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.

Normanhurst is home to the locally famous Normanhurst Eagle's soccer team.

Normanhurst 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 part of the Hornsby Council Local Government Area. Following the most recent redistribution ( reapportionment ) of electoral districts for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, parts of the suburb of Normanhurst fall within three different electoral divisions, namely Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai and Epping. See New South Wales Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts