34 Skinner Street, Cook ACT 2614, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Apr 2015 | $490,000 | $617 |
Price per m² based on land size of 794 m².
34 Skinner Street is a standalone house situated on a 794 m² parcel of land. The sizable block provides ample space for outdoor activities or potential landscaping.
The property is just a short walk from the Cook shopping centre, which includes the Cook Grocer, Little Oink coffee shop, To All My Friends bar, Jina's Hair Salon, Prestige Oysters, and a public toilet. The Cook Community Hub, now occupying the former primary school site, is also nearby.
Pat Rubly Park is approximately 0.9 km away, offering open green space. For larger attractions, the Big Splash waterpark is about 1.6 km distant, and the novelty Big Powerful Owl is roughly 1.8 km from the home.
The eastern part of Cook features Greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation, uplifted along the east side of the Deakin Fault. Additional formations include a green‑grey dacitic porphyry with white feldspar crystals in the north‑east corner, Mount Painter Volcanics tuff in the centre and south‑west, and Walker Volcanics rhyodacite underlying the north‑west.
For federal elections, the property falls within the Division of Canberra. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, it is part of the Ginninderra electorate.
Mount Painter, a local mountain, lies about 0.8 km away, while The Pinnacle mountain is roughly 1.8 km distant. Other nearby points of interest include the Macquarie Island Magnetic Observatory (≈1 km) and the Jamison Centre shopping mall (≈1.5 km).
Cook is named after both Captain James Cook and former Prime Minister Sir Joseph Cook. Uniquely, the suburb’s streets honor notable women from Australian history.
