The Forest Area (or colloquially "the Forest") is an informal area of suburbs at the most western point of Sydney's

Northern Beaches The Northern Beaches is a region within Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the Pacific coast. This area extends south to the entrance of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), west to Middle Harbour and north to the entra ...

, in the state of

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, in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. The seven suburbs within the area are all located within the

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

Northern Beaches Council The Northern Beaches Council is a local government area located in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 after the amalgamation of Manly, Pittwater and Warringa ...

, The area is located amongst the bushland of

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the northern side of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The park is north of the Sydney central business district and generally comprises the land east of the M1 Pacific Motorway, sout ...

and

Garigal National Park The Garigal National Park is a protected national park that is located within the North Shore and Forest District regions of Sydney, New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The national park is situated approximately north of the Sydney cen ...

, east of

Middle Harbour Middle Harbour (or ''Warrin ga''), a semi–mature tide dominated drowned valley estuary, is the northern arm of Port Jackson, an inlet of the Tasman Sea located north of Sydney central business district on the coast of New South Wales, Austr ...

and borders Sydney's Lower North Shore. The area has approximately 28,000 residents.

Suburbs

* Forestville *

Frenchs Forest Frenchs Forest (pron. frenches) is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Frenchs Forest is 13 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Cou ...

Belrose Belrose is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 19 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Belrose is also considered to be part of th ...

Davidson Davidson may refer to: * Davidson (name) * Clan Davidson, a Highland Scottish clan * Davidson Media Group * Davidson Seamount, undersea mountain southwest of Monterey, California, USA * Tyler Davidson Fountain, monument in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA * ...

Killarney Heights Killarney Heights is a suburb of Northern Sydney, situated on Middle Harbour, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Killarney Heights is 12 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of ...

Terrey Hills Terrey Hills is a suburb of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 25 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. It is part of the Forest District and ...

* Duffys Forest

Localities

* Austlink * Bantry Bay * Wakehurst * Skyline

Transport

The Forest District is served mostly by

Forest Coach Lines Forest Coach Lines is an Australian bus and coach operator. Founded in 1930 in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, since 2016 it has expanded with purchases in the Mid North Coast and North West Slopes regions in New South Wales. It is a subsidiar ...

, as part of the Region 14 Contract. This could also be a considered a way to define the region.

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches Keolis Downer Northern Beaches is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A subsidiary of Keolis Downer, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 8 on the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches under contract to Transport for NSW. Its headquart ...

run some services.

Schools

The Forest area is home to wide variety of public, Catholic, independent, specialist and alternative education schools: State Schools * Kambora Public School * Davidson High School * Belrose Public School * Wakehurst Public School * Mimosa Public School * Frenchs Forest Public School * The Forest High School * Forestville Public School * Killarney Heights Public School * Killarney Heights High School * Terrey Hills Public School Catholic Schools * St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary School * Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School Independent Schools * John Colet School * Covenant Christian School * Northern Beaches Christian School * AGBU Alexander Primary School Specialist Schools * The German International School * Sydney Japanese School * Aspect Vern Barnett School Alternative Education Schools * Kamaroi Rudolf Steiner School * Kinma School * Forestville Montessori School * Yanginanook School

Sport

Some of the associations in which people living in the Forest District participate in include: * Northern Sydney Rebels Gridiron Club * Forest District Rugby Union Club *Forestville Ferrets Junior Rugby League Club * Forest Lions Junior Australian Football Club (AFL) * Belrose Eagles Rugby League Club * Belrose Netball Club *Forest Netball Club *Forest/Killarney Soccer (Football) Club *Belrose-Terrey Hills Raiders Soccer (Football) Club * Wakehurst Football Club (Soccer)

References

External links

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