The next time you park your car in pretty much any major city in Australia or New Zealand, keep your eyes peeled for the latest parking spyware sensors that could be automatically dobbing you in to the nearest parking officer the second that you overstay your allotted time. Automated Parking Infringement Sensors The latest automatic […]

Car parks are the ultimate cash cow – milking thousands of Australians every day for their hard earned cash. Channel Nine’s A Current Affair program ran a story tonight about the horrendous prices being charged by Parking Stations throughout Australia. Airport Parking, Hospital parking, and especially CBD parking stations are charging exorbitant prices – adding […]

In an article in The Sunday Mail (Brisbane, 3rd October 2010), Amy McCosker and Anthony Templeton highlighted that: “Parking in Brisbane has become more than a headache, with some motorists slugged over $20 an hour for parking in the city” As part of a nationwide investigation it has become clear that Brisbane parking rates are […]

FREE night-time parking in Melbourne’s CBD seems destined to disappear, under a revenue-raising plan that has angered motorists and traders. The recently released Melbourne City Council budget has announced plans to extend the period of paid meter parking in the Melbourne CBD.  The council expects to raise additional revenue by extending the paid on-street parking […]

You may already be aware of the Google Advertisement entitled “Parisian Love” that was shown during the 2010 Superbowl. Parisian Love was actually created some three months before the super bowl and was never actually planned to be aired as a Super Bowl ad or even a TV commercial. The  video was part of a […]

It would probably surprise you that a 16 sq m single car parking space at Bondi in Sydney, recently sold for $240,000 – but amazingly other sales in the same price range are expected to follow. Over the last few years Councils across Australia have been attempting to minimise traffic congestion by reducing the number […]

Last Sundays Perth Newspaper – The Sunday Times ran an article by Hayley Bolton about how Perth Home and Business owners are making up to $500 a month renting out their spare space. Shed a nice little earner Empty driveways, garages and sheds around Perth are being turned into cash cows. Scores of people are […]

Once again, the controversial (and probably illegal) practice of “fining” people for alleged breaches of parking conditions is making News Headlines. Channel 9’s A Current Affair program has run a series of reports over the last few weeks about the methods Australian National Car Parks (ANCP) seem to be using to intimidate people into paying […]

In today’s Brisbane daily mX Newspaper Torny Jensen wrote the following article about the costs of parking  – and how Brisbanites, particularly in the CBD area, are searching for parking alternatives such as those offered by SpaceOut. Workers on park avenue Fed-up city workers are ditching expensive CBD carparks for cheaper backyard spots. Brisbane was […]

It’s really pretty simple – but the speed in rich you rent out your space is heavily influenced  by the quality of your listing details. Remember that the reason you wanted to list your spare space in the first place was to make yourself a handy new income, and the best new income starts asap! […]