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When people come to Canberra for the weekend, what are they looking for in an Airbnb? Privacy? Proximity to Floriade? Views of Parliament House? New data from Airbnb shows that what they’re actually looking for is … room for their pooch to come too.A list of Canberra’s ‘most wished for’ properties on Airbnb shows <a href="https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/569687159813812763?source_impression_id=p3_1710111551_uZQjH9k7CXUK%2FaSa&amp;_set_bev_on_new_domain=1710193921_YzcyYjE3NjRhYWFk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah and Matt’s abode in Higgins</a> is right at the top of the list: and it’s aptly named ‘Paw-fect pad’.<img alt="Pawfect 1" class="richtext-image full-width" height="432" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/Pawfect_1.width-800.png" width="720">The one-bedroom, one-bathroom granny flat is described as “light, airy and modern, with plenty of creature comforts (for you and your four-legged friend)”. The backyard is fully fenced, with the option of not one but four parks and the local shops for when you want to take your fur baby for a walk.<img alt="pawfect 2" class="richtext-image full-width" height="600" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/pawfect_2.width-800.png" width="800">Just below the Paw-fect Pad on the list is <a href="https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/53814677?source_impression_id=p3_1710111637_cn8n0KMov8uXrgAQ&amp;_set_bev_on_new_domain=1710193921_YzcyYjE3NjRhYWFk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this ‘Stunning Guest Suite’ in Duffy</a>. Guests rave about it: ‘This was an incredibly comfortable space’ and ‘Jeanie’s place was truly delightful.<img alt="duffy 1" class="richtext-image full-width" height="450" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/duffy_1.width-800.png" width="800">Such thoughtfulness in providing chargers for all types of devices.’ But what they love most is the fact it comes with a heated pool. (We’re also assuming that its proximity to Stromlo means it hosts an endless stream of mountain-biking couples from interstate.)<img alt="duffy 2" class="richtext-image full-width" height="405" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/duffy_2.width-800.png" width="720">According to Airbnb, its services contribute $187 million to Gross State Product in the ACT and supported almost 1,200 jobs in the year to March 2023.“Our hosts in Canberra contribute powerful economic ripple effects to the region,” says Susan Wheeldon, Country Manager for Airbnb, Australia and New Zealand.“We’re supporting businesses such as retailers, restaurants, bars and cafes — which are often the foundation for life in local communities.”<h3 data-block-key="424up">The most sought after properties in Canberra also include:</h3><h4 data-block-key="71iso"><a href="https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/877594056929588082?source_impression_id=p3_1710111468_PNy2KKN6vsA%2B1evW&amp;_set_bev_on_new_domain=1710193921_YzcyYjE3NjRhYWFk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This one-bedroom, one-bathroom studio in Chisholm.</a></h4><img alt="Sunny Southside" class="richtext-image full-width" height="540" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/Sunny_Southside.width-800.png" width="720">This new self-contained flat is fully furnished with a full kitchen and “all the nice things you need to have a relaxing stay”. The Monaro highway provides quick access to the city or the snow fields.<img alt="Sunny Southside 2" class="richtext-image full-width" height="540" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/Sunny_Southside_2.width-800.png" width="720"><h4 data-block-key="6qrqb"><a href="https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/697870769567439579?source_impression_id=p3_1710109980_X3UOC3Z5g3c1pQi6&amp;_set_bev_on_new_domain=1710193921_YzcyYjE3NjRhYWFk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angela’s peaceful and private apartment in Belconnen.</a></h4><img alt="Angela 1" class="richtext-image full-width" height="534" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/Angela_1.width-800.png" width="800">Being 22 floors up is not for everyone, but the views are undeniable. Located in Geocon’s ‘Nightfall’, the established ground-floor public plaza has a Woolworths Metro as well as cafes and restaurants. (Photos of this apartment by Jack Mohr).<img alt="Angela 2" class="richtext-image full-width" height="534" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/Angela_2.width-800.png" width="800"><h4 data-block-key="dk1c1"><a href="https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/11174170?source_impression_id=p3_1710110324_PPe9RuDNpwkqfo1d&amp;_set_bev_on_new_domain=1710193921_YzcyYjE3NjRhYWFk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony’s stylish lakeside apartment at the foreshore.</a></h4><img alt="stylish kingston" class="richtext-image full-width" height="540" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/stylish_kingston.width-800.png" width="720">Located in the newly constructed Element building, this Airbnb is surrounded by trendy restaurants, cafes and a bar. Lakeside living at its finest.<img alt="stylish kingston 2" class="richtext-image full-width" height="540" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/stylish_kingston_2.width-800.png" width="720"><h4 data-block-key="1kkgd"><a href="https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/629298388611926617?source_impression_id=p3_1710110751_0MH5fUdX%2BXRyVtB9&amp;_set_bev_on_new_domain=1710193921_YzcyYjE3NjRhYWFk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This cosy Braddon apartment with free parking.</a></h4><img alt="Cosy Braddon" class="richtext-image full-width" height="468" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/Cosy_Braddon.width-800.png" width="800">Located in the brand new ‘Sol’ development, this apartment faces Canberra Centre and has views of the city.<img alt="Cosy Braddon 2" class="richtext-image full-width" height="600" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/Cosy_Braddon_2.width-800.png" width="800">

