Narara, New South Wales

Narara (, with stress on the second syllable) is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located 4 km north of Gosford's central business district. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.

The suburb contains Narara railway station, which is on the Main North railway line. It also contains a corner shop and bottleshop, a number of parks and sporting grounds, and a concrete public skatepark. It is the home of Narara Valley High School, one of Gosford City's public high schools, and St Philips Christian College Gosford (formally Gosford Christian College), a private Christian institution educating from kindergarten to year twelve.

The name 'Narara' can be traced back to the local Aboriginal term for 'black snake', which appears on the official emblem of Narara Valley High School.

Narara's claim to fame is that the Narara Music Festival was held nearby in Somersby in 1983 and 1984. The Angels, an Australian rock band, produced an 11 track live album recorded at the festival named, appropriately enough, "Live at Narara".

Narara was largely orchards and small mixed farms. Water from the small dams that used to be accessible from Narara Creek Road was piped in wooden piping across Narara Creek to the Railway station to supply steam trains. The dams were also a popular swimming spot especially in the days when the ladder and walkway still existed on the lower dam wall.