Gnomey's Pictures

[Gnomey]

Next set from Mount Eden...

1st 2 show the crater itself, the later 2 show some more views of Auckland harbour.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent photos Hugh! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Wurger]

Nice shots.

 

[Shinpachi]

Nice, Hugh !

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Hugh, and that's a very 'neat and tidy' crater !

 

[Gnomey]

Yeah its a perfect crater which is pretty cool.

Next set moving to the South Island, starting with Christchurch itself. This is where I was based for my elective.

First set covering some of the earthquake damage to the cathedral from the big quake in February 2011. More information here: www.rebuildchristchurch.co.nz

 

[Airframes]

Nice shots Hugh.
A darned shame that such buildings are so badly damaged. Hopefully, they can be repaired (and strengthened ?) before the next quake.

 

[Wayne Little]

Excellent pics Hugh.

 

[Shinpachi]

Nice shots, Hugh.
The earthquake is like a sudden air raid for the Pacific islanders.

 

[ontos]

Great shots Hugh, we are very familiar with earthquakes here

 

[Wayne Little]

We don't have any serious sh!t down here.....boring huh....

 

[Gnomey]

There are plans to restore and strengthen the buildings but it is taking time. Particularly trying to maintain the original look of the buildings whilst still strengthening them.

Next set, more earthquake damage showing the evidence of the new lack of high rise buildings in the centre of town and the famous container mall built to replace some of the shopping centres...

 

[Shinpachi]

5 years may be too short to recover fully but I remember I found great hope for the future when I saw a lot of brilliant young people walking cheerfully in the destroyed town of Kobe a few weeks after the massive earthquake hit in 1995. It was a flashback of 1945 to me. Nice shots

 

[Wurger]

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Nice photos Hugh, thank you for sharing them.

 

[Gnomey]

Cheers guys, few more of the damage. These ones from the earthquake museum, including some of the innovative innovations used in the aftermath...

 

[Wayne Little]

great shots Hugh.

 

[Shinpachi]

 

[Wurger]

Agreed.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

NICE SHOTS HUGH!!!!!