Canberra's most sought after Airbnb is actually in ... Higgins?!

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It’s hard to imagine a time when “no-one wanted to buy a house in Kingston” but Rob Painter remembers it well.It was the late 1970s: the inner south suburb was packed with students and hippies, living in run-down houses that had been zoned for redevelopment and allowed to deteriorate by developers. <img alt="IMG_7160" class="richtext-image full-width" height="1132" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_7160.width-800.jpg" width="800">Young Canberrans in flares, patterned shirts and long hair walked and cycled the streets, and Green Square was the place to be: specifically the Boot and Flogger, the pub tucked in the corner where you’d grab a beer before heading out onto the lawn to listen to a local band.“It was an interesting area in the 1970s, to say the least,” Rob says.<img alt="IMG_7173" class="richtext-image full-width" height="536" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_7173.width-800.jpg" width="800">“There were older people still in government houses but most people who were entering home ownership weren&#x27;t interested in buying in Kingston because its future was uncertain. “I’d come from inner Sydney and so I loved the bohemian vibe.”A young Rob, who’d studied architecture in Sydney before moving to the capital in 1976 to work for the Department of Urban and Regional Development, was loving his steady income as a graduate clerk. He’d thought about buying a house, and when he drove past <a href="https://zango.com.au/sale/61-kennedy-street-kingston-act-2604-84998/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">61 Kennedy Street</a>, a 40-year-old ex-govvie, he loved the idea of living among the bohemian vibe of Kingston.<img alt="IMG_7172" class="richtext-image full-width" height="1188" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_7172.width-800.jpg" width="800">“It was for sale for $32,000,” Rob recalls.“My salary at the time was $8,000 a year. The most anyone would lend me wass $30,000 — so that was the offer I put in and it was mine.”61 Kennedy Street became home “almost immediately”, mostly thanks to friends packed into the lounge room on Friday and Saturday nights; drinking, smoking, playing board games and dancing to Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones.“Oh, this house has seen a lot of parties,” Rob says.<img alt="IMG_7161" class="richtext-image full-width" height="536" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_7161.width-800.jpg" width="800">“I was very social when I first bought it. I&#x27;m gay and I&#x27;ve got a wide group of friends. It was a very social house — arguably too social.“I got out the old photo albums, dusted them off: I haven&#x27;t looked at them for years.“It was a very fun time. I&#x27;ve got lots of happy memories associated with this house.”An extension in 1997 saw a new section added to the back of the house; opening up the kitchen and adding a second living area and a new laundry. The old laundry became a second bathroom at this time, while the main bathroom was updated in 2006.<img alt="61-kennedy-street-kingston-act-2604-84998-image-0-20230820080137951346-thumbnail-1920x1920-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="600" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/61-kennedy-street-kingston-act-2604-84998-imag.width-800.jpg" width="800">Ever the entertainer, Rob designed the extended home to facilitate its many visitors, including friends, and nieces and nephews from overseas and across Australia who wanted to see Australia’s young capital. He created a separate zone of the house for himself; with the main bedroom, bathroom and dressing room able to be closed off for privacy while guests were staying.After 46 years, Rob is selling up — it’s only the second time the 148sqm heritage-listed home has been for sale in its 87-year history. Originally built in 1936, the property was owned by the Commonwealth Government until 1963, when the sitting tenant bought it. Rob bought it from this tenant in 1977.<img alt="IMG_7171" class="richtext-image full-width" height="531" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_7171.width-800.jpg" width="800">The new owners can extend the home, Rob says, in line with heritage guidelines, but the house cannot be knocked down. It’s one of around 50 homes in the Eastlake Heritage Housing Precinct: a precious reminder of a fledgling capital’s early years.“It&#x27;s not a large family house,” Rob says.“I see the new owners as a young professional couple, maybe with dogs, or a retired couple who like to garden.“A small family could happily live here.“But it’s definitely the perfect property for someone hoping to own a beautiful piece of Canberra history.”And Rob won’t be too far away – he’s bought a penthouse apartment just around the corner.Number 61 Kennedy Street, Kingston, goes to auction at 10.30am on Saturday 23 September 2023.<a href="https://zango.com.au/sale/61-kennedy-street-kingston-act-2604-84998/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the full listing.</a>

