Tunnel Hill Rest Area

Tunnel Hill Rest Area is a picnic site in City of Lithgow, New South Wales. Tunnel Hill Rest Area is situated nearby to the historic building Gatekeeper’s Cottage.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St John the Evangelist Church, Wallerawang and Wallerawang Power Station.

St John the Evangelist Church, Wallerawang

Church

Photo: Bluedawe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St John the Evangelist Church is a heritage-listed Presbyterian church located at Main Street, Wallerawang, City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. St John the Evangelist Church, Wallerawang is situated 3½ km northwest of Tunnel Hill Rest Area.

Wallerawang Power Station

Photo: Amitch, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Wallerawang Power Station was a thermal coal power station, located near Wallerawang, in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The power station was equipped with two turbo-alternators of 500 megawatts each, supplied by CA Parsons & Company of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Wallerawang Power Station is situated 3 km northwest of Tunnel Hill Rest Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lithgow and Rydal.

Lithgow

Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lithgow is a town that developed around the coal mining industry, just west of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. With the exception of the nearby Zig-Zag steam heritage railway, it has not long been recognised as a visitor destination.