5 Castles Place, Melba ACT 2615, Australia
5 Castles Place is a detached house. It rests on a block of land measuring 847 m².
The property is situated in the suburb of Melba, which is part of the Belconnen district of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory.
Melba is named after Dame Nellie Melba (1861–1931), the first internationally recognised Australian opera soprano. The suburb’s streets also honour other notable Australian musicians.
The Melba Tennis Club, with eight courts, is located adjacent to the playing fields nearby. In addition, George Simpson Park (about 0.7 km away) and The Boslem And Harte Park (about 1.6 km away) offer open green space for leisure.
Flynn is roughly 0.5 km away, Charnwood about 1.5 km, and Latham approximately 2 km from 5 Castles Place. Other neighboring suburbs include Spence and Fraser, each about 1.6 km distant.
Yes, the MELBA (Verbrugghen Street) weather station is situated about 0.5 km from the property, providing local climate data.
The suburb contains a porphyry of green‑grey dacitic intrusive rock with large white feldspar crystals in its north‑east corner, as well as green‑grey dacitic tuff from the Hawkins Volcanics on the south‑east side. The Deakin Fault runs north‑west through Melba, marked by quartz, and the area also includes purple rhyodacite from the Deakin Volcanics.
