Rest Areas Oceania

Rest area

Emerald Botanic Gardens

A4 Capricorn Highway km 308

Emerald Botanic Gardens is a rest area on the Capricorn Highway (A4), Queensland, Australia. It has toilets, drinking water, truck parking, picnic tables, barbecues, a shelter and a playground. 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
  • 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 Capricorn Highway

Towards Rockhampton

Next stop
East of Emerald Rest Area 12 km
Next toilets
Leichhardt Dig Tree Rest Area 40 km
Next drinking water on record
Leichhardt Dig Tree Rest Area 40 km
Next truck parking
East of Emerald Rest Area 12 km

Towards Barcaldine

Next stop
Anakie Rest Area 44 km
Next toilets
Bogantungan Gazettal 96 km
Next drinking water on record
Settlers park 168 km
Next truck parking
Anakie Rest Area 44 km

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