Central city parking fee area
Always check the signs when you park to understand what conditions apply.
Different conditions may apply to a parking space on different days of the week or times of the day.
As a driver you need to:
- Read the signs from top to bottom and from left to right.
- Make sure you find the relevant day and time for the entire period you wish to park. There are also different restrictions on public holidays. See
Parking rules.
Central city night-time parking
If you drive to the central city after 6.30pm and want to park on the street for the rest of the night, check the signs carefully.
As we work to make parking signs simpler across the central city, you may find two different types of sign.
Existing sign
The above sign shows three different conditions that apply to one parking area:
- From 7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Saturday, you can park with a one hour time limit and you must pay a fee to park.
- After 6.30pm, Monday to Saturday, you must pay a fee to park until 8.30pm. After 8.30pm you can park for the rest of the night.
- A one hour time limit applies from 7.30am to 6.30pm on Sundays.
We’re progressively replacing these signs.
New sign
The above sign simplifies the parking conditions:
- You can park with a two hour time limit between 7am and 10pm on any day of the week and you must pay a fee to park. After 10pm you can park for the rest of the night.
This is one of the changes being made as we install clearer signs with new parking conditions throughout the CBD. Works to install the new signs are expected to be complete by early 2024. Learn more about what we’re doing to improve city parking.