North Coast Roadside Rest Areas, Heritage-listed roadside rest areas in Queensland, Australia

The North Coast Roadside Rest Areas are three heritage-listed rest areas in Queensland: Paynter's Creek at Woombye, Jowarra at Glenview, and Petrie (Wyllie Park) at 980 Gympie Road, Petrie. They were built by the Main Roads Commission from the early 1950s on the old Bruce Highway and roads feeding it, and were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 5 February 2009.

These rest areas were built in the 1950s as car travel grew and safe stopping points along highways became necessary. Three original sites - Petrie, Jowarra, and Paynter's Creek - have been preserved and listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

The 1951 Penrods Guide to North Coast Shore and Mountain Resorts already listed rest areas at Petrie on the Pine River, Burpengary Creek and Paynter's Creek between Woombye and Nambour. Motorists heading north from Brisbane reached the Bruce Highway at Rothwell via the Hornibrook Bridge or through Petrie on Gympie Road, and the area south of Petrie township served Gympie Road traffic. In 1952 Main Roads noted the areas were "a factor much appreciated" by motorists.

The three sites sit on different roads: Petrie on Gympie Road south of Petrie township, Jowarra on Steve Irwin Way at Glenview, and Paynter's Creek on Nambour Connection Road between Woombye and Nambour. Motorists heading north from Brisbane reached the old Bruce Highway at Rothwell via the Hornibrook Bridge or through Petrie. Plan stops by which road you use, since the sites are far apart.

The 1951 Penrods Guide to North Coast Shore and Mountain Resorts already listed rest areas at Petrie on the Pine River, Burpengary Creek and Paynter's Creek between Woombye and Nambour. Petrie's site, just south of the township, served motorists reaching the Bruce Highway via Gympie Road. In 1952 Main Roads noted these areas were "a factor much appreciated" by motorists.