• Toilets
  • Drinking water
  • Picnic tables
  • Shelter

Rest area

The Caves Rest Area

A1 Bruce Highway km 1,031

The Caves Rest Area is a rest area on the Bruce Highway (A1), Queensland, Australia. It has toilets, drinking water, picnic tables and a shelter. There is no truck parking or a dump point.

At a glance

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

Facilities

  • Toilets
  • Drinking water
  • Picnic tables
  • Shelter
  • Rubbish bins

Not available here

  • No truck parking
  • 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 Bruce Highway

Towards Brisbane

Next stop
Truck bay near Port Curtis 33 km
Next drinking water on record
Gin Gin Creek rest area 288 km
Next truck parking
Truck bay near Port Curtis 33 km

Towards Cairns

Next drinking water on record
Clairview Rest Area 185 km
Next truck parking
Backwater Creek Rest Area 13 km

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