Melbourne's little parcel of forest less than 20km from the city

By Jayne D'Arcy
Updated December 5 2017 - 11:23pm, first published 5:28pm

Forestville and Frenchs Forest. Two interesting suburbs 12 and 13 kilometres from the CBD, respectively. Sydney's CBD, that is. Known for their bushiness (Forestville means "Town in the Forest" according to Wikipedia) and hilliness, you'd be hard-pressed to find something similar that close to Melbourne.

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