It's the "Ohh!" in O'Connor!
Beguiling, becoming, bewitching be quick! Every so often a property comes up for sale that surprises even long-term Canberrans and reveals a hidden enclave within our beautiful city - this grand 5-bedroom structure and its gorgeous surrounds at the cul-de-sac end of Yapunyah Street are just such a find. Sited on a delightfully elevated undulation in the centre of O'Connor, it's a 1260sqm block of land that might have been a favourite vantage point for photographers in the early 1960s, with its sweeping southern views across the undivided valley that took in everything from Mt Ainslie to the Brindabellas. Those views weren't lost on the architects, who designed a superb home to take full advantage of them out of every window as well as from a long entertaining patio at the entrance that spans half of the home's breadth. Stepping inside doesn't diminish the treats either - a classically spacious high-ceiling layout of enormous living rooms overlooks lush gardens on one side and yet still frames Parliament House's flagpole on the other. There's a large kitchen and family area that leads out to a bricked summer courtyard as well as five colonial-sized bedrooms, some of which even