16 Cockle Street, O'connor ACT 2602, Australia
The property sits on a 731 m² parcel of land. It provides ample space for a sizeable garden or outdoor area.
16 Cockle Street is a detached house. It reflects the typical single‑dwelling style common in O'Connor.
O'Connor is an affluent Canberra suburb known for its leafy, heritage‑listed streets and a mix of detached homes. The area features heritage sites, nature reserves, and a small shopping centre with cafés and a pharmacy.
Yes, the Tocumwal houses, heritage‑listed ex‑government homes, are only about 0.4 km away. These historic houses were relocated from RAAF Station Tocumwal after World War II.
The Bruce/O'Connor ridge nature reserve and O'Connor Ridge, part of Canberra Nature Park, lie within the suburb and offer bushwalking and mountain‑biking trails. Local sports ovals also host soccer, rugby, and cricket matches.
A short walk brings you to the O'Connor shopping centre, which includes a bar and restaurant, a small grocery store, a pharmacy, a hairdresser, and a bicycle shop. The Alivio Tourist Park hotel and the Canberra Olympic FC football club are also within 1 km.
The land is underlain by calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, known historically as the "Limestone Plains". In the western higher parts of O'Connor, Black Mountain Sandstone and Ordovician Greywacke are present.
