Today Was Lottery Day for Sydney Olympic Park Rangers

Ash-Say on 25/04/2024 - 21:36
Last edited 26/04/2024 - 09:30 by 1 other user

Went to Bicentennial Park today and it appeared who Sydney was there (must be close to 5000 people). Standard P3 parking must have been filled very early in the morning.

Pretty much everyone started to park on the grass (either No parking or No stopping zone).

Rangers arrived probably 12:30pm and literally every car in these spots got fined. Must be at least 200 to 300 cars that I passed.

Ironically the ranger parked in No stopping area as well.

Is it fair to these people to get fined when there are just limited parking spots and 30 times more people arrived in the park?

No parking spot

No stop parking

Ranger Car Parking

Automotive Parking

Comments

  • askbargain on 25/04/2024 - 21:37
    +54

    ever heard of public transport?

      • askbargain on 25/04/2024 - 21:46
        +6

        crazy idea to drop them off first

        • Sal in SA on 25/04/2024 - 22:03
          +1

          WHat and then go on PT ? pretty insane.

          • askbargain on 25/04/2024 - 22:21
            -1

            @Sal in SA: nvm no PT nearby. there's a DFO nearby though

            • JCSyd2000 on 26/04/2024 - 09:41

              @askbargain: Train to Rhodes then short walk to BP, train to Olympic Park then short walk to BP.

              • kiitos on 26/04/2024 - 09:53

                @JCSyd2000: Looks like Concord West station is nearby too, or is it harder to walk to the park from that station?

                • May4th on 26/04/2024 - 10:11
                  +1

                  @kiitos: depends on which part of the park you need to get to. concord west gives you the closest and most direct entry to bicentennial park from station side. north strathfield is another lesser known route but a bit longer of a walk over the bridge

      • tonka on 26/04/2024 - 02:24

        Why did they need all that crap to support the ANZACs

    • paloverde88 on 28/04/2024 - 09:16
      -1

      not if you live in Woop Woop, many people migrants especially have no idea what is living regional areas coming to city for events. IN other countries where migrants come from every corner of most forsaken city is serviced by public transport to every corner of the country. Not everyone in the world revolves around metropolitan Singapore, understand this concept. Unless you have forgotten .

  • randomusername2017 on 25/04/2024 - 21:42
    +1

    Lest we forget

  • MS Paint on 25/04/2024 - 21:47
    +12

    (must be close to 5000 people)

    Couldn't think of anything worse. FFS

    • tessel on 26/04/2024 - 13:21

      5000 naked people?

      • MS Paint on 26/04/2024 - 13:27
        +2

        Is there room for 1 more then?

  • DOGGYWOWWOW on 25/04/2024 - 21:48
    +6

    Those park ranger cars drive everywhere in Sydney olympic park, footpaths included. Doubt stopping on what looks like a driveway into the one of their parks will be against their policy.

  • ihfree on 25/04/2024 - 21:59
    +9

    Were you also in a no parking/stopping area? Did you win a prize today?

  • dtxau on 25/04/2024 - 22:14
    +30

    Is it fair to these people to get fined when there are just limited parking spots and 30 times more people arrived in the park?

    Yes

  • donga100 on 25/04/2024 - 22:27
    +20

    They will need the money to repair all the grass those cars destroyed.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 25/04/2024 - 22:35
      +39

      Not if that one dude quotes $50 to do the whole lawn as part of his side gig

      • MS Paint on 25/04/2024 - 22:45
        +11

        It's about the love of mowing, not the money.

        • WT on 27/04/2024 - 22:34

          come mow mine for free if you like

  • Ryanek on 25/04/2024 - 22:44
    +34

    I seriously don't understand the purpose of this post. Are we supposed to feel sympathy for law breakers?

      • Ryanek on 26/04/2024 - 08:17
        +11

        How is this stupid? These cars are parking on nature strips.

        • Gunnar on 26/04/2024 - 09:09
          +9

          I think the above poster won a prize recently

  • Mechz on 25/04/2024 - 23:28
    +6

    Just split the fine between your family of 10 crammed into the Kluger. Works out cheap.

    • pegaxs on 25/04/2024 - 23:40
      +13

      Now that’s a a good idea…. Post it as a deal?

  • tonka on 26/04/2024 - 02:21
    +13

    Do you have an alternative solution you are proposing. Obviously we can't just say have at it , park where and when ever you want. We know those verges would very quickly become unsafe for pedestrians with tire ruts etc. And the place would quickly become an eyesore.

      • apsilon on 26/04/2024 - 05:54
        +32

        Great idea. Pave over the park and turn it in to a car park. Then there won't be a reason for people to go there so the carpark won't be needed. Hey, wait a minute…..

        • DingoBilly on 26/04/2024 - 09:46
          +7

          I love this post so much.

          It's basically what people complain about but don't realize that car parks are themselves such an eyesore and take up way too much room yet are empty most of the time.

          If anything we'd be better off with less parking to try and force people to use their cars less.

          • tonka on 26/04/2024 - 11:12
            +5

            @DingoBilly: Lately I'm seeing many complaints against the rules that create the attractive place people want to visit.

