A massive slip surrounded Gordon Sasse's Blanket Bay home on Saturday morning. Photo: Gerard O'Brien : Garden gone, but smile remains
A massive slip surrounded Gordon Sasse's Blanket Bay home on Saturday morning. Photo: Gerard O'Brien : Garden gone, but smile remains
Mr Sasse is all smiles despite his home being surrounded by mud which was waist-deep. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery : Garden gone, but smile remains
Mr Sasse is all smiles despite his home being surrounded by mud which was waist-deep. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery : Garden gone, but smile remains
Daniel Prattley (left) and Peter Scott work to remove Mr Sasse's trailer from a lagoon at the foot of his property after the slip gouged the hillside, discarding plantings and possessions along a kilometre-long path of destruction. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery : Garden gone, but smile remains
Daniel Prattley (left) and Peter Scott work to remove Mr Sasse's trailer from a lagoon at the foot of his property after the slip gouged the hillside, discarding plantings and possessions along a kilometre-long path of destruction. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery : Garden gone, but smile remains
Mr Sasse and his wife, Elizabeth, outside the house in 2009. Photo: ODT files : Garden gone, but smile remains
Mr Sasse and his wife, Elizabeth, outside the house in 2009. Photo: ODT files : Garden gone, but smile remains
Garden gone, but smile remains
A massive slip gouged the hillside above Blanket Bay during the storm which pounded eastern Otago on Saturday, tossing aside plants and possessions...