--- title: Road stopping places on state roads, Western Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/ publisher: Main Roads Western Australia licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2024-09-20 rows: 1664 fields: 38 source: https://portal-mainroads.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/79232357944c4bd6a593d19e0fbdcc77/csv?layers=19 source_sha256: 7527313864cc06b18aec656fe5c9b14f062d20bd3df416f0e9b85904949f6e76 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Road stopping places on state roads, Western Australia The road stopping places and rest areas on Western Australia's state roads, with each site's type, 24 hour stay rule, location and facilities, from Main Roads Western Australia. Published by Main Roads Western Australia under CC BY 4.0. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. Main Roads Western Australia has not endorsed this site. Also called: Road Stopping Places, Western Australia rest areas, Main Roads WA rest areas, 24 hour rest areas WA. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/v/2024-09-20/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.csv (562 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.xlsx (341 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.json (1.5 MB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.geojson (1.7 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.parquet (139 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.sqlite (569 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.duckdb - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.gpkg (709 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.geo.parquet (145 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.ndjson (1.5 MB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.csv.gz (131 KB) Pinned version 2024-09-20: `https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/v/2024-09-20/data.`. Dated versions keep their content. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-road-stopping-places/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-road-stopping-places/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-road-stopping-places/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-road-stopping-places/aggregate?group=rest_area_type&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive, except that `like` and `ilike` ignore case in the ASCII letters A to Z. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. When absent, rows come in the order of the file they are read from. For the newest versions that is the version's own data.parquet, which keeps the publisher's order unless the dataset sorted it. Any other version is read from the Parquet file the answer names in `file`, and when that file is sorted the answer names its sort in `order`, which ties follow too. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer from that version alone. Every version with a table can be queried, and `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists them. A query on a version the database does not hold is read from its Parquet file, and one that would read too much of it is refused with DuckDB SQL that answers it from the file. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `x` | number | X | | | `y` | number | Y | | | `objectid` | integer | OBJECTID | | | `globalid` | string | GlobalID | | | `road` | string | ROAD | | | `road_name` | string | ROAD_NAME | | | `common_usage_name` | string | COMMON_USAGE_NAME | | | `start_slk` | number | START_SLK | | | `end_slk` | number | END_SLK | | | `cwy` | string | CWY | | | `start_true_dist` | number | START_TRUE_DIST | | | `end_true_dist` | number | END_TRUE_DIST | | | `network_type` | string | NETWORK_TYPE | | | `ra_no` | string | RA_NO | | | `ra_name` | string | RA_NAME | | | `lg_no` | string | LG_NO | | | `lg_name` | string | LG_NAME | | | `xsp` | string | XSP | | | `rest_area_type` | string | REST_AREA_TYPE | | | `stay_24_hour` | string | STAY_24_HOUR | | | `rest_area_name` | string | REST_AREA_NAME | | | `ownership` | string | OWNERSHIP | | | `information_board` | boolean | INFORMATION_BOARD | | | `scenic_lookout` | boolean | SCENIC_LOOKOUT | | | `commemoration_way` | string | COMMEMORATION_WAY | | | `surface` | string | SURFACE | | | `surface_type` | string | SURFACE_TYPE | | | `surface_area` | integer | SURFACE_AREA | | | `constructed_shelter` | boolean | CONSTRUCTED_SHELTER | | | `natural_shade` | boolean | NATURAL_SHADE | | | `lighting_present` | string | LIGHTING_PRESENT | | | `number_of_bins` | integer | NUMBER_OF_BINS | | | `number_of_toilets` | integer | NUMBER_OF_TOILETS | | | `accessible_toilets` | boolean | ACCESSIBLE_TOILETS | | | `effluent_dump_site` | boolean | EFFLUENT_DUMP_SITE | | | `number_of_tables` | integer | NUMBER_OF_TABLES | | | `accessible_tables` | boolean | ACCESSIBLE_TABLES | | | `route_ne_id` | number | ROUTE_NE_ID | | Key: `globalid`. ## Versions - 2024-09-20: 1664 rows, 38 fields, sha256 7527313864cc. https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/v/2024-09-20/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Roadside stops on state roads, Tasmania](https://publicdata.au/d/tas-roadside-stops/) (Tas) - [Rest areas, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-rest-areas/) (NSW) - [State maintained rest areas, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/) (SA) - [Factors in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/) (Qld) - [Mobile speed camera visits, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-speed-camera-visits/) (ACT) - [Traffic by hour of day and day of week, Queensland, 2025](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-traffic-by-hour-and-day/) (Qld) - [Driver demographics in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/) (Qld) - [Road crashes, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/) (ACT) - [Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/) (ACT) - [Driver licences transferred interstate, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-interstate/) (ACT) - [Australian Road Deaths Database, fatalities](https://publicdata.au/d/au-road-deaths/) (Cth) - [Yearly traffic counts by station, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-traffic-volume-yearly/) (NSW) ## Attribution and citation Main Roads Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, Road Stopping Places, https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/mrwa-road-stopping-places, accessed 19 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The Commissioner of Main Roads is the creator and owner of the data and Licenced Material, which is accessed pursuant to a Creative Commons (Attribution) Licence, which has a disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Main Roads Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, Road Stopping Places, https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/mrwa-road-stopping-places, accessed 19 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The Commissioner of Main Roads is the creator and owner of the data and Licenced Material, which is accessed pursuant to a Creative Commons (Attribution) Licence, which has a disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/v/2024-09-20/ Harvard: Main Roads Western Australia (2024) Road stopping places on state roads, Western Australia, version 2024-09-20 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 19 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/v/2024-09-20/ Markdown: Data: [Road stopping places on state roads, Western Australia](https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/mrwa-road-stopping-places), Main Roads Western Australia, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 19 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/v/2024-09-20/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Road stopping places on state roads as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/v/2024-09-20/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Road stopping places on state roads in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/v/2024-09-20/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 1,664 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/v/2024-09-20/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Road stopping places on state roads updated? Main Roads WA releases it as stopping places change. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Road stopping places on state roads commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Road stopping places on state roads? No. The publisher is Main Roads Western Australia, and its page is https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/mrwa-road-stopping-places. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Road stopping places on state roads use? Longitude and latitude in decimal degrees as the portal's CSV download gives them. The layer itself is held in GDA94, which differs from WGS84 by under 2 metres. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? One stopping place on a Western Australian state road, with its road, the straight line kilometre where it sits, its local government area and Main Roads region, its type and name, whether a 24 hour stay is allowed, and the facilities recorded there, such as toilets, tables, bins, shelter, shade and lighting. ### Can I stay overnight at a stopping place? The publisher records `Yes`, `No` or `Unknown` for a 24 hour stay at each site, and the column is kept as published. Signs at each site and the managing authority set the rules. ### Which roads are covered? The layer shows stopping places and rest areas on all state roads in Western Australia, of three kinds the publisher names as parking, short break and long break. Sites on local roads are not included. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/wa-road-stopping-places.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/wa-road-stopping-places.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.