Somersby is a semi-rural
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
of the
Central Coast region of
New South Wales
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, Australia, to the northwest of
Gosford
Gosford is the city and administrative centre of the Central Coast Council local government area in the heart of the Central Coast region, about north of Sydney and about south of Newcastle. The city centre is situated at the northern extre ...
along the
Pacific Highway. It is part of the
local government area
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.
Somersby includes sections of the
Brisbane Water National Park
The Brisbane Water National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The national park is situated north of Sydney, west of , and southwest of .
Features
The ...
, 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
The Australian Reptile Park is located at Somersby on the Central Coast, New South Wales in Australia. It is about north of Sydney, and is just off the M1 Pacific Motorway. The Park has one of the largest reptile collections in Australia, w ...
, a small industrial area near the Kariong Interchange, two juvenile justice centres, and a primary school are features of Somersby.
Old Sydney Town
Old Sydney Town was an Australian open-air museum and theme park which operated from 1975 until 2003 in Somersby on the New South Wales Central Coast. Once a living tribute to the early years of Sydney's colonial settlement in the late 18th a ...
, now defunct, was a popular tourist destination in Somersby.
Heritage listings
Somersby has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Pacific Highway:
Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre
The Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre is a heritage-listed former juvenile detention centre, now a parkland and redevelopment precinct known as Mount Penang Parklands. It is situated on the Pacific Highway at Somersby, Central Coast, New ...
Places of WorshipSt Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Gallery
image:Somersby Falls PLJ114 viewing N at upper falls.JPG, View north up the upper Somersby Falls
image:Somersby Falls PLJ108 Aboriginal rubbing groves.JPG, One of several sets of Aboriginal rubbing groves at the upper Somersby Falls
image:Somersby Falls - View across upper falls.JPG, View across the upper Somersby Falls
image:Somersby Falls PLJ117 viewing W down from upper falls.JPG, View west down from the upper Somersby Falls
See also
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Holt-Bragg Bridge
The Holt-Bragg Bridge is an arch road bridge that carries the Old Pacific Highway (B83) across Piles Creek at Somersby on the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia. It was opened on 30 June 2009 as a replacement for the previous bridge t ...
References
Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales)
Central Coast Council (New South Wales)
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