• Toilets
  • Picnic tables
  • Shelter
  • Playground

Rest area

May Lawson Wayside Rest Area

A39 Newell Highway km 1,033

May Lawson Wayside Rest Area is a rest area on the Newell Highway (A39), New South Wales, Australia. It has toilets, picnic tables, a shelter and a playground. 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
  • Shelter
  • Playground
  • 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 Newell Highway

Towards Tocumwal

Next stop
None recorded
Next toilets
None recorded
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
None recorded

Towards Goondiwindi

Next toilets
Jerilderie Service Centre 36 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Tongaboo Rest Area Northbound 8.9 km

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