Oxley Highway: Port Macquarie to Tamworth with a caravan or motorhome
The Oxley Highway runs 274 km from Port Macquarie to Tamworth. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 4 h 45 min behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Port Macquarie · Wauchope · Walcha · Tamworth
Is the Oxley Highway OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- 2 km of it is steeper than 8%. The steepest kilometre is about 9% downhill on New England Highway, at km 243.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 274 km | 274 km |
| Driving time | 4 h 45 min | 4 h 30 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | 2 km | 2 km |
| Total climb | 3,445 m | 3,445 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 81 km | 81 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 1 |
| Planned at | 3.1 m high, 14.3 m long and 6.8 t | 3.7 m high, 10 m long and 8.7 t |
Towns on the way
- Port Macquarie · km 0
- Wauchope · km 20
- Walcha · km 183
- Tamworth · km 274
Caravan parks on the way
- NRMA Port Macquarie Breakwall Holiday Park · km 0
- Flynn's Beach Caravan Park · km 0
- Marina Holiday Park · km 1
- Jordan's Holiday Park · km 2
- Port Macquarie Rental Village · km 3
- Edgewater Holiday Park · km 3
- Bendemeer Tourist Park · km 233
- Kootingal Kourt Caravan Park · km 255
- Tamworth North Holiday Park · km 267
- Tamworth Holiday Park · km 269
- Austin Caravan Park · km 270
- Paradise Bridge Tourist Park · km 272
- and 1 more in the app
Free camps on the way
- Ellenborough Reserve · km 54 · caravans OK
- Stockyard Creek Rest Area · km 101
- Woolbrook Rest Area · km 208 · caravans OK
- Moonbi Park & Lookout · km 246 · caravans OK
National park and other campgrounds
- Rocks Ferry Reserve · km 19
- Timbertown Camp Ground · km 23
- Long Flat Travellers Rest Hotel · km 49
- Tia River Rest Area · km 148
- Tia Falls campground · km 149
- Apsley Gorge Campground · km 165 · fees apply
- Walcha East Rest Area · km 179
- Woolbrook Hall · km 208 · fees apply
- Bendemeer Camping Area · km 234 · fees apply
- Paceway Tamworth · km 274 · fees apply
- and 1 more in the app
Rest areas
- 10.1km from Port Macquarie · km 10 · toilets · water
- Ellenborough Reserve · km 54
- 82.4km West of Wauchope · km 103
- 141.5km West of Wauchope · km 162
- 163.0km West of Wauchope · km 183
- 1.1km West of Walcha · km 185 · water
- Wildcroft Rest Area Northbound · km 241
- 26.7km North of Tamworth · km 246
- 21.860km North of Tamworth · km 252 · toilets
- 2.0km North of Tamworth · km 271 · water
- and 13 more in the app
Dump points
- at Flynn's Beach Caravan Park · km 0
- at Walcha Caravan Park · km 183
- at 2.0km North of Tamworth rest area · km 271
Fuel stops
- Ampol Foodary Port Macquarie · km 0
- Shell · km 1
- Ampol Port Macquarie · km 4
- Ampol 24Hr Card · km 20
- BP Wauchope · km 22
- Long Flat Shop · km 49
- NRMA Mountain Motors · km 183
- Transwest Fuels · km 257
- Transwest · km 273
- Ampol Diesel Stop · km 274
- and 18 more in the app
Plan this trip for your own rig
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