24 Fenton Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The house sits on a 593 m² block. This provides ample space for a garden or outdoor entertaining area.
The residence offers three bedrooms, suitable for a small family or for use as a home office and guest rooms.
Swinden Street Metro station is about 0.6 km away, and the Dickson Interchange is roughly 1.1 km distant, giving easy access to Canberra’s train and bus network.
The refurbished Downer shopping centre with a new café and vet clinic is nearby, and the Dickson Centre precinct is only about 0.9 km away, offering a range of shops and eateries.
Dickson District Playing Fields and the National Hockey Centre are each about 1.1–1.2 km away, while Exhibition Park in Canberra is also roughly 1.1 km from the home, providing venues for sports and community events.
Downer sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑rich base reflects Canberra’s original nickname, the 'Limestone Plains.'
The suburb grew around a former CSIRO agricultural research facility that, during 1939‑1945, cultivated opium poppy for medication. Large pine and gum trees were planted then as wind‑breaks, many of which have been replaced with newer gum varieties.
