Bayview is a suburb in Sydney's Northern Beaches region, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 31 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council.
Bayview is a pet friendly neighbourhood and is home to a number of parks among the most loved in the Northern Beaches:
Bayview Baths (which features a Swimming Enclosure)
Bayview Park
Bimbimbie Place Reserve
Ilya Avenue Reserve
Kamilaroi Park
Kennedy Park
Minkara Reserve
Pindari Park
Riddle Reserve
Rowland Reserve
The most well-known being Roland Reserve, an open field dog park.
The importance of parks within the Bayview is the preservation of Spotted Gum Forests considered to be of nature conservation significance at State level and provides habitat for the threatened Glossy Black-cockatoo as well as provides habitat for birds, frogs, mammals, reptiles and acts as a stepping stone between larger areas of habitat due to its diversity.