      • ThithLord on 26/04/2024 - 08:39
        +22

        Yes, let's pave paradise, to put up a parking lot.

        • Euphemistic on 26/04/2024 - 12:08
          -1

          Not sure aolut it being paradise!

        • binagran on 26/04/2024 - 12:46
          +3

          Put all the trees in a tree museum while we're at it.

          • nedski on 26/04/2024 - 17:39
            +3

            @binagran: How much do you think they should charge to see them?

            • Smol Cat on 27/04/2024 - 11:28
              +2

              @nedski: About $1.50 (not adjusted for inflation)

        • fourofjacks on 26/04/2024 - 13:15
          +3

          They don't know what they've got 'til it's gone.

        • Soundwave on 26/04/2024 - 13:16
          +2

          Ooh, bop-bop-bop.

        • Chandler on 26/04/2024 - 16:32
          +1

          Someone should write a song about it…

        • try2bhelpful on 26/04/2024 - 22:58
          +1

          They could use the big yellow taxi to drop patrons off. Or are they only used for pick ups?

      • smartazz104 on 26/04/2024 - 08:40
        +2

        People could consider alternate forms of transport…

      • Caped Baldy on 26/04/2024 - 16:06

        Pam, is that you?

    • snapper17 on 28/04/2024 - 01:13

      they shouldnt park illegally. The city council should of arranged special bus services from the nearest train stations in all directions to take people in.

  • Hardlyworkin on 26/04/2024 - 05:38
    +5

    The monster trucks present should get 2 tickets.

  • Ryk on 26/04/2024 - 06:13

    Olympic Park rangers are fairly ruthless, not much leeway given, eg. drop-off/pick-up kids from sports activities, where do you do that? there are very few/no drop-off zones outside the venues. Lots of closed bus lanes and bus parking, but dont wait there.

    re, PT/ I've always thought a second station on the train loop would add value, while not adding capacity on the line, it would be more flexible, making it a more serviceable route/alternate to driving. A station on the above ground section along Sarah Durak Ave between Australia Ave and Edwin Flack either side of Olympic Blvd down past the Aquatic Centre could work, without costing too many billions.

    • May4th on 26/04/2024 - 09:10

      the metro will go through OP we'll see how that goes

    • isthatallyougot on 26/04/2024 - 09:20
      +4

      Why should those Park Rangers not make every effort to hit their quota. If your job required you to hit a target , I am pretty sure you would be doing the same.

      I understand the general perception of Parking Rangers but I can hardly call them ruthless for doing diligently carrying out a job they are being paid to do.

      There are plenty of politicians who get paid a lot and yet sit around and do nothing.

  • Ryanek on 26/04/2024 - 08:19
    +9

    Ironically the ranger parked in No stopping area as well.

    He is obviously parked to issue fines. This is akin to a cop speeding to catch someone going over the speed limit.

    • magic8ballgag on 27/04/2024 - 15:00

      This is akin to a cop speeding to catch someone going over the speed limit.

      Which some people also struggle to comprehend or accept.

  • JIMB0 on 26/04/2024 - 08:28
    +2

    Should have ridden your push bike.

  • May4th on 26/04/2024 - 09:09

    how much was the fine? post it as a deal if anything less than $80 per day as seems the norm in the CBD on weekdays

  • Gunnar on 26/04/2024 - 09:12

    The people in the second pic look like they parked near silverwater jail; they should be grateful that all they got was a ticket and not have their car stolen

    • May4th on 26/04/2024 - 09:51
      +2

      wouldn't you be less likely to get your car stolen near a jail?

      • SuperGreen on 26/04/2024 - 12:48
        +1

        Not when you think of the kind of people that would be visiting the jail.
        Friend had her car broken into at a jail. She’s a prison guard…

      • nobro25 on 27/04/2024 - 10:59

        The car parked there is a great get away car for Shawshank.

  • Trekky on 26/04/2024 - 09:31
    +5

    There is MORE than one car park at Olympic Park! Also, if you follow Sydney Olympic Park on their socials, they give updates on parking and when they sell out.

    • May4th on 26/04/2024 - 09:52
      +2

      I usually park at lidcombe / along western line and take a short train down for concerts and what not

  • tonka on 26/04/2024 - 11:15
    +2

    Parks aren't meant to be car parks or surrounded by car parks, they're meant to be green spaces for use by locals within walking distance. Now centennial park may have a few other purposes so it has some parking. But that's not what OP described with people needing cars to transport for sporting equip etc. Those people should be at their local parks. If there's not enough, then move somewhere better suited to needs.

  • Euphemistic on 26/04/2024 - 12:09

    Did you park legally? If so, just laugh at those getting caught.

    • Herbse on 26/04/2024 - 14:34
      +6

      When has anyone who's done the correct thing, and not being caught out ever complained on behalf of the people who did get caught?

  • Herbse on 26/04/2024 - 14:33
    +2

    Agreed. It's totally unfair.

    There should be the exact number of parking spots for the number of people coming, to the person. Otherwise it's basically entrapment.

