Flooded Ashley River breaks its banks and comes through Waikuku Beach

Probably February 1936

Flooded Ashley River breaks its banks and comes through Waikuku Beach

Probably February 1936

Flooded Ashley River breaks its banks and comes through Waikuku Beach, cutting through sandhills to the sea.

Area: Other / Wider Canterbury

Contributor: Brian Gilberthorpe

Reference ID: CCL-DW-133231

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