Rest Areas Oceania

Rest area

The Boab Rest Area

1 Great Northern Highway km 819

The Boab Rest Area is a rest area on the Great Northern Highway (1), Western Australia, Australia. It has picnic tables, a shelter and shade. There are no toilets or a dump point.

At a glance

Overnight stay
24 hours (24-hour rest areas only)
Toilets
No
Drinking water
Not recorded
Truck parking
Not recorded
Dump point
No

Facilities

  • Picnic tables
  • Shelter
  • Shade

Not available here

  • No toilets
  • No dump point

Can I stay overnight here?

Western Australia: Overnight stays are only allowed at signposted 24-hour rest areas, for up to 24 consecutive hours.

  • Main Roads WA does not list this stop as a 24-hour rest area. In Western Australia, overnight stays are only allowed at signposted 24-hour rest areas.

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

Along the Great Northern Highway

Towards Perth

Next toilets
Willare 74 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Truck bay on Great Northern Highway 17 km

Towards Wyndham

Next toilets
Ellendale Rest Area 69 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Truck bay near Jimbalakudunj 50 km

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

Nearby stops

Where this information comes from

  • Location and map features: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • Facilities: Main Roads Western Australia. CC BY 4.0
  • Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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