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The district Thornleigh of in Hornsby Shire (New South Wales) is located in Australia about 154 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 31°C / 87 °F
Morning Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Evening Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
Night Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 7% |
Air Humidity | 36% |
Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (8 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
26°C (78 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
20°C (69 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
24°C (75 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
QUEST MACQUARIE PARK
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Travelodge Macquarie Nth Ryde
Meriton Suites George Street
Parkroyal Parramatta
Novotel Sydney Parramatta
QUEST NORTH RYDE SERVICED APTS
METRO INN RYDE
Courtyard Sydney-North Ryde
Videos from this area
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Blind Cricket Ashes 2008
Richie Benaud meets officials of the Initial Australian Blind Cricket Ashes series, along with the English team. The event was the 3rd One Day International, held Sunday 14 December 2008 at...
The Water Clock Chronicles
Sculptor, Victor Cusack explains the history,workings and meanings of his Water Clock in Hornsby Mall.
SOLD BY RENAE SANDELL - 403/2 City View Road, Pennant Hills
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SOLD BY MARGARET McGREGOR - 11 Tillock Street Thornleigh
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CJJ30X Renault Koleos. Rude driver tries to run me off the road.
Impatient, rude driver tries to run me off the road. At this set of lights I was the first vehicle there and took primary due to the "traffic calming" that the council has installed and my...
SOLD BY AMY KASLAR - 116 Dartford Road Thornleigh
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19 Wells St, Thornleigh
The Ray White Epping sales team works together as a team to deliver outstanding results time and time again. The Auction at 19 Wells Street, Thornleigh resulted in a fantastic SOLD price of...
SOLD AT AUCTION BY MARGARET McGREGOR 2 Goodlands Avenue Thornleigh
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Cheltenham, New South Wales
Cheltenham is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cheltenham is 21 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Cheltenham is considered to be part of the North Shore. This residential suburb has a distinctive English atmosphere, with a number of 19th Century mansions on tree-lined streets. Cheltenham shares its postcode of 2119 with Beecroft and has sometimes been viewed as simply part of that suburb.
Barker College
Barker College is an Independent Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Kindergarten to Year 9, and co-educational from Years 10 to 12. The college has a private selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,968 students, including 60 boarders from Years 10 to 12.
Hornsby railway station
Hornsby railway station is a major railway station at the junction between the North Shore and Northern railway lines of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. It serves the commercial and residential area of Hornsby. The station consists of 5 platforms accessed through an overhead concourse at the southern end. The station is the terminus point for most Northern line services. Hornsby maintenance depot is situated to the north of the station.
Pennant Hills, New South Wales
Pennant Hills is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Pennant Hills is located 25 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Pennant Hills is in the Northern Suburbs region, but also considered to be part of the Hills District.
Thornleigh, New South Wales
Thornleigh is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 25 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Thornleigh is bounded to the north by Waitara Creek. Thornleigh borders the suburbs of Normanhurst, Westleigh and Pennant Hills.
Westleigh, New South Wales
Westleigh is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 27 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire.
Cherrybrook, New South Wales
Cherrybrook is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 27 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Cherrybrook is located in the Hills District of Sydney.
Beecroft, New South Wales
Beecroft is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 22 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Beecroft is considered to be in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney.
Normanhurst, New South Wales
Normanhurst is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 23 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire.
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Sydney Adventist Hospital, commonly known as the San, is a large private hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Fox Valley Road in Wahroonga. Established on 1 January 1903, as a not-for-profit organisation, it was originally named the Sydney Sanitarium from which its colloquial name was derived. The hospital is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, whose Australian headquarters are located in the immediate vicinity of the San.
Thornleigh railway station
Thornleigh railway station is a station on Sydney's CityRail network servicing the suburb of Thornleigh in Sydney's Upper North Shore. Opening in 1886, this station lies on the Northern Line leading from Berowra in the north through to North Sydney station via Strathfield and Central.
