St Ives Chase is a bushland suburb

Suburb

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 on the Upper North Shore of Sydney

Sydney

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 in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. St Ives Chase is located 18 kilometres north-west of the Sydney Central Business District

Sydney central business district

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 in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council

Ku-ring-gai Council

Ku-ring-gai Council is a Local Government Area in the North Shore region of Sydney. It includes the suburbs of Lindfield, Killara, Gordon, Pymble, St Ives, Turramurra, Warrawee, and parts of Roseville, and Wahroonga. The region is named after the Kuringgai tribe who once inhabited the area...

. St. Ives

St Ives, New South Wales

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 is a more developed adjacent suburb and St Ives Chase covers the area approximately north of Toolang Road and west of Collins Road. The neighbouring suburb of North Turramurra

North Turramurra, New South Wales

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 is separated by a section of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Ku-ring-gai Chase is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 25 km north of Sydney located largely within the Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby, Warringah and Pittwater municipal areas. Ku-ring-gai Chase is also officially classed as a suburb by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales...

. It is a separate suburb from St Ives

St Ives

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, which lies to its south.

Transport

By road, St Ives Chase can only be accessed via St Ives. Warrimoo Avenue is the main road used to access streets in St Ives Chase. Many properties sit very close to the bush. As St Ives Chase has no through traffic, there are rarely traffic delays in the suburb. Residents driving from St Ives Chase will first encounter peak hour traffic trying to join or cross Killeaton Street or Mona Vale Road in St Ives. A common route to the city is via the North Shore's Eastern Arterial Road.

Buses to St Ives Chase include Forest Coach Lines

Forest coach lines

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 route 195 to/from Gordon railway station

Gordon railway station, Sydney

-Shorelink:*Route 560 - West Pymble*Route 582 - Acron Road, St Ives-Forest Coach Lines:*Route 195 - Gordon Station - St Ives - St Ives Chase*Route 196 - Gordon Station - St Ives - Terrey Hills -Mona Vale...

 and route 194/594 from St Ives through St Ives Chase to the city

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. North Turramurra and Bobbin Head are accessible via bush tracks in the National Park.

Commercial zone

St Ives Chase is almost entirely zoned for either residential or recreational means. The suburb does have a small shopping complex of 5 shops which include a seven day corner shop, a liquor shop, a chemist, Pizza restaurant and a hair dresser. The adjacent Caltex petrol station is the only other commercial outlet in the area. Most residents travel to shopping complexes in St Ives, Hornsby, Warringah, Chatswood, Top Ryde or Macquarie for their shopping needs.

Wildlife

Situated in the national park, St Ives Chase is the home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, particularly prevalent are Bush Turkeys. In recent years there has been a rabbit problem in the area, and there have been many attempts to eradicate rabbits in the St Ives Chase side of the National Park.

Sport

There are two sports grounds in the area, Warrimoo Oval, which is home to the St Ives Football Club, and Toolang Oval, which hosts junior Football and Cricket.

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