page_title: Frenchs Forest, New South Wales
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Frenchs Forest, New South Wales / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: NASA satellite image of Sydney, Australia, that I cropped and modified to show borders of Frenchs Forest; Original NASA image number: STS079-834-6
context_page_description: Frenchs Forest 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 Council. Frenchs Forest is part of Sydney's Northern Beaches region and also considered to be part of the Forest District, colloquially known as The Forest by its locals.
  The suburb is currently going through rezoning which will include a new hospital, town centre, new relocated high school, 2,200 new homes and $500 million to upgrade the roads around the new Northern Beaches Hospital.
  The rezoning is proposed to be completed in time for the hospital opening in 2018.
context_section_description: Frenchs Forest is close to the Garigal National Park. It is elevated (~156 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.
caption: NASA satellite view of Frenchs Forest within the Sydney area