Balmattum Roadside Rest Area - Balmattum, Victoria, Australia
S 36° 41.765 E 145° 39.548
55H E 380218 N 5938003
A very large roadside rest area beside the Hume Highway just north of the former firewood cutting community of Balmattum.
Waymark Code: WMEAMC
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/28/2012
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Balmattum Roadside Rest Area is the largest rest area I've ever seen, with three separate distinct parking areas. To assist in my description I've included two screengrabs from
Nearmap, one showing all three parking areas, and the other showing a closer view of the car parking and amenities area.
Approaching from the north and veering to the extreme left there is an angle parking area 60 metres long by 11 metres wide beside the amenities buildings. Keeping to the right instead there is a large open area for vehicles with caravans and trailers 125 metres long by 40 metres wide. Continuing on through that area and turning left there is a truck parking area about 100 metres by 75 metres.
There is a large space between the car area and the truck area which would be suitable for tent camping. The owners of the car at the left of the 'Truck Parking' photo were putting up a tent as I left.
There is a toilet block, a couple of picnic tables, and rubbish bins.
During public holiday periods a 'Driver Reviver Station' is set up in the caravan and trailer parking area. This was another site where the State Emergency Service set up a 'Driver Reviver Station' over Easter 2012. This was just one of several hundred 'Driver Reviver Stations' operating in Victoria over Easter, manned by the members of every Community Service Organization in the state. The other states operate similiar programs, helping to keep the holiday travellers safe.