• Barbecue
  • Truck parking

Rest area

Great Dividing Range Rest Area

B56 Oxley Highway (Tamworth – Port Macquarie) km 33

Great Dividing Range Rest Area is a rest area on the Oxley Highway (Tamworth – Port Macquarie) (B56), New South Wales, Australia. It has truck parking and barbecues. There are no toilets.

At a glance

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

Facilities

  • Truck parking
  • Barbecue

Not available here

  • No toilets

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 (Tamworth – Port Macquarie)

Towards Port Macquarie

Next stop
Captain Cook Park 17 km
Next toilets
Captain Cook Park 17 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Rest area near Myrtle Scrub 79 km

Towards Tamworth

Next stop
Cattleyards Rest Area 19 km
Next toilets
None recorded
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Cattleyards Rest Area 19 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 (Tamworth – Port Macquarie) rest areas →

Nearby stops

Where this information comes from

  • Facilities: Transport for NSW (data as of 24 August 2026). CC BY 4.0
  • Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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