Rose Bay is an affluent harbourside, Eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales. Rose Bay is located 7 kilometres East of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Waverley Municipal Council (East of Old South Head Road) and Woollahra Council (on its Western side towards the bay). Rose Bay has views of both the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge together. Lyne Park abuts Sporting and Social; Sydney Harbour on its West. Shark Island is located in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), just North of Rose Bay. There are two golf courses located in Rose Bay. Rose Bay is home of many historic attractions including Woollahra Golf Club and Royal the Rose Bay Cottage, Fernleigh Castle and The Convent Sydney Golf Club. Woollahra of the Sacred Heart which overlooks the bay and today Sailing Club for the Sailors out houses Kincoppal-Rose Bay school for girls. there and a Rugby League team. The Rose Bay ferry wharf provides access to the Eastern Suburbs ferry services. There are frequent buses to and Rose Bay is also home to the from the centre of Sydney via Kings Cross as well as Waverley Amateur Radio other points and out to Watsons Bay and the coast. Society, Australia's longest Seaplane operators offer scenic flights over Sydney itself continuously licensed amateur as well as a number of excursions along the coast as well radio club. as some scheduled services to Newcastle with aircraft operating out of the seaplane terminal near Rose Bay ferry terminal. 1. Education; Rose Bay is home to two independent schools: Kambala (an Anglican, day and boarding school) and Kincoppal - Rose Bay (a Catholic, day and boarding school). The prep school campus of Cranbrook School is also located in the suburb. McAuley Primary School is a Catholic school for Kindergarten to Year 6. Public Schools in the suburb are Rose Bay Secondary College and Rose Bay Public School. .