Rest Areas Oceania

Service centre

Kempsey South Service Centre

M1 Pacific Highway Southbound km 494

Kempsey South Service Centre is a service centre on the Pacific Highway (M1), New South Wales, Australia. It serves southbound traffic. It has toilets, fuel, food, a café, truck parking, picnic tables, a playground and accessible toilets.

At a glance

Toilets
Yes
Drinking water
Not recorded
Truck parking
Yes
Dump point
Not recorded

Facilities

  • Toilets
  • Fuel
  • Food
  • Café
  • Truck parking
  • Picnic tables
  • Playground
  • Accessible toilet
  • Rubbish bins

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 Pacific Highway

Towards Sydney

Next drinking water on record
Ourimbah Rest Area 330 km
Next truck parking
Barrys Creek Rest Area Southbound 14 km

Towards Brisbane

Next toilets
Clybucca Rest Area Northbound 31 km
Next drinking water on record
Coomera BP service centre 442 km
Next truck parking
Clybucca Rest Area Northbound 31 km

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

Nearby stops

Where this information comes from

  • Location and map features: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • Facilities: Transport for NSW (data as of 24 August 2026). CC BY 4.0
  • Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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