2010
Earthquake Galbraith Avenue.
Earthquake damage to the Galbraith Avenue Club Rooms.
Back wall of club rooms giving some idea of how the building sank into the terrain.
Back wall of the meeting room.
The meeting room nearly came off it’s piles.
The car park showing liquefaction.
Car park showing how the land spread towards the river.
Despite their best efforts a working bee could not raise the building.
Modifying the step so the door could open.
The other step indicating how the building had sunk, this step also had to be modified to open the door.
A neighbour getting water from a tap we connected to our artesian well.
Across the road the base of the telecom cell tower can be seen displaying an alarming lean.
The ground around our tower.
Our leaning Tower.
One of the wells after a few quakes.
The wells after many more quakes. The rusty parts of the pipes used to be below
ground and the pipe to the right used to connect directly to the well head.
In spite of it all as you can see they still work.
The cleared site following sale to CERA.