Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "16 March, 2011. Redcliffs School with the rock fall behind which is the reason the school is closed".
A view across Wakefield Avenue to the Sumner Returned Services' Association Building and The Razza Bar and Bistro. A large rock has fallen from the cliff behind the buildings and crushed part of the Returned Services' Association Building. Smaller rocks have fallen onto the footpath and the road.
Houses teetering on the edge of the cliff above Sumner, which collapsed, taking one house with it. Below, a line of shipping containers protect the road from falling rocks.
A line of shipping containers along the base of the cliffs in Sumner protects the road from rockfalls. In the foreground on the right is what remains of Shag Rock.
A "no swimming" sign on the beach at Sumner. In the background are shipping containers protecting the road from rockfall, and above a damaged house teeters on the edge of a cliff.
A photograph of damaged cliff-side garages. Written on the door of one of the garages is, "Please ph. [number] before demo". The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Redcliffs and Sumner".
A photograph of a damaged cliff-side garage. Written on the door of the garage is, "Please ph. [number] before demo". The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Redcliffs and Sumner".
Sally Roome talking to members of the Sumner community outside the UC QuakeBox container in Sumner. Above, the damaged cliffs can be seen with a house at the edge on a lean. To the left, shipping containers line the street. One has been placed on the footpath next to where the UC QuakeBox is sitting and covered with a patchwork quilt.
A photograph of a line of shipping containers protecting Main Road from rockfall. Two of the containers have covers printed with artworks. The remains of a house are suspended above the collapsed cliff.
What more can one say except that Shag Rock is now about one third it's original height. Whitewash Head in the background with the road that now drops over a cliff.
