• Picnic tables
  • Shelter
  • Truck parking

Rest area

Benarkin Day Use Area

A17 D'Aguilar Highway km 60

Benarkin Day Use Area is a rest area on the D'Aguilar Highway (A17), Queensland, Australia. It has truck parking, picnic tables and a shelter. There are no toilets, drinking water or a dump point.

At a glance

Overnight stay
20 hours
Toilets
No
Drinking water
No
Truck parking
Yes
Dump point
No

Facilities

  • Truck parking
  • Picnic tables
  • Shelter
  • Lighting

Not available here

  • No toilets
  • No drinking water
  • No dump point

Can I stay overnight here?

Queensland: You may stay up to 20 hours in any 24-hour period at a rest area, unless signs say otherwise.

Signs at a rest area always override the general rule. Full rules and sources →

Along the D'Aguilar Highway

Towards Caboolture

Next stop
Stanley Gates Pk 18 km
Next toilets
Stanley Gates Pk 18 km
Next drinking water on record
Aston park 50 km
Next truck parking
Stanley Gates Pk 18 km

Towards Kingaroy

Next stop
First settlers memorial park 0.4 km
Next toilets
First settlers memorial park 0.4 km
Next drinking water on record
First settlers memorial park 0.4 km
Next truck parking
First settlers memorial park 0.4 km

Counts only stops a driver going that way can pull into, and only facilities recorded in our data; there may be others. D'Aguilar Highway rest areas →

Nearby stops

Where this information comes from

  • Facilities: Department of Transport and Main Roads (Qld) (data as of 5 August 2021). CC BY 3.0 AU
  • Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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