‘It’s seen a lot of parties’: Seller of 61 Kennedy Street takes us back to Kingston in the 1970s

What if the Kingston Foreshore was actually named The Eastlake Foreshore? And instead of living in Barton, you lived in Telopea? While some of Walter Burley Griffin&#x27;s original suburb names stuck, others were swept aside or used in very different ways across the capital.Between 1913 and 1920, Griffin laid out the apex of suburbs and streets that would form the heart of our city. But in 1927, the suburbs were renamed to honour the leaders of Australian federation.Here are some of the suburb names Griffin dreamed of that simply don&#x27;t exist anymore.<h2 data-block-key="87cgj">Blandfordia (Forrest)</h2><img alt="IMG_4801" class="richtext-image full-width" height="298" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4801.width-800.jpg" width="411">Blandfordia was one of the earliest suburbs in Canberra, built to the original plans. Named after the Christmas Bell, a flowering plant native to eastern Australia, it was gazetted as a suburb in 1928.Its circular streets were classic Burley Griffin design and its elegant tree-lined avenues and stately homes were - and still are among the most coveted in the ACT.<img alt="IMG_4802" class="richtext-image full-width" height="532" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4802.width-800.jpg" width="800">The original residents of Blandfordia were mostly senior public servants who moved in when Federal Parliament finally moved from Melbourne to Canberra. Blandfordia is now simply a part of the suburb of Forrest.<h2 data-block-key="8be1o">Eastlake (Kingston)</h2><img alt="IMG_4789" class="richtext-image full-width" height="378" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4789.width-800.jpg" width="731">During the initial stages of Canberra&#x27;s formation, the region known as Kingston was ‘Eastlake’. The district of Eastlake was originally used as housing for blue collar works, specifically labourers who had been brought in to build the infrastructure Australia&#x27;s capital city.The neighbouring suburb of Forrest (Blandfordia) was set aside for more &#x27;upper class&#x27; public servants of middle and higher ranks. <img alt="IMG_4790" class="richtext-image full-width" height="540" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4790.width-800.jpg" width="590">The Eastlake Football and Cricket Club that still exists in Manuka stands as a memory of Canberra&#x27;s foundation. <h2 data-block-key="bag3h">Westlake (Yarralumla) </h2><img alt="IMG_4804" class="richtext-image full-width" height="600" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4804.width-800.jpg" width="800">Westlake, now a ghost town, was once a thriving suburb that existed in Canberra from 1922 to 1965. Located on the outskirts of Yarralumla, the site where Westlake once existed is now surrounded by embassies and bushland. Westlake was composed of tradesmen and their families, who came to Canberra to build the capital&#x27;s first buildings (among them the Sydney and Melbourne buildings). Original housing consisted of tents and a community hall, but was soon followed by 61 temporary cottages.Nearby, around 20 timber huts were built for the single men, and this area was known as the Hostel Camp.<img alt="IMG_4805" class="richtext-image full-width" height="473" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4805.width-800.jpg" width="600">All of the original Westlake cottages were eventually sold off one by one or taken away on the backs of trucks, with the last cottage removed in 1965. A number are now over the border in Queanbeyan and one sits with a new coat of paint in River Street, Oaks Estate.At its peak, the Westlake area had 700 residents and remnants of original buildings can be found on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin today. <h2 data-block-key="5iuk6">The Causeway (Kingston) </h2><img alt="IMG_4799" class="richtext-image full-width" height="571" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4799.width-800.jpg" width="800">The Causeway is still a small district within the suburb of Kingston, adjacent to Kingston Foreshore, but was once a much larger community. It was originally planned by Burley Griffin to be parallel to a dam across the Molonglo River, but this never transpired. The earliest housing at The Causeway consisted of modest cottages. Around 120 timber cottages were constructed at The Causeway between 1925 and 1926, to accommodate construction workers. <img alt="IMG_4798" class="richtext-image full-width" height="805" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4798.width-800.jpg" width="800">After WWII, housing at The Causeway and Westlake was considered sub-standard and the wooden cottages were wrapped with brick veneer. Despite major redevelopments of the Kingston Foreshore in recent years, a close-knit community of residents still lives at The Causeway. <h2 data-block-key="e60hp">Telopea Park (Barton) </h2><img alt="IMG_4795" class="richtext-image full-width" height="794" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4795.width-800.jpg" width="800">Today, we know Telopea Park as home to one the oldest parks and schools in Canberra. Named after the floral emblem of NSW, Telopea Park was planned at the end of Sydney Avenue by Walter Burley Griffin and originally described the whole area now known as Barton.<img alt="IMG_4806" class="richtext-image full-width" height="439" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_4806.width-800.jpg" width="699">While the suburb itself was established in 1922, it was renamed Barton in 1928 when Sir Edmund Barton was named the first Prime Minister of Australia. The original plans for the area included a parkland full of waratahs (botanical name Telopea). The plans never eventuated, but the name Telopea stuck.

