Yes, it was a joke. The tours, that is, not the yard filled with earthquake-caused sand volcanos. They were very real. You can see one covering the driveway in this photo. The signs read as follows. "Tours run 1/2 hourly. $5.25 admission. Eftpos unavailable." "If you think this is bad... you should see the back!"
Cracks in the roads and foot paths were surprisingly hard to find given the strength of the earthquake.
Riverside reserve near Parenga Place.
Band Together - Concert for Canterbury www.bandtogetherforcanterbury.co.nz 23rd October 2010 Free concrete in Hagley Park following the 4th September 2010 earthquake
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The distinctive red brick Piko Wholefoods seems to have survived. That building dates from 1905 and was originally a painter and paperhanger's premises.
Cracked facade. Corner Oxford Terrace, Worcester Street. Designed by Joseph Clarkson Maddison and built by J Otley, 1902.
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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...
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view to some of the damage in the distance and the building that might be demolished - brick seven storey building - i've always liked this one : ( .
over the Avon - we hid a magnetic geocache under this one called "Whitebait Watch".
this one looks pretty bad sadly.
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