Lupins in the Red Zone

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20131110_8308_EOS M-28 Lupins in the Red Zone Another empty Red Zone section. Avonside Drive, Dallington. #4393

20130524_7208_1D3-50 Earthquake damage to a Hulverstone Drive "red zone" h…

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Awaiting demolition. Blue pipes are water supply to anyone still living on Hulverstone Drive.

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).

20130902_2891_1D3-165 The view down the drive

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Sewer repairs due to earthquake damage have our street totally closed off apart from pedestrian traffic down the footpath.

20130613_7580_1D3-24 19 Velsheda Street

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The two nice trees in the front of my old property (now owned by the government) have been cut down so the main section of the house behind could be trucked down the drive. The truck must have been up against the fence to get the height above the house to the left (15 Velsheda Street). Down this drive were numbers 17, 19 and 21 (still occupied b...

20130524_7207_1D3-75 Earthquake damage to a Hulverstone Drive house

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Awaiting demolition

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.

20130524_7206_1D3-75 Vandalism to a vacant and yet to be demolished house.…

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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_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...

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...