A quiet place in the hills - the Aboriginal name still holds. On a ridge above Dee Why with views over Long Reef and the ocean, this suburb has always kept its own pace.
Narraweena is a suburb on Sydney's Northern Beaches, 18 kilometres north-east of the CBD, built on a ridge above Dee Why with views over Long Reef and Dee Why beaches and across Garigal Forest. The name Narraweena is an Aboriginal word meaning a quiet place in the hills - it was the Guringai people's land before European settlement, and the ridge character that gives the suburb its views today is the same feature that gave it its name. The suburb developed after World War II when the land was subdivided, with the post office opening on 1 April 1953. It was known as Dee Why Heights before being renamed Narraweena in 1951.
Narraweena is a family-oriented suburb known for large blocks and wide streets - a character that came partly from the post-war subdivision pattern and partly from the NSW Housing Commission homes that were established in the suburb in the 1960s and 1970s. The suburb has since shed most of that legacy as properties have been renovated and rebuilt, and it is now regarded as an attractive, community-oriented area with solid family homes on generous blocks. Two local shopping strips serve daily needs - May Road (off Warringah Road) with takeaways, a bottle shop, and a bakery, and Alfred Street with another cluster of local shops and cafes.
Beverley Job Park at the corner of McIntosh and Victor Roads is the suburb's main sporting reserve, with tennis courts, cricket pitches, rugby fields, and a recently upgraded multi-use hard court. Narraweena Public School is on McIntosh Road and St John the Apostle Primary School is on Alfred Street. Garigal National Park and Manly Warringah War Memorial Park are accessible from the suburb's western edge, with Oxford Falls and Allambie Heights as the boundary neighbours in those directions. The suburb's ridge position means that the streets on the eastern edge have the best views - and properties on these streets can also have the steepest driveways.
Narraweena's ridge setting means the suburb has genuine elevation variation between the eastern streets with views and the flatter sections further west. On the ridge streets closest to Dee Why, the gradient is real and some driveways reflect it. Billy assesses driveway slope and truck positioning for any Narraweena address on the ridge-facing eastern streets. The wide suburban roads that characterise most of Narraweena are a genuine asset for removal trucks - there is almost always usable kerb space and the blocks are generous enough that the truck can get close to most properties.
The two local shopping strips - May Road and Alfred Street - each generate a small amount of pedestrian and parking activity on weekday mornings, but neither is at a scale that affects truck positioning for adjacent residential moves. The Beverley Job Park and school areas generate the predictable school-zone activity at drop-off and pick-up times. Billy adjusts timing for any move near McIntosh Road and Alfred Street schools on weekdays to avoid the 8:30am and 3pm school windows.
Warringah Road on the eastern boundary of the suburb is a busy arterial, and properties directly on or very close to Warringah Road require the truck to position from a side street rather than loading from the main road. Most Narraweena properties are well set back from Warringah Road in the residential interior, and the suburb's wide street network makes the suburb genuinely one of the easier Northern Beaches suburbs to move in once you're off the arterials. Bus routes on Warringah Road and Pittwater Road connect Narraweena residents south to the city and north to Collaroy and Narrabeen.
We also cover neighbouring Dee Why, Cromer, and Collaroy regularly.
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"Easy move from a Narraweena house - wide street, good access, Billy had the truck in a perfect position. Everything out in good time and nothing damaged. Exactly what you want."- Karen and David, Narraweena family home move
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The suburb was known as Dee Why Heights before being renamed Narraweena in 1951. The name Narraweena comes from an Aboriginal word meaning a quiet place in the hills. The post office opened on 1 April 1953, and the suburb developed in the post-war period as land was subdivided.
Generally yes - the wide post-war residential streets and generous block sizes make Narraweena one of the more practical Northern Beaches suburbs to move in. The exception is the ridge-facing eastern streets where properties can have sloped driveways. Billy assesses these at quoting stage.
We charge by the hour. Narraweena's wide streets and standard access mean most jobs here are straightforward to estimate. Get in touch for a clear quote.
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