57 A'beckett Street, Watson ACT 2602, Australia
The house sits on a 728 m² parcel of land. This provides ample space for a garden or outdoor entertaining area.
The EPIC and Racecourse light‑rail station is about 1.1 km away, and the Swinden Street Metro station is roughly 1.4 km distant. ACTION bus routes R9, 50 and 53 run along nearby streets such as Phillip Avenue and Antill Street.
Exhibition Park in Canberra is only 0.6 km away, the National Folk Festival site is about 0.8 km distant, and the Canberra Racecourse lies roughly 1 km from the home. The former Starlight Drive‑In cinema and Dickson Library are each within 1.5 km.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales of the Canberra Formation, overlain in places by Quaternary alluvium. This includes the limestone that gave Canberra its original name, "Limestone Plains".
Watson is named after John Christian Watson, the third Prime Minister of Australia. The suburb name was officially gazetted on 7 April 1960.
Watson is bordered by the Federal Highway, Phillip Avenue and Antill Street. Traffic on these corridors has increased with the development of nearby Gungahlin.
Yes, the Canberra Technology Park, home to the Academy of Interactive Entertainment, is located in Watson, as are Prime7 television studios and the Ted Noffs Foundation. The area also features the Canberra Potters Society and a C3 Church.
