Rest Areas Oceania

Truck bay

Baxter Rest Area

1 Eyre Highway km 304

Baxter Rest Area is a truck bay on the Eyre Highway (1), Western Australia, Australia. It has toilets, truck parking, a dump point, picnic tables, a shelter, shade and accessible toilets.

At a glance

Overnight stay
24 hours (24-hour rest areas only)
Toilets
Yes
Drinking water
Not recorded
Truck parking
Yes
Dump point
Yes

Facilities

  • Toilets
  • Truck parking
  • Dump point
  • Picnic tables
  • Shelter
  • Shade
  • Accessible toilet
  • Rubbish bins

Can I stay overnight here?

Western Australia: Overnight stays are only allowed at signposted 24-hour rest areas, for up to 24 consecutive hours.

  • Main Roads WA does not list this stop as a 24-hour rest area. In Western Australia, overnight stays are only allowed at signposted 24-hour rest areas.

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

Along the Eyre Highway

Towards Port Augusta

Next stop
Rest area on Eyre Highway 15 km
Next toilets
Caiguna Roadhouse and Rest Area 66 km
Next drinking water on record
Domblegabby Rest Area 27 km
Next truck parking
Rest area on Eyre Highway 47 km

Towards Norseman

Next toilets
Woorlba Homestead Rest Area 65 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Woorlba Homestead Rest Area 65 km

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

Nearby stops

Where this information comes from

  • Location and map features: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • Facilities: Main Roads Western Australia. CC BY 4.0
  • Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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