Waitara railway station
Waitara is a railway station on the CityRail network in Sydney servicing the suburb of Waitara, a small suburb to the east of Hornsby's CBD.
Pennant Hills railway station
Pennant Hills station on Sydney's CityRail network serves the suburb of Pennant Hills in Sydney's Hills District. Opening in 1886, this station lies on the Northern line leading from Berowra in the north through to North Sydney station via Strathfield and Central. In recent years the station has undergone an upgrade. It has significant patronage due to the people of neighbouring suburbs Cherrybrook and West Pennant Hills utilising it.
Cheltenham railway station, Sydney
Cheltenham railway station is located on the Main North railway line in the northern Sydney suburb of Cheltenham. It is served by CityRail's Northern Line. Cheltenham consists of two side platforms on a steep 2.5% gradient. Access is via the street and an overhead footbridge at the northern end. The station opened in 1898. It was established mainly due to pressure from William Chorley, whose home was located near the station.
Beecroft railway station
Beecroft railway station is located on the Main North railway line in the northern Sydney suburb of Beecroft. It is served by CityRail's Northern Line. Beecroft consists an island platform with access via a pedestrian subway. It is located in the middle of a reverse curve, and is located on a steep 2.5% gradient.
Normanhurst railway station
Normanhurst railway station is a CityRail railway station on Sydney's Northern Line. It serves the suburb of Normanhurst, a residential area. The station has two side platforms.
Waitara, New South Wales
Waitara is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 23 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Geographically, it is often referred to as part of the Upper North Shore. The neighbourhood is located on the North Shore Railway Line, and is the last stop before it meets the Northern Line at Hornsby.
Hornsby Girls' High School
Hornsby Girls' High School is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located in Hornsby, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1930, the school's first principal was Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster. Academically, Hornsby Girls' is regularly ranked first in the Hornsby region in terms of Higher School Certificate (HSC) results.
Normanhurst Boys' High School
Normanhurst Boys High School is an academically selective, public, high school for boys, located in Normanhurst, on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1958 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (DEC), the school currently caters for around 730 students from Years 7 to 12. The school, affectionately known as "Normo," celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008.
Pennant Hills High School
Pennant Hills High School is a public, comprehensive, co-educational, high school situated in the northern suburb of Pennant Hills in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 15–20 minutes to walk from Pennant Hills railway station. Established in 1966, the school had a student population of 1,270 students as of 2004, and has generally maintained these student numbers. The street address is Boundary Road, but all access is via Laurence Street.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay is a suffragan Latin rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, covering the North Shore and Northern Beaches of greater metropolitan Sydney, and the Broken Bay and Central Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Cheltenham Girls High School
Cheltenham Girls High School, is a public, comprehensive, high school for girls, located in Cheltenham, a north-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1958 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,340 students from Years 7 to 12.
Loreto Normanhurst
Loreto Normanhurst is a private, Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for girls, located in Normanhurst, a suburb on the upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1897, Loreto has a current enrolment of approximately 900 students from Year 7 to Year 12, including approx. 220 boarders, and is the largest girls' boarding school in New South Wales. In 2006, the school was named among the top ten innovative schools in Australia.
Mount St Benedict College
Mount St Benedict College is a Catholic, independent, girls high school in the Good Samaritan tradition, offering holistic education based on Benedictine values of Pax, Hospitality and Stewardship. Girls from the Northern and North West regions of Sydney attend the College. Mount St Benedict College commenced on February 1, 1966 with 65 students under the guidance of Sisters Christopher Burrows and Hyacinth Roche.
Sydney Sandstone Gully Forest
Sydney Sandstone Gully Forest is a vegetation community found near Sydney, Australia. It occurs in sheltered gullies and hillsides, on soils based on Hawkesbury Sandstone with some clay influences. Common tree species include the Blackbutt, Sydney Red Gum, Turpentine and Watergum. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:33|44.306|S|151|5.434|E|region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|| |primary |name= }}