500 Northbourne Avenue, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property sits on a 2,688 m² block, providing ample space for garden, outdoor entertaining, or potential expansion. Its generous size is a key feature of the house.
It is approximately 0.3 km from the Dickson Interchange, a Canberra Metro station, and similarly near the Swinden Street Metro station. Both stations make train travel convenient.
Within about 0.3–0.4 km you’ll find the Dickson Centre precinct, Dickson Library, a cafe, the Quality Hotel Dickson, and the International Institute for Sustainability Australia. These facilities provide shopping, dining and community services nearby.
Downer began as a CSIRO agricultural research site, used between 1939 and 1945 for opium poppy cultivation to supply medication. Many of the large pine and gum trees around the local shops were planted during that period as windbreaks.
The suburb includes a local oval bordered by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets for outdoor activities. The National Hockey Centre is also about 0.8 km away for sport enthusiasts.
The ground consists of calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This reflects the limestone origins historically referred to as the “Limestone Plains.”
In May 2019 a bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled near the Downer shopping centre, replacing a previous sculpture that had gone missing. It adds a distinctive artistic element to the neighbourhood.
