2 Collits Place, Macquarie ACT 2614, Australia
2 Collits Place is a detached house situated on a 413 m² parcel of land. The property offers a standalone residence typical of the suburb’s predominantly separate‑house housing stock.
The Jamison Centre, the main shopping hub for Macquarie, is about 0.4 km away and offers a range of retail and dining options. A smaller local shopping centre on Lachlan Street with a medical centre, chemist and coffee shop is also within easy walking distance.
ACTION bus route 32 runs through Macquarie, linking residents to Belconnen Town Centre and Civic. This provides convenient access to Canberra’s wider public‑transport network.
Big Splash, a public water park featuring an outdoor slide, is only about 0.4 km from the home. Pat Rubly Park, a local green space, is roughly 1.2 km away, offering open areas for leisure.
The eastern side of Macquarie is formed by greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation, uplifted along the Deakin Fault. Beneath the Jamison Centre lies a porphyry of green‑grey dacitic intrusive rock, while green‑grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics underlies the centre and western parts of the suburb.
Macquarie was gazetted in 1967 to honour Major‑General Lachlan Macquarie, a former Governor of New South Wales. Many streets in the area are named after his contemporaries.
For federal elections, Macquarie falls within the Division of Canberra. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, it is part of the Ginninderra electorate.
