The Medway Street footbridge in Richmond has warped beyond repair in the February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph captioned, "So it's been an eventful couple of years. I think the first earthquake, it was just so totally unexpected. You went to bed one night and when you woke up - in just a few seconds- everything was different than it had been before".
A photograph captioned, "I miss living here, right by the river. I'd been there for quite a long time, 12 years or so. I realize now I took it for granted a bit. I used to get a bit bored with having a big old house that was cold, difficult to clean, and perhaps hard to keep warm. But now, when I go back there, I miss living in a big house by the river with an open fire and a big lounge and everything. I had the park there on the other side of the river. And there was a little bridge down there where you could walk over to it. There was actually a circuit you could do, up to the New Brighton Bridge and back. Yeah, it was beautiful".
A photograph captioned, "Lovely big weeds, they're pretty aren't they. Amongst all this".
A photograph captioned, "It feels like it has been a really on-going process. We weren't in the head space for it really, because when you retire, you think you're in your retirement home and you're there to stay. You don't expect to have to move on. To do all this".
A photograph captioned, "We went to Nigel's place for breakfast and stayed for three months".
A photograph captioned, "In the 1930s the traffic in Gayhurst Road was so light that I can remember playing hockey and cricket with apple boxes for wickets. If a car or cart came along there was plenty of time to shift the boxes to let them past".
A photograph captioned, "My daughter grew up in this house. She's 10 now. She is going to miss it - and Dallington. It's where she's grown up, what she knows. She'll miss it alright. Me too".
Caption reads: "Yeah yeah, I know, but you’ve got to look. It’s incredible what’s happened to these places. It’s not something you see everyday and once it’s gone, it’s gone forever."
Caption reads: "You can’t do a thing about it but I can’t be bothered going house hunting. I’ll just live each day as best I can. I keep thinking it could change again. The dust here doesn’t bother me, the noise doesn’t bother me. When they start pulling down houses the vibrations don’t bother me. Nothing bothers me. We’re all like that. That’s how you have to be when you can’t do a thing about it."
Caption reads: "At the moment we’re trying to carry on like everything is normal. It’s not easy. It’s hard sometimes to remember what things were like before the earthquake."
A photograph of a heritage building on Hereford Street.
A photograph of Clarendon Tower, seen from the intersection of Gloucester Street and Cambridge Terrace.
A photograph of a heritage building on Hereford Street.
A photograph of a heritage building on Hereford Street.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Edmond's Clocktower, Oxford Terrace and Madras Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Edmond's Clocktower, Oxford Terrace and Madras Street".
A photograph of damaged houses. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lower slopes at McCormacks Bay".
A photograph of houses with damaged roofs. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lower slopes at McCormacks Bay".
A photograph of damaged houses. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lower slopes at McCormacks Bay".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Curries Road cable laying, post earthquake".
A photograph of a house with a damaged roof. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Southshore".
A photograph of a red-stickered house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "40 Avoca Valley".
A photograph of red-sticker placards on a door. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "40 Avoca Valley".
A photograph of a red-stickered house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "40 Avoca Valley".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Corner Madras and Chester Streets".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Edmond's phone cabinet, Oxford Terrace and Madras Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Edmond's Clocktower, Oxford Terrace and Madras Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Gap Filler Monopoly Board site, corner Manchester and Dundas Streets".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Colourful crocheted container, Sumner".