Rest Areas Oceania

Rest area

Buchanans Park

M1 Bruce Highway km 1,645

Buchanans Park is a rest area on the Bruce Highway (M1), Queensland, Australia. It has toilets, drinking water, truck parking, picnic tables, barbecues, a shelter, a playground and accessible toilets. There is no a dump point.

At a glance

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

Facilities

  • Toilets
  • Drinking water
  • Truck parking
  • Picnic tables
  • Barbecue
  • Shelter
  • Playground
  • Accessible toilet
  • Rubbish bins
  • Lighting

Not available here

  • 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 Bruce Highway

Towards Brisbane

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

Towards Cairns

Next stop
BP Travel Centre North bound 2.8 km
Next toilets
BP Travel Centre North bound 2.8 km
Next drinking water on record
BP Travel Centre North bound 2.8 km
Next truck parking
BP Travel Centre North bound 2.8 km

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