Trip to Redcliffs and Sumner

Remember how I said there were destroyed houses just sitting round as piles of rubble all over town... Here is a good example of that...

And here is Sam's old house miraculously unscathed!

Just your average New Brighton Raod... covered in liquifaction silt.

Sigh, the Santa Fe house is no more...

Yer, so I'll let the picture speak 1000 words here...

Shag Rock... aka Frocky's swimming hole

Can you see the huge chunks of rock inside the cave? We weren't allowed to stop so we had to get a shot while driving past.

A couple of weeks ago we made a trip to Sumner to see how everything we loved had fared... I guess I should report "not well" but considering how town looks, it is actually pretty good. Shag Rock is shagged, the streets are full of liquifaction and sewer, and lots of houses are looking "crushed" (as Lucy would say) but the cave at Redcliffs is kinda still there... They have big train containers lining the roads beside the cliffs so that more rocks can't roll over the road (???) which sure inspires confidence... Anyway here are a few pics for those that know and love the place xxx