    I might have to go to an event in my car while my wife 4 driving children drive in individually as well, in case we have things to do later.

    I haven't looked but I'm sure the MCG has 100,024 parking spots so something like this would never happen.

    /s

  • koplik8 on 26/04/2024 - 14:36

    I got done at the Adelaide Open tennis one year. No parking before 9am :/

    • snapper on 26/04/2024 - 22:39
      +2

      The early bird catches the parking fine?

      • buckster on 27/04/2024 - 13:12

        And the freshest pie floater

  • Nillionaire on 26/04/2024 - 14:55
    +1

    They gambled and now need to pay the price. Even if they couldn't or didn't want to take public transport, they could have parked elsewhere and taken an Uber to the park and it still would have been significantly less than their fine. Feel free to advocate for more parking spaces but there's nothing unfair about this.

    • jv on 26/04/2024 - 15:20
      +1

      They gambled and now need to pay the price.

      There was no casino there.

  • Mikeer on 26/04/2024 - 15:54
    -1

    Why is there no poll, and where is the "bikies" option?

    Anyway, bikies

  • Caped Baldy on 26/04/2024 - 16:04

    Open space is to be enjoyed not for parking. There's ample public transport options and paid parking. They FAFO

  • Quarter Pounder on 26/04/2024 - 17:03

    Definitely fair, i live close, and see people parking during concerts etc on the grass, which isnt allowed

  • chriise on 26/04/2024 - 17:45
    +1

    From your photos it looks like the Newington Armoury/Blaxland Park, not Bicentennial Park. The whole area is surrounded by walking tracks and cycle paths that connect to Parramatta, Bicentennial Park and beyond. They should remove half the parking and just keep the rest as disabled parking. Your photos really piss me off tbh.

    • belongsinforums on 26/04/2024 - 22:25
      +1

      Disabled? You obviously haven't met the plethora of able bodied people who park in disabled parking or in the yellow crossed area next to disabled parking at my gym

      • tonka on 27/04/2024 - 00:12

        So many people seem to genuinely think if they have a disabled permit it entitles the car to park without the disabled person present.
        Pram parking though, I don't get. Sure allocate some wide spaces but nothing about a pram hinders walking or mobility so no need to be close to door. They should be in the safest most sheltered part of the carpark .

        • kiitos on 27/04/2024 - 22:22

          If we accept that carparks have the potential to be dangerous (drivers reversing out of bays without checking, or driving through pedestrian crossings without stopping), then it could be argued that it makes sense to minimise the distance someone with a pram needs to walk through them.

          • tonka on 27/04/2024 - 23:21

            @kiitos: Yes agreed, though most car parks I see have a quieter, sheltered area near the footpath away from door. But the pram parking is right in the busiest section at front door, maybe close to footpath but many pedestrians, trolleys, and traffic. Probably worst place to be negotiating a toddler or 2 and wrestling a pram out of boot.

  • Lockieasy on 26/04/2024 - 18:29
    -1

    I help run once-off oval parking (as an SES volunteer) at my local dawn service.

    Perhaps the organiser of your dawn service could do something like that if there's space to do so.

  • Kranbone on 26/04/2024 - 21:47
    +1

    Stopping and parking exemption for police and emergency vehicles and authorised persons

    307 Stopping and parking exemption for police and emergency vehicles and authorised persons
    (1) A provision of Part 12 does not apply to the driver of a police vehicle or emergency vehicle if, in the circumstances—
    (a) the driver is taking reasonable care, and
    (b) it is reasonable that the provision should not apply.

    Note 1 :
    "Emergency vehicle" and
    "police vehicle" are defined in the Dictionary.

    Note 2 : Part 12 deals with restrictions on stopping and parking.
    (2) A provision of Part 12 does not apply to a driver who is an authorised person driving a vehicle in the course of his or her duty as an authorised person if, in the circumstances—
    (a) the driver is taking reasonable care, and
    (b) it is reasonable that the provision should not apply.

    Note :
    "Authorised person" is defined in the Dictionary.

    • ribze1 on 26/04/2024 - 22:02
      +1

      Yep, the ranger and emergency services are exempt.

  • Davo1111 on 27/04/2024 - 11:55
    +4

    I didnt realise you could park wherever you like if the carpark was full

  • HangryCakeStore on 27/04/2024 - 14:13
    -4

    When people realise public servants are organisations to leech of the poor..

    Also realising basic people being brainwashed to believing police is all good, but it’s just another organisation serving the rich to go after the little people, cause they can’t touch the super rich, their revenue comes from the poor if u think.

    • try2bhelpful on 27/04/2024 - 22:31

      Get off the rightwing conspiracy sites.

      • HangryCakeStore on 28/04/2024 - 16:56
        -1

        If I was wrong why don’t they lock up all the tax avoiding ceos, bank scamming loaners? They can’t be touched, so your abit of a conspiracy loser too.

  • monky on 27/04/2024 - 15:12
    +5

    I think anyone delusional enough to take a car anywhere near Olympic park probably had the fine coming to em.

    Just consider yourself lucky you parked legally.

    Wait… you did park legally, right OP?

    … OP?

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