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Rest area near Mount Garnet

1 Kennedy Highway km 175

Rest area near Mount Garnet is a rest area on the Kennedy Highway (1) near Mount Garnet, Queensland, Australia. It has toilets, water that should be treated before drinking, truck parking, picnic tables, a shelter and a playground. There is no drinking water or a dump point.

At a glance

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

Facilities

  • Toilets
  • Water (treat before drinking)
  • Truck parking
  • Picnic tables
  • Shelter
  • Playground
  • Rubbish bins
  • Lighting

Not available here

  • 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 Kennedy Highway

Towards Forty Mile

Next toilets
Rest area near Mount Garnet 1 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Rest area near Mount Garnet 1 km

Towards Cairns

Next drinking water on record
Tall Timbers Bp Service Station 44 km
Next truck parking
Rest area near Innot Hot Springs 15 km

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