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Seabreeze Close in Bexley Red Zone – First appears in street directories in 1995. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Street view from 2007 shows brick houses that were typical 1990s style. I did find two articles from 2010 describing what it was like for the residents are the September earthquake. The …

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Parenga Place in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. Papers Past had a few entries and it was a new subdivision in 1978. Found several ads for sections and houses for sale with many promoting river frontages. A couple of death notices. Looking at street view for 2007 and there were some really …

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Ibsley Lane in Bexley Red Zone – Probably named after Ibsley in Hampshire. First appears in street directories in 1977. A tiny amount of information from the library website and it is definitely named after Ibsley in Hampshire. I found an article from 1978 where some councillors were objecting to street names. Councillor W J …

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Mitcham Place in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. The street was either named after a place in the UK or was someone’s surname. I managed to find several ads on Papers Past for this street and most of the houses were built in the 1980s. At the end of the street there …

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Sopley Lane in Bexley Red Zone – Probably named after Sopley in Hampshire. First appears in street directories in 1981. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I was surprised that the library had information as the larger street that it runs off isn’t mentioned on the library website. As Sopley is …

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Fordingbridge Lane in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. It was probably named after Fordingbridge in England and I was so sure that I had found a cache here but couldn’t find it when I checked my app. I couldn’t find this street on either google maps or Apple maps but did find …

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Marigold Lane in Bexley Red Zone – First appears in street directories in 1993. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I was surprised that they had some information. The library doesn’t mention many of the nearby streets. I couldn’t find out any more information and the street doesn’t show up on …

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Otakaro Place in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. I couldn’t find out any information about this street. Not even an earthquake story. The street runs off Velsheda St and at the end of the street there was a walkway that led to the walkway that follows the river. I found street view …

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Wetlands Grove in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. I couldn’t find out much information about this street and the houses that were here possibly had been built in the 1990s. There were a couple of articles online about the earthquakes. The street runs off Anzac Drive and it isn’t blocked off so …

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Waireka Lane in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. If I hadn’t taken a photo of the sign post with the street name I wouldn’t have known that this street existed. It doesn’t show up on current maps but I eventually managed to find street view from 2007. It was a tiny lane …

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