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Ben took some photos at the University today. Tent city: Inside a tent lecture theatre: The cafe tent appropriately named InTentCity6.3: Inside the cafe: And I had to take some photos of the toilets: Inside a toilet (and I’m told this is a luxury one with a flush and running water): Ben’s building. (He was…

I’m still trying to decide whether to go to the Wiggles concert on Sunday. I have phoned the CBS arena and emailed them and no-one seems to be able to tell me what the roof is made of. They simply say the building is safe to use. So I’ve googled it and here is the…

We sold our piano last week. I was worried a significant aftershock might topple it onto Daniel or Elizabeth. It didn’t fall on February 22nd, but friends of ours who live just around the corner from us had theirs fall over. We also sold our wardrobe, which did fall over and smash. Got $84 for…

It takes longer to drive places since the earthquakes because of damaged or closed roads. Here is the road opposite Daniel’s kindy: It used to be flat but is now undulating with hills and depressions as well as traffic cones to navigate. Our driveway has some new cracks: The whiteish stuff is the silt left…

Went extra early to the supermarket this morning. If we go after 9.30am, the car park is full and it takes forever to find a spot. It never used to be like this and at first I thought it must have been because some supermarkets are still closed for earthquake repairs. But if this were…