Days after the city of Christchurch was devastated by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, This Way Up's presenter Simon Morton traverses the city using the Avon River as his route. Travelling on a bicycle from the source of the Avon in the West to Heathcote Estuary in the East, where the Avon meets the Pacific, everyone has a story to tell.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary".
A photograph of the Heathcote River.
A photograph of the Heathcote Estuary near the McCormacks Bay causeway.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary photographed from Mt Pleasant".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary photographed from Mt Pleasant".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary photographed from Mt Pleasant".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the Heathcote Estuary and settling ponds".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary and settling ponds photographed from Mt Pleasant".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary and settling ponds photographed from Mt Pleasant Road".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary and settling ponds photographed from Mt Pleasant Road".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary and settling ponds photographed from Mt Pleasant".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote Estuary and settling ponds photographed from Mt Pleasant Road".
A photograph of a woman standing on a footbridge over the Heathcote River.
A photograph of cars on the McCormacks Bay causeway.
A photograph of road works on Augusta Street in Redcliffs.
A photograph of road cones on McCormacks Bay Road.
A photograph of cars on the McCormacks Bay causeway.
A photograph of a cyclist and car on the McCormacks Bay causeway.
A photograph of the Waters Edge Apartments, seen across the estuary.
A photograph of the undulating surface of Main Road in Mt Pleasant.
A photograph of the undulating surface of Main Road in Mt Pleasant.
A photograph of cars on the McCormacks Bay causeway.
A report covering the effects of wastewater overflows upon oxygen and ammonia in the Avon and Heathcote Rivers.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sand volcanoes in the Heathcote Estuary".
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.