Rest Areas Oceania

Rest area

Lions Park Walcha

B56 Oxley Highway (Tamworth – Port Macquarie) Northbound km 48

Lions Park Walcha is a rest area on the Oxley Highway (Tamworth – Port Macquarie) (B56), New South Wales, Australia. It serves northbound traffic. It has toilets, picnic tables, barbecues, a shelter, a playground and accessible toilets. There is no truck parking.

At a glance

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

Light vehicles only

Facilities

  • Toilets
  • Picnic tables
  • Barbecue
  • Shelter
  • Playground
  • Accessible toilet
  • Rubbish bins

Not available here

  • No truck parking

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 1.3 km
Next toilets
Captain Cook Park 1.3 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Rest area near Myrtle Scrub 63 km

Towards Tamworth

Next toilets
None recorded
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Great Dividing Range Rest Area 16 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

  • 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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