Christchurch - Where it all Began

I arrived in Christchurch at around 11pm and took a shuttle into town to the hostel where I'd be staying that night. As we drove along the road it was interesting to see how the architecture had changed; these houses were much closer to what I'm familiar with, they were built with brick compared to the old Queenslanders I've been seeing for the past year which are much more "flimsy" looking (at least to me).