A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury NZ. Bridge Street, South Brighton, Christchurch.
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury NZ. Bridge Street, South Brighton, Christchurch.
A view down a New Brighton Road next to the river. On the left sandbags have been placed on the banks of the river to prevent flooding onto the road. The earthquake caused the ground in this area to subside, making it susceptible to flooding.
Road damage and liquefaction in a residential street. The photographer comments, "A great gouge in the road caused by liquefaction undermining the road surface and a car driving over it. This was the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February 2011".
Liquefaction in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "This is the liquid part of liquefaction left when the heavier sand content has dropped down. After the double quake in Christchurch local to me I found these strange lines of bubbles on the surface".
A photograph of street art on a building in New Brighton. The artwork includes the phrases "No one is superior, everyone is special", "Occupy Equality Street", and "Love is the child of freedom".
20131214_6268_1D3-24 Where once stood houses (Day 348/365)
The area beside the lower Avon River in New Brighton of Evans Avenue and Admirals Way has been cleared of houses and boundary fences (there were between 15 and 20 houses on this block) , fully fenced with post and wire and "spray on" grass applied.
These were all red zone properties a...
Badly damaged in both the September and February quakes and over 6000 aftershocks the Point Pleasant yacht club had started to sink into the Avon estuary before being demolished in July 2011 after the June 6.3 earthquake
The small wharf area of the now gone Pleasant Point Yacht Club has already been taken over by the Pied Shags (cormorants).
It is under water now except for low tide. Note the dead pine tree in background. Many have died because of the salt water their roots are in.
Post the earthquakes land has sunk and in this case the track is below high tide level. It would have been at least 500mm above the highest tide level prior to the recent earthquakes that started on 04/09/10.
When I was a kid this bit of land in the foreground was level and extended at least three times further out, but after the earthquakes you can see the angle that land near the river slumped. We used to catch a lot of herrings (yellow -eyed mullet) here when I was a kid, hence the local name of Herring Bay. Across the river is the Bexley Wetlands.
20130817_2457_1D3-400 The story of Christchurch (Day 229/365)
Many roads are closed all over eastern Christchurch as infra-structure repairs are carried out, whether it be water supplies, sewer repairs (as is the case here) or general road repairs, In just over two weeks it will be three years since the first earthquake happened (4th September...
All this is "red zone" after the earthquakes and has to be demolished. The roof of my "old" house (now owned by the government) can be seen between the third and fourth river-side houses.
Water from the river at high tide crosses Evans Avenue and enters a now abandoned "red zone" house via the garage. Next door (to the left) is the garage containing a car that was destroyed by fire last week (see earlier photos).
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "New Brighton clock tower showing the time that the earthquake struck".
An empty section where a house once stood at 4 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Road works on Bower Avenue in New Brighton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Road works on Bower Avenue in New Brighton".
The riverbank walkway along New Brighton Road, flooded at high tide due to ground subsidence.
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "New Brighton petrol station owner Sam Park looks over earthquake damage".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton, now red zoned land".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tony Everett showing earthquake damage to his new New Brighton house".
The riverbank walkway along New Brighton Road, flooded at high tide due to ground subsidence.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tony Everett showing earthquake damage to his new New Brighton house".
