Rest Area Toilets in Victoria

Of the 602 public toilets at highway rest areas on the national map, 74 are in Victoria. That makes it the fourth-largest state total, behind New South Wales (269), Queensland (134) and Western Australia (84). They sit in 64 named towns.

The largest clusters are at Dimboola (3), Balmattum (2) and Gisborne (2). Those 3 account for 7 of the 74; a further 55 towns record exactly one.

The list takes in Bentons Hill Rest Area (Southbound) on Hume Highway, Lions Park, Jock Comini Memorial Rest Area and Mallee Fowl Rest Area. Around Dimboola the listings run to Lloyd Street, Lochiel Rest Area and Pink Lake Rest Area.

Of the 74, 67 have parking on site, 70 are published as open 24 hours and 9 have drinking water. That is 1% of every public toilet recorded in Victoria (5,803 in total), and 2% of those open 24 hours.

42 of the 74 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — such as Bass Valley Road Bena and Glenrowan North Rest Area. 1 needs a key from the operator instead, which means finding whoever holds it before you arrive. 9 of the 74 have a baby-change table, and 8 of those sit at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

70 of the 74 are published as open 24 hours — among them Gisborne Rest Area Southbound and Boundary Bend Rest Area. 2 open in daylight hours only. The widest published window runs 10am to 5pm, at Coleraine Tourist Information Centre. 1 is shown as closed on Mondays. 2 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

Every listing in this set is recorded as free to use. Rest area entries come from the highway stopping places in the National Public Toilet Map. The dataset records the toilet, not the bay: it does not say whether a site is signposted for heavy vehicles, how long you may stay, or whether the stop is lit at night. These numbers come straight from the National Public Toilet Map, so confirm anything you are relying on before you set out.