We all had a good night sleep, although Pat's sore throat has become a lot worse and she is loosing her voice (there is a god, thank you god). But seriosly, she needs to see a doctor.
As it is a hot sunny day, and the outlook is around 27°C. I dropped Liz and Dorothy of in the centre of Christchurch to do some sight seeing, while I took Pat to a 24hr walk in medical centre.
Pat and I waited for nearly 2 hours before we saw a doctor (just like being at home), although the doctor was very thorough and she gave Pat a perscription for a 7 day course of antibiotics to treat Pat's infected throat. Pat started taking the tables straight away.
Pat and I then picked Liz and Dorothy up, we all then went back to the hotel for a bite to eat. After this Pat and I went into town and took the tour bus around Christchurch, the commentary on the bus was very good.
Following the earthquake in the city centre back in September 2010 when 1,700 buildings were damaged or destroyed, out of 2,500 (almost 70%). Worse than this was the cost in human life, 185 people lost their oives 115 of these were in one building, the Canterbury TV building, which collapsed.
To kick off the recovery, 60 containers were brought in to make a small shopping precinct, named Re:Start.
More containers are used to support facades, which will be reused when they are rebuilt.
Some containers are used to support buildings until they are repaired.
There are lots of open spaces in town, where collapsed or damaged buildings have been cleared.
Even the remberance arch was damaged, now being repaired.
The Bell Tower on the Anglican Cathedral has collapsed and been cleared. The steel work is to support the rest of the Cathedral until it is rebuilt.
You can see in the foreground one of the trams that crisscrosses the City.
Many of the walls have paintings on them, to brighten up the City.
As you would expect there is a lot of construction work under way. Workers from all over the world are welcome here to help rebuild the city. Even with lots of foreign workers, local unemployment in Christchurch us very low, around 2.5%.
Many new buildings have been built the way they were originally. Like the street below.
Some of the multi storey buildings are still standing and if they are still structurally sound, or only require remedial work, then they will continue to be used.
All new build will be restricted to 7 stories.
Similiar to the Deloitte's building below.
There are many large parks are botanical gardens in Christchurch
Christchurch is slowly getting back to the way it was before the earthquake.
Our evening meal was at "Dux Dine"just round the corner from our hotel. It is a vegetarian and fish restraunt. We all had fish dishes, which were excellent, probabley the best fish dishes WE have ever had. We all had a great evening.
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