20130112_2576_G12-18 Avon River. Herring Bay, Kibblewhite Street, South Ne…

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

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.