Rest Areas Oceania

Rest area

Rest area on Kennedy Highway

1 Kennedy Highway km 243

Rest area on Kennedy Highway 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 and accessible toilets. There is no drinking water, a dump point or a shelter.

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
  • Accessible toilet
  • Rubbish bins
  • Lighting

Not available here

  • No drinking water
  • No dump point
  • No shelter

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
None recorded
Next toilets
None recorded
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
None recorded

Towards Cairns

Next stop
Forty Mile Scrub Rest Area 3.5 km
Next toilets
Forty Mile Scrub Rest Area 3.5 km
Next drinking water on record
Tall Timbers Bp Service Station 111 km
Next truck parking
Forty Mile Scrub Rest Area 3.5 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

  • 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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