Govie full of fond memories

It is hard to imagine a time when Griffith was the last stop before rural wilderness, but open bush was only minutes away when this govie was built on Captain Cook Crescent about 1940.

The home owner’s son, Donald Balfour, says Canberra was only a town of about 16,000 when his family moved into the double brick, three-beddie in 1948.

“We faced onto a gravel road, it was pretty quiet, hardly any traffic,” he says.

“The one thing we did hear every day was the morning siren going off at the Kingston power station.”

Donald says he and his siblings were grown up when their parents moved to Canberra, but they had enjoyed living in the home that sits on a prized 1256-square-metre block.

The red brick home has many original features, including high ceilings and timber sash windows.

Donald is pragmatic about its likely future.

“It would have been nice if it could have stayed in the family, but the reality is that it’s likely to go to a developer,” he says.

“We enjoyed the home and have good memories.”

Griffith

51 CAPTAIN COOK CRESCENT

PRICE GUIDE: $1.1million-plus EER: 0.0

AGENTS: Christopher Dixon and Alexandra Charley, McGrath Estate Agents Dickson, 0414 819 377 or 0417 407 249

AUCTION: Saturday, April 8, 10.30am

INSPECT: Saturday, April 1, 10am-10.30am; Wednesday, April 5, 5pm-5.30pm

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3 bed 1 bath 1 parking