Rest Areas Oceania

Rest area

Somerton Stopping Bay Westbound

B56 Oxley Highway (Coonabarabran – Tamworth) km 129

Somerton Stopping Bay Westbound is a rest area on the Oxley Highway (Coonabarabran – Tamworth) (B56), New South Wales, Australia. It has truck parking and a shelter. There are no toilets or picnic tables.

At a glance

Toilets
No
Drinking water
Not recorded
Truck parking
Yes
Dump point
Not recorded

Facilities

  • Truck parking
  • Shelter
  • Rubbish bins

Not available here

  • No toilets
  • No picnic tables

Can I stay overnight here?

New South Wales: The NSW Government says you must not camp in rest areas; no maximum stay is published. Stop to rest when tired and follow the signs.

Signs at a rest area always override the general rule. Full rules and sources →

Along the Oxley Highway (Coonabarabran – Tamworth)

Towards Tamworth

Next toilets
Rotary Tamworth Airport Parking 38 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Rotary Tamworth Airport Parking 38 km

Towards Coonabarabran

Next stop
Redbank Rest Area 16 km
Next toilets
Redbank Rest Area 16 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Hunts Road Stopping Bay 33 km

Counts only stops a driver going that way can pull into, and only facilities recorded in our data; there may be others. Oxley Highway (Coonabarabran – Tamworth) rest areas →

Nearby stops

Where this information comes from

  • Location and map features: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • Facilities: Transport for NSW (data as of 24 August 2026). CC BY 4.0
  • Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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