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61/53 Dawes Street KINGSTON, ACT 2604 is for Sale on Zango

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Nick Purnell

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Ben Galdys

KINGSTON

South Canberra

ACT & Surrounds

This is a beautifully light apartment ideally located in the highly sought after "Viridian" development at the Kingston Foreshore. Only a short stroll to the popular and trendy cafes, pubs, and fine dining experiences available in the Kingston shopping precinct as well as the foreshore development on the boardwalk of Lake Burley Griffin.  

This top floor one bedroom apartment features quality appliances throughout. Spacious living and dining area for which you could entertain friends. There is an underground car space with full lift access.

This apartment would suit the discerning professional who wishes to position themselves in the Inner South of Canberra or an investor who is looking for a stress free investment.

Summary:

Perfect location on the Kingston Foreshore
Spacious one bedroom
Easy rentability and great returns for an investor

Figure summary:

Body corporate: $950 (approx.) p.q
General rates: $505 (approx.) p.q
Water & sewerage: $166 (approx.) p.q

Balcony

Dishwasher

Garage with Remote

Intercom

Reverse Cycle Air Conditioning

Garage

Spacious one bedroom on the Foreshore.

PURNELL

Population in Kingston is 4424, with a median age of 33. This is way below the Canberra average of 40.5 and way below the national 41.6

Your new suburb is very young

Compared to other areas, couples (36%) and singles (25%) are over represented and the amount of single parents lower than national average

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A majority of 88% live in an apartment. Households are 1.8 people on average, seems like Kingston is the place for style

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61/53 Dawes Street KINGSTON, ACT 2604

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Distance	School	Address
0.76 km	St Edmund's College	Canberra Avenue, Griffith
0.87 km	St Clare's College	McMillan Crescent, Griffith
1.11 km	Telopea Park School	New South Wales Crescent, Barton
1.48 km	Narrabundah Early Childhood School	Kootara Crescent, Narrabundah
1.83 km	Forrest Primary	National Circuit, Forrest
2.08 km	St Benedict's Primary	Tallara Parkway, Narrabundah
2.20 km	Narrabundah College	Jerrabomberra Avenue, Narrabundah
2.55 km	Canberra Grammar School	Monaro Crescent, Red Hill
2.65 km	Canberra Grammar School - Southside - early childhood campus	Alexander Street, Red Hill
2.65 km	Canberra Grammar School - Junior school campus	Alexander Street, Red Hill

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