a week or two.

20130416_1284_EOS M-33 200 metres

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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).

20130206_0177_EOS M-18 The remains of the old railway station - Moorhouse …

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20130328_1148_EOS M-49 T-Rex may have visited

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The seismic survey truck T-Rex (from University of Texas) was in Bexley and Pacific Park a few days ago and may have left this calling card on the front lawn of my old "red zone" house. Obviously the geotechs will know what it means.

20131110_8305_EOS M-27 Empty and overgrown (Day 314/365)

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A house, one of the few still remaining in the Dallington Red Zone (Avonside Drive, Dallington). The area is "red zoned" due to land damage from earthquakes (mainly the February 22nd 2011 6.4 magnitude quake).

20130315_0989_EOS M-46 Closed for refurbishment? Building demolished (Day …

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Strange sign when the building it refers to is no longer there. Earthquake damage.

20130911_8095_EOS M-33 Another one ready to leave

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Another salvaged house from the Bexley (Pacific Park) red zone is on the truck and may start it's journey to a new location overnight.

20130328_1143_EOS M-55 Red zone weeds (Day 87/365)

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Growing in a red zone vacant section in Wetlands Grove, Pacific Park.

20130312_0938_EOS M-39 T-Rex

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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...

20130312_0937_EOS M-55 T-Rex

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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...

20130312_0936_EOS M-27 T-Rex

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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...

20130320_1044_EOS M-29 lifted house (Day 79/365)

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A red-zone house just a few down the road from where we used to live in Velsheda Street, with bricks (brick veneer?) off and lifted prior to transporting away.

20130325_1112_EOS M-25 Water water everywhere! (Day 84/365)

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While the whole of the North Island is under drought conditions and parts of the South Island likely to follow suit, I doubt it will happen in Christchurch. With hundreds of earthquake road, water and sewer repairs underway many are spilling hundreds of litres of water per minute, like this one outside my house. It has been running like this fo...

20130312_0935_EOS M-18 T-Rex (Day 71/365)

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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...