Somersby, New South Wales

Somersby
Central Coast, New South Wales

Population

1,252 (2006 census)

Postcode(s)

2250

Location

8 km (5 mi) NW of Gosford

Narara

Suburbs around Somersby:
Peats Ridge	Palm Grove	Ourimbah
Calga	Somersby	Narara
Mooney Mooney Creek	Mooney Mooney Creek	Kariong

Somersby is a semi-rural locality of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, to the northwest of Gosford along the Pacific Highway. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.

Somersby includes sections of the Brisbane Water National Park, within which Somersby Falls are located, as well as the Mount Penang Parklands which are used as a festival and exhibition centre. The Woolshed Function Centre, Australian Reptile Park, a small industrial area near the Kariong Interchange, two juvenile justice centres, and a primary school are features of Somersby. Old Sydney Town, now defunct, was a popular tourist destination in Somersby.

Somersby Falls

Viewing N up the upper falls
One of several sets of Aboriginal rubbing groves at the upper falls
Viewing across the upper falls.
Viewing W down from the upper falls

Coordinates: 33°21′54″S 151°17′06″E / 33.365°S 151.285°E / -33.365; 151.285

Suburbs of the City of Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Avoca Beach Bar Point Bensville Blackwall Booker Bay Bouddi Box Head Calga Central Mangrove Cheero Point Cogra Bay Copacabana Daleys Point Davistown East Gosford Empire Bay Erina Erina Heights Ettalong Beach Forresters Beach Glenworth Valley Gosford Green Point Greengrove Gunderman Hardys Bay Holgate Horsfield Bay Kariong Killcare Killcare Heights Kincumber Kincumber South Koolewong Kulnura Lisarow Little Wobby Lower Mangrove MacMasters Beach Mangrove Creek Mangrove Mountain Marlow Matcham Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney Creek Mount Elliot Mount White Narara Niagara Park North Avoca North Gosford Patonga Pearl Beach Peats Ridge Phegans Bay Picketts Valley Point Clare Point Frederick Pretty Beach St Huberts Island Saratoga Somersby Spencer Springfield Tascott Terrigal Umina Beach Upper Mangrove Wagstaffe Wamberal Wendoree Park West Gosford Wisemans Ferry Wondabyne Woy Woy Woy Woy Bay Wyoming Yattalunga

Rivers and other waterways	Brisbane Water Erina Creek Ettalong Creek Forresters Creek Kincumber Creek Mangrove Creek Mooney Mooney Creek Mullet Creek Terrigal Lagoon Wamberal Lagoon Woy Woy Creek

National parks	Bouddi Brisbane Water Dharug

Other places and points of interest	Central Coast Stadium Central Coast Highway Erina Fair Sydney–Newcastle Freeway Watagan Mountains

List of Central Coast, New South Wales suburbs

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