- 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 stop
- Tongaboo Rest Area Northbound 8.9 km
- 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
- McAllister Park Rest area · 1.9 km
- Tongaboo Rest Area Northbound Rest area · 8.8 km
- Tongaboo Rest Area Southbound Rest area · 9.4 km
- McPhersons Lane Rest Area Rest area · 28 km
- Rest area near Strathmerton Rest area · 31 km
- J.M. Farrall Rest Area / Strathmerton Lions Park Rest area · 32 km
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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