Deborah sent this in with the following note:
Thought I would share this one with you – parked in Woden on 11 May.
This vehicle sounds like a Mac truck (what the) when its rolling but the, ahh, angle parking really surprised me.
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Just an FYI. I know some people have been caught out by this already.
Westfield Belconnen will move from 3 hours free parking to 2 hours free parking from Monday 7 May 2012. These changes are in line with the major regional shopping centres in the ACT.

The ACT Taxation Review is now online as is the Government response.
Recommendations agreed or agreed in Principle are:
– Recommendation 1
Adopt taxation instruments and settings that deliver stable revenue growth proportionate with economic growth.
– Recommendation 2
With regards to long term structural reform, over a period of time that is adequate for appropriate transition:
a) abolish duty on [...]

The Liberal’s Member for Motorists, Alistair Coe, is asking where the Government’s parking strategy is five years after the first draft.
Released in 2007, the still unfinished strategy promised to: ‘Strike a balance between parking supply, demand for parking and the price of parking in the ACT.
‘Adoption of the Draft Parking Strategy will ensure [...]

I was reading the Times last Wednesday when I noticed this article - Car parking push at Calvary. The gist of the article is Glenn McCrea (who’s running in the local elections) has passed a petition around Belconnen that got 1200 signatures to get more parking at Calvary. It was a shock to see this in [...]

Whilst Mr Coe has raised the issue of parking increases and the impact on  families, I thought it’d be a good time to ask other rioters about the best parking in the city?
Especially city west where it appears there is some competition in the private market.
So what’s the cheapest parking in town?

The Liberals are on a cost of living tear.
First up is Shadow Minister for Cars Alistair Coe bemoaning the rising cost of parking which is largely policy to encourage public transport use, but Alistair’s not a fan.
Zed is also arcing up about electricity prices. It turns out for families of five the electricity price rises [...]

Here’s another one for your series of parking photos.
It was taken at Canberra Hospital around 3:30 this afternoon.
Sorry for the quality, it was a rush job on my phone.
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My family attended the Festival of the Forests on Sunday and the traffic was terrible, walking in from the car it was apparent that about 50% of parking spaces closer to the venue had not been used.
I wonder how much of the gold coin donation money went to pay for contracted parking attendants who caused [...]

Thought you might like this picture for the parking hall of fame, taken yesterday afternoon (30/3/2012) at Canberra Hospital.
I found it interesting that parking inspectors were ticketing cars parked in permit zones but this offence was ticket free!!
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The NCA are moving in on the acres of free parking around Barton enjoyed by our nation’s public servants.
The National Capital Authority (NCA) will commence upgrade works to the State Circle, Brisbane Avenue and Windsor Walk car parks in Barton on 2 April 2012.
The modifications will formalise the Windsor Walk car park and inhibit the [...]

I have a meeting at University House for about an hour at 1pm next Thursday.  I won’t have much time to look for a car park and parking’s always been difficult on the few occasions I’ve been to ANU before.  I know there is parking at University House, but what are the chances there’ll be a space available [...]

An image I took last week of some scofflaw tradesman in Civic, flagrantly parking illegally.
What’s really maddening is the motorcycle which was booked this morning, parked on the paving in the background of this image.
They would have been OK on the grass I presume.

Hello Rioters,
I just want to raise awareness that for the last few months there has been dedicated Motorcycle parking at Charnwood shops.
Problem is that most times that I have gone to use the Motorcycle parking I have been unable to park my Motorcycle in the designated spot due to the inability of car owners to read the 2 [...]

GerryBuilt has sent in this gem saying:
…another from the ‘Gungahlin parking mess’ files… This one; outside The kids indoor playground near Gungahlin country club… This is just getting too easy :-/
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The National Capital Authority has released the public record of their December meeting.
Of particular interest is movement on the subject of parking on median strips:
PARKING ON VERGES AND IN MEDIAN STRIPS
The main avenues, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Commonwealth and Kings Avenues and State Circle are of significant landscape/structural importance in the National Capital [...]

We love our white Commodores, and we love Gungahlin parking. Now Image Splat has brought the two together and our worlds may never be the same again!
Hi – was on my way through Gungahlin when I spotted this bit of white commodore gold. Parking on the verge was out of the question (small block sizes), [...]

Tr0jan has sent this one in making sure Rivett is not neglected in the poor parking stakes.
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Just so Gungahlin doesn’t feel like we’re picking on it Martin B has sent in this cracker from Mawson observing wryly:
pity such neat parking isn’t in a real parking place
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beh1972 has returned us to the horror of Gungahlin’s parking.
This one taken around 4pm under the Aldi.
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BatmanFan67 kicked things off with this magnificent piece of work from Gungahlin with this note:
Seems money does buy happiness, or at least it buys two car parks

Having had everything I’ve ever thought about Audi drivers confirmed.
Then apropos of nothing Overlord chimed in with another effort from the Gungahlin Coles car park.
If there are no [...]

Jake noticed this fine effort on the roof of the Canberra Centre just before Christmas.
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Bubzie has sent in this trophy of a trip to Gungahlin.
Lines? Who needs lines?
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Commuters who currently park and ride using the abundance of free parking on Bimbimbie Street (off College Street) might be interested to know that UC are in the process of locking down their carparks for the exclusive use of students and staff.
Boom gates are currently being installed, and once operational will require a student/staff pass for access.
As a [...]

I park my car in an ACT government carpark off Chandler Street in Belconnen. It’s $4.50 a day, and the cheapest parking near my work.
Friday afternoon I come to my car to find it has written on the tire in chalk “TOW”. I didn’t have a parking ticket, so I can assume if there was [...]

On Friday I attended the Chairman’s XI vs India at Manuka Oval. As usual parking is a nightmare no parking anywhere around the ground even diving into side streets only to be met with 2 hour parking or no parking signs, Parking Officers were also in force to give people tickets on the spot.  I [...]

Dubious regulation to generate profits for big business – how can this be justified?

Damien has sent in this amusing shot from the Canberra Centre car park.
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I walked past this parking catastrophe in Belco recently.
Note that the driver has managed to take up two parking spaces, while the front of the vehicle protrudes into the walkway, with the left hand front quarter parked in the garden bed of the tree.
It really doesn’t get much better than this.
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Martin has sent in this one with the following note:
apologies for resolution – taken with phone about 10 to 4 this afternoon down at Southlands Mawson
saw Mum and daughter scamper away without a care
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Some time ago, I drove into the Homeworld carpark to discover freshly painted arrows on the road. “Oh, they’ve made it one way. That’ll be easier” I thought. It was always a bit of a tight fit.
Now, maybe a year(?) later it seems I’m the ONLY one who can actually see these arrows. Every. Single. [...]

We all know how parking at the Canberra Hospital Environ has been a challenge of late, in particular around the Pathology and Maternity end of the precinct, and with the added pressures from construction worker vehicles taking up valuable short term car parks, the last patients need are selfish people taking up spaces as pictured.
This [...]