• Picnic tables
  • Truck parking

Rest area

Tongaboo Rest Area Southbound

A39 Newell Highway km 1,024

Tongaboo Rest Area Southbound is a rest area on the Newell Highway (A39), New South Wales, Australia. It has truck parking and picnic tables. There are no toilets.

At a glance

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

Facilities

  • Truck parking
  • Picnic tables
  • Rubbish bins

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 Newell Highway

Towards Tocumwal

Next toilets
May Lawson Wayside Rest Area 9.5 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Tongaboo Rest Area Northbound 0.6 km

Towards Goondiwindi

Next stop
McPhersons Lane Rest Area 19 km
Next toilets
Jerilderie Service Centre 26 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
McPhersons Lane 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. 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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