6 Moorhouse Street, O'connor ACT 2602, Australia
The property sits on a 3,010 m² block of land. This generous size provides ample space for a detached house and outdoor amenities.
O'Connor is an affluent, leafy suburb known for its heritage‑listed streets and detached single‑dwelling houses. The area features hilly, tree‑lined streets and a mix of historic and modern homes.
Yes, the heritage‑listed Tocumwal Houses are located about 0.5 km away, and the Scout Hall on Hovea Street is another historic site in the suburb. Several Aboriginal places on the Bruce and O’Connor ridges are also heritage‑listed.
The property is near the Bruce/O'Connor ridge nature reserve and the O'Connor Ridge, both popular for bushwalking and mountain biking. The suburb also includes the O'Connor district playing fields with open green spaces.
A small shopping centre in O'Connor offers a pub/bar, a grocery store, several restaurants, a pharmacy, a hairdresser, a bicycle shop, a dentist, a florist and a Vietnamese restaurant. These amenities are within walking distance of the house.
O'Connor district playing fields host soccer, rugby and cricket matches on local ovals. The nearby Canberra Olympic FC, about 0.8 km away, provides additional football facilities.
The area sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation overlain by Quaternary alluvium, with Black Mountain Sandstone present in the western higher parts and Greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation in the north, including the O'Connor Ridge.
