BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 657
Images, UC QuakeStudies
The lighthouse at Godley Head, now at the very edge of the cliff due to a landslide.
The lighthouse at Godley Head, now at the very edge of the cliff due to a landslide.
When the 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch at 2:20 on Monday afternoon Barry Ross was outside his home at Godley Head on the Port Hills, where is he is the Department of Conservation caretaker. Barry's house is thought to be the closest to the epicentre that day and such was the force of the quake he was thrown to the ground and some of the cliff nearby fell away. He lost power and water for a few days but now he's back home, clearing up and determined to get on with life.