Blue Mountains truck stop to reopen after $45,000 clean-up

Bilpin heavy vehicle rest area reopens - Trailer Magazine

Image: Scott Donkin/stock.adobe.com.A rest area on the Bells Line of Road in New South Wales will be reopened to provide an extra option for heavy vehicle drivers to stop and manage fatigue. According to Transport for NSW, the eastbound parking bay – located about seven kilometres east of Bilpin – had been closed due to concerns over illegal dumping and antisocial behaviour. However, the ongoing closure of the Great Western Highway at Victoria P…

Blue Mountains truck stop to reopen after $45,000 clean-up

Local resident Martin Tebbutt says the vital parking bay should never have been closed. Images: Martin Tebbutt A popular truckies' rest area on an alternative crossing of the Blue Mountains is to reopen next month after pressure from the industry to have it reinstated. As reported by Big Rigs in March, the Bells Line of Road site in NSW had been quietly shut since September 2025 after more than 50 years of steady use by drivers. The Hawkesbury C…

Bilpin truck bay set to reopen

Bells Line of Road. Image: TfNSWA heavy vehicle rest area on the Bells Line of Road will be reopened to provide an extra option for truck drivers to stop and manage fatigue. Due to concerns over illegal dumping and antisocial behaviour, the eastbound parking bay, about seven kilometres east of Bilpin, had been closed. However, the ongoing closure of the Great Western Highway at Victoria Pass and associated increase in heavy vehicle traffic on th…