Yarrowitch Rest Area West

Name: Yarrowitch Rest Area West
Address: New South Wales, AU

B56 Oxley Highway (Tamworth – Port Macquarie) km 54

Yarrowitch Rest Area West is a rest area on the Oxley Highway (Tamworth – Port Macquarie) (B56), New South Wales, Australia. It has picnic tables, barbecues and a shelter. There are no toilets or truck parking.

At a glance

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

Light vehicles only

Facilities

Picnic tables
Barbecue
Shelter
Rubbish bins

Not available here

No toilets
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: Apsley Falls 14 km
Next toilets: Apsley Falls 14 km
Next drinking water on record: None recorded
Next truck parking: Rest area near Myrtle Scrub 58 km

Towards Tamworth

Next stop: McHatten Park 4.6 km
Next toilets: McHatten Park 4.6 km
Next drinking water on record: McHatten Park 4.6 km
Next truck parking: Great Dividing Range Rest Area 21 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

Captain Cook Park Service centre · 3.9 km
McHatten Park Rest area · 4.2 km
Lions Park Walcha Rest area · 5.1 km
Rest area near Walcha Rest area · 5.6 km
Apsley Falls Rest area · 13 km
Stoney Creek Rest Area Rest area · 16 km

Where this information comes from

Facilities: Transport for NSW (data as of 24 August 2026). CC BY 4.0
Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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