1 Gard Place, Florey ACT 2615, Australia
1 Gard Place is a detached house situated on a 387 m² block. The land provides ample space for a typical suburban garden.
Florey is one of the closest suburbs to the Belconnen Town Centre, and 1 Gard Place is within walking distance of the Florey shopping centre on the corner of Kesteven Street and Ratcliffe Crescent. The centre offers a range of retail services for residents.
The suburb is serviced by three ACTION bus routes – Route 2, Route 3 and Route 40 – providing regular connections to surrounding districts and the town centre.
Nearby natural spots include Yerra Beach (about 0.6 km away), Bargang Beach (around 0.8 km), and the artificial Lake Ginninderra (approximately 1.3 km). These locations offer easy access to walking, picnicking and water‑based recreation.
The Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre on Ratcliffe Crescent is a prominent public tourist site nearby. Additionally, the active Florey Neighbourhood Watch organizes community forums and local events.
Florey sits on Silurian‑age rocks, including green‑grey dacite and quartz‑andesite of the Hawkins Volcanics, calcareous shale from the Yass Subgroup, and various bands of rhyodacite and rhyolite.
Florey was gazetted on 5 August 1975. The suburb is named after Howard Florey, Baron Florey, who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the extraction of penicillin.
