Normanhurst, New South Wales

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Normanhurst is an outer northwestern suburb of Sydney. Normanhurst is south of Hornsby, a large residential and retail center. Surrounding suburbs are Thornleigh, Hornsby, Fox Valley, Wahroonga and Hornsby South.

Normanhurst station was originally named Hornsby, today's Hornsby station was named Hornsby junction, however it was renamed Normanhurst and Hornsby junction became simply Hornsby.

Normanhust is split down the middle by Pennant Hills Road, a major north-south thoroughfare. However, both the east and west parts have extensive bush access. On the east side, a small section of bush lies between Normanhurst and Fox Valley. This is land owned by the SAN hospital, but not yet developed. On the west side, the suburb backs onto the southern reaches of the Berowra Valley, a continuous section of bush stretching all the way to Broken Bay. This gives Normanhurst a very "leafy" look. This in turn contibutes to making native bird life abundant. The area is mainly home to Cockatoos, Rainbow Lorikeets, Kookaburras and Noisy_Miners.

Normanhust is well serviced by rail and buses and since it lies around Pennant Hills Road, car access is also easy. Normanhurst has one small shopping area at the railway station as most of the area's shops are at Hornsby.

[edit] Politics

Normanhurst is in the Hornsby Shire Council Local Government Area and the Berowra Federal Electoral Division. The federal seat is currently held by The Hon. Phillip Ruddock, MP.

In terms of State Electoral Districts, Normanhurst falls under two- Epping and Hornsby.