29 Edkins Street

The property features three bedrooms and two bathrooms, providing ample space for a small family or professionals sharing the home.

Swinden Street, the nearest Canberra Metro station, is about 1.1 km away, and the EPIC and Racecourse light rail station is roughly 1.4 km from the house, offering convenient access to the city’s rail network.

A local oval bordered by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets is within walking distance, and the Dickson District Playing Fields are about 1 km away for a range of sports activities.

The Downer shopping centre, recently refurbished with a new café and veterinary clinic, is just 0.4 km from the residence, and the Dickson Centre, a larger commercial precinct, lies about 1.3 km away.

Downer was originally an agricultural research facility for CSIRO in the 1930s, later used for opium poppy cultivation during World War II. The area’s large pine and gum trees were planted as windbreaks for the CSIRO buildings and remain a notable feature of the suburb.

The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the limestone foundations that gave Canberra its original name, ‘Limestone Plains.’