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many a time i have stopped for a bit of a sleep and quite a few time the cops have stopped to see if i am ok or what the story is. one time the cops said " not the best place to stop, so he jumped in and drive me 30 mints up the road with his mate following. good guys, but that was Adelaide to the springs
doesnt happen around here often enough i think..... get dozens of grey nomands parking up under the bridge (CCCCC'ers will know the bridge on the main road out of Emerald heading to rockhampton) every bloody night cos theyre too cheap to go tot he local caravan park
occasionally the local ratbag brigade go down there armed with a carton or two of eggs.....
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Originally Posted by Sprint
hence my earlier comment re using one's noggin
From memory there is a sign stating that you can can stay for 22 hours. We found it in the camping uide that everyone seems to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sprint
Yes there were a few locals who hurled abuse as they drove past but I am not sure what their problem is.
And we didn't stay there cause we are cheap, we arrived past 9pm and the caravan park we passed was closed. And what is wrong being with being cheap anyway????
BTW I don't recommend it if you want a good nights sleep, there are plenty of trucks and trains through the night
I got moved on years back up in cairns.
It was just the local rangers though, "all they said was you can't camp here"
We moved a few hundered meters to another street.
While pulling off to the side of the road in a Range Rover probably doesn’t have quite the same ambience as it would in a Kombi, as posted, I’ve done it hundreds of times and in some not so inviting locations and in over 30 years of doing it in all sorts of vehicles, I’ve never had a problem.
I usually avoid many of the rest areas for this reason and not just that there is plenty of road noise from trucks and other vehicles arriving and leaving but also because I prefer to drive at night, and like Paul, by the time I want some sleep, it’s late and I don’t want to wake others in these rest areas while I settle in.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoStew
I usually look for a quite dark side street in some small town and sleep there.
Back in 1975, I was stopped in a park in Ballina and was accosted the next morning by a council ranger, who proceeded to admonish me for "camping" there, and took my details. Nothing ever became of it though.
I would prefer to stay well off the road, than frequent rest areas or sides of roads. And being "cheap", we rarely use caravan parks on our jaunts.;)
I believe the CMCA chaps have some paper work to present in such a situation.
The drill is to say 'Yes certainly, but I will need to establish some facts first', and then ask nicely for the officer to fill out the paper work.
ie name, rank and number of the officer, regulation number of the ordinance or code. Apparently most will back down and just request that you be out by morning.
Other tricks I have heard of are to have photocopies of various authoritative dictionaries with the definitions of 'camping' and argue the point. I wouldn't care to go that way.
We try and avoid being in places where we are likely to be 'moved on' i.e. use residential streets if in built up areas on the mainland.
Cemeteries are usually a quiet place, and haven't ever been bothered when sleeping overnight in one yet. Not the sort of place you get hoons either.
Beach fronts and lookouts are places that will attract trouble and patrols, as will parks, river side areas, or any where that may appeal to local youths.
Stealth camping near towns means thinking out side the square.
cheers
i was parked in at the beach one day sleeping on the back seat in a soft top vitara(im only a little bloke) next thing i seen flashing lights hoped up and had a chat to the boy in blue and they asked me to move on and told me the lights were coz they thought there might have been a bit of kanoodaling goin on and didnt want to go up to the car without warning
I haven't "parked" in years;)
I got a call from a mate telling me he had just been moved on one day, he was moved on by the police. Problem was both persons in the vehicle that were "having a mandatory rest" were apparently covered in chocolate body paint at that present time. They were escorted out of the area.