Driver Reviver

Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) volunteers together with Lions Club, Rotary and RSL operate more than 45 Driver Reviver sites around Victoria on holiday weekends and peak traffic days offering motorists a safe place to stop and refresh. 

VICSES volunteers offer free coffee, tea and snacks at roadside locations to encourage drivers to stop, rest and refresh, in an effort to ensure they can arrive safely at their destination. 

The national program aims to provide opportunities for local communities to contribute to addressing fatigue-related road trauma.

VICSES provides the largest road rescue network in Australia, with 104 accredited Road Crash Rescue (RCR) provider units (Principal Providers) across Victoria, and 22 Rescue Support units (Rescue Support Providers). That is one of the highest service delivery ratios for RCR globally – equating to 73% of our service base across our statewide footprint. 

We would much rather serve you a cup of tea, than cut you out of a car in an accident.

A list of all national Driver Reviver sites can be found on the Driver Reviver website.

Driver Reviver Sponsors

Prepare for your road trip:

Driver Reviver sites operate at various sites and times throughout peak holiday periods. Look for the road signs on approach which show when a site is open. 

The following sites will be activated over the 2022-23 summer holiday season. Click each location to view further site information, including the address, amenities, and opening hours. 

• Balmattum Southbound
• Balmattum Nouthbound
• Cann River
• Colac
• Dimboola
• Dunkeld
• Green Lake
• Kerang
• Lismore
• Morewell
• Murchison Arcadia Rest Area
• Murchison Truck Stop
• Newmerella
• Rushworth
• Stawell
• Tambo Valley
• Wedderburn
• Wunghnu

Visit the Driver Reviver website for a list National sites and further information.

The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) have recently been running their Pause Stop campaign, which operates alongside our Driver Reviver activity; a network of rest stop activations around Victoria aimed at encouraging travellers to take regular breaks from the road, to drive awareness of key road safety issues including drowsy driving, and ultimately to prevent road fatalities and serious injuries from occurring.

The Pause Stop campaign aims to complement the long-standing Driver Reviver program, providing additional avenues and resources for drivers to pause from the road along their journey. 

For more information about the Pause Stop initiative, please visit tac.vic.gov.au/pausestop.

Snapshot - Marong Pause Stop activity

Over the Australia Day and Labour Day long weekends in early 2021, Marong VICSES volunteers operated their Driver Reviver site in addition to the Pause Stop activations at the Marong site, engaging with visitors and working alongside the TAC staff to highlight key road safety and accident prevention messaging.

The local Lions Club also set up a fundraising sausage sizzle, and local vendors were invited to sell their produce at market stalls. These events were a true collaboration between multiple stakeholders and the community. 

About TAC

The TAC is a Victorian Government-owned organisation whose role is to promote road safety, support those who have been injured on our roads and help them get their lives back on track.

The Victorian Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 commits to the ambitious target of eliminating death from our roads by 2050, with the first step of halving road deaths by 2030.