Whall Street Greymouth, May 1988.

About this image

DescriptionWhall Street Greymouth May 1988. It flooded again in September prompting the construction of the wall along Mawhera Quay..Date of PhotoMay,1988Map^[1]ContributorChris Burles

Shown in this image

Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Whall StreetEventWhall Street Greymouth May 1988.

Category Information

Category Tagflood

From Facebook

Date Created8th April 2021CommentsDel Godfrey
Oh boy! Do I remember these!!!

Marilyn Paterson
1988 was a terribly wet year.

Karen Potter
Marilyn Paterson bullshit. It's not.

Marilyn Paterson
Karen Potter 1988 was on the coast though, Greymouth had two big floods.

Les Bryce
every year on the coast is a wet year

Mark Murrell
Come to the sunshine state here in Qld, we just had 360ml water fall out of our sky lol . Loved the HQ Holden in the pic, especially that color blue. Over the years had 3 HQ's

Steph JF
Yep I worked at Revvies. Husband had to carry me out on his shoulders through the sash window near the railway line aye Keith Barrow

Kevin Mead
With the water over the road there (by the Z Station) and by the railway station on Mawhera Quay, I had to leave the car on Alexandra Terrace and walk home to Cobden. A bit scary walking over the bridge.

Craig Thomas
Dean Raymond Thomas Raymond's woodsheds...! Did my time in there.

Sandra Arnott
Yip was there walked down key up to my waist!

Lisa Molloy
Oh I remember this

Lisa Molloy
Vikki Yeoman yes!!!

Christine Farrell
He'll do I remember that time

Maureen Burnett
And what a great saving that wall has been!!

Phil Millar
That' the one that buggered Les Richards Furniture Shop on the Quay !

Christina Minamizawa
Phil Millar hey what about the Holden?

Lisa Molloy
Phil Millar probably started up no worries mate! In those days... let water go dow, time to dry out the your off!

Maurice Moka
I spent 4days stop of the Duncan hardy building. What a special.

Lorraine Lewer
I remember this flood and it is still a shame that it takes a disaster to get things fixed.

OCR Text Transcription Edit Edit +-Close

Editing is temporarily disabled

Cancel Edit

Start typing here to find a location	Latitude	Longitude	Zoom	Actions

loading google map....

Save Cancel

Menu

Whall Street Greymouth, May 1988.

Editing is temporarily disabled