Avon Heathcote Estuary
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The Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai is the largest semi-enclosed shallow estuary in Canterbury and remains one of New Zealand's most important coastal wetlands. It is well known as a
The Avon Heathcote Estuary viewed from Clifton Hill
Southshore, New Zealand
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Southshore is an eastern coastal suburb within Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located on a narrow 2.5 km long sandspit that runs along the eastern side of the Avon Heathcote Estuary and west of the
Avon Heathcote Estuary
…with Pegasus Bay, and is primarily enclosed by the 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) long Brighton Spit, on which the suburbs New Brighton, South New Brighton and Southshore are located. The most prominent features of the inlet are the single deep channel between Rapanui Rock ("Shag Rock") and Brighton Spit…
Southshore and South New Brighton
Southshore Spit from Sumner Beach
Tī kōuka in the sand dunes near Tern Street.
Aerial view of Southshore (1974)