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Frenchs Forest NSW 2086

THE MAIN ROUTES THROUGH FRENCHS FOREST INCLUDE THE EAST-WEST WARRINGAH ROAD (STATE ROUTE 29), CONNECTING ROSEVILLE IN THE WEST WITH BROOKVALE IN THE EAST; THE NORTH-SOUTH FORESTWAY, STARTING AT WARRINGAH ROAD IN FRENCHS FOREST AND HEADING NORTH THROUGH BELROSE TO TERREY HILLS (8 KM); THE NORTH-SOUTH WAKEHURST PARKWAY (STATE ROUTE 22), STARTING AT NARRABEEN IN THE NORTHEAST, CROSSING WARRINGAH ROAD IN FRENCHS FOREST, AND HEADING SOUTH TO SEAFORTH. FOLLOWING ANY OF THESE THREE MAJOR ROADS LEAD TO THE ONLY THREE ROAD ROUTES OFF THE WARRINGAH PENINSULA
BUSES
FOREST COACH LINES CONNECTS FRENCHS FOREST WITH CHATSWOOD RAILWAY STATION IN THE WEST, WARRINGAH MALL SHOPPING CENTRE AT BROOKVALE IN THE EAST AND TERREY HILLS IN THE NORTH. AN EXPRESS CITY BUS SERVICE TO TOWN HALL STATION IN THE SYDNEY CBD.
SYDNEY BUSES PROVIDES AN EAST-WEST CONNECTION, STARTING AT MANLY VIA DEE WHY BEACH, THROUGH FRENCHS FOREST THEN EXPRESS TO ROSEVILLE AND CHATSWOOD RAILWAY STATION. THE RETURN JOURNEY IS EXPRESS FROM ROSEVILLE BRIDGE TO NAREE ROAD, FRENCHS FOREST.
SCHOOLS
FRENCHS FOREST PUBLIC SCHOOL IS ON ANN STREET; ESTABLISHED 1916.
FOREST HIGH SCHOOL IS ON FRENCHS FOREST ROAD; ESTABLISHED 1961.
MIMOSA PUBLIC SCHOOL IS ON MIMOSA STREET, FRENCHS FOREST SERVICING DAVIDSON; ESTABLISHED 1970.
DAVIDSON HIGH SCHOOL IS ON MIMOSA STREET AT THE WESTERN END OF FRENCHS FOREST; ESTABLISHED 1972.
GEOGRAPHY
FRENCHS FOREST IS CLOSE TO THE GARIGAL NATIONAL PARK. IT IS ELEVATED (~110 M ASL) REGULARLY HAVING HIGH RAINFALL COMPARED WITH THE REST OF SYDNEY AND IS SPREAD ALONG RIDGELINES SURROUNDED BY NATIVE BUSHLAND. THE EASTERN PARTS HAVE DISTANT VIEWS (3 KM) OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE TEMPERATURE EXTREMES TYPICAL OF SYDNEY ARE MODERATED BY THIS PROXIMITY. GARIGAL NATIONAL PARK FEATURES NATIVE WILDLIFE, BIRDS, TURTLES, WALLABIES, LIZARDS, SNAKES. BUSH TRACKS INCLUDE BLUFF TRACK AND NATURAL BRIDGE TRACK.