6 Wade Street, Watson ACT 2602, Australia
The property occupies a land area of 690 m². This provides a generous lot size for a three‑bedroom house in Watson.
The house features three bedrooms. It is a typical family‑size home within the Watson suburb.
Action bus routes R9 and 50 run through Watson, and route 53 serves Antill Street nearby. Phillip Avenue is also serviced by the Canberra Light Rail line linking Civic to Gungahlin.
A local shopping centre and a BP service station are within walking distance. The area also includes the EPIC and Racecourse light‑rail station, Justice Robert Hope Park, and the Starlight Drive‑In site.
Exhibition Park in Canberra, a large showground, is about 0.8 km away and hosts the National Folk Festival each year. The Canberra Racecourse is also nearby, providing horse racing events.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from 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 Australia’s third Prime Minister, John Christian Watson, and was gazetted on 7 April 1960. Historically, the area hosted the Canberra Hog Farm and the Starlight Drive‑In cinema before being redeveloped into medium‑density housing.
