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Forty Mile Scrub Rest Area

1 Kennedy Highway km 239

Forty Mile Scrub Rest Area is a rest area on the Kennedy Highway (1), Queensland, Australia. It has toilets, water that should be treated before drinking, truck parking, picnic tables, a shelter and accessible toilets. There is no drinking water or a dump point.

At a glance

Overnight stay
20 hours
Toilets
Yes
Drinking water
Untreated only
Truck parking
Yes
Dump point
No

Facilities

  • Toilets
  • Water (treat before drinking)
  • Truck parking
  • Picnic tables
  • Shelter
  • Accessible toilet

Not available here

  • No drinking water
  • No dump point

Can I stay overnight here?

Queensland: You may stay up to 20 hours in any 24-hour period at a rest area, unless signs say otherwise.

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

Along the Kennedy Highway

Towards Forty Mile

Next stop
Rest area on Kennedy Highway 3.5 km
Next toilets
Rest area on Kennedy Highway 3.5 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Rest area on Kennedy Highway 3.5 km

Towards Cairns

Next stop
Rest area on Kennedy Highway 9.6 km
Next toilets
Rest area near Mount Garnet 63 km
Next drinking water on record
Tall Timbers Bp Service Station 108 km
Next truck parking
Rest area on Kennedy Highway 33 km

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

Nearby stops

Where this information comes from

  • Location and map features: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • Facilities: Department of Transport and Main Roads (Qld) (data as of 5 August 2021). CC BY 3.0 AU
  • Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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