Some parking restrictions are different on public holidays.
For parking signs that state days of the week (including loading zones and no stopping signs), parking and time restrictions on the signs do not apply and you do not need to pay the parking fee if the parking spot is metered.
For parking signs that do not state days of the week (including loading zones and no stopping signs), you must observe parking and time restrictions and pay the parking fee if the parking spot is metered.
Days specified as public holidays are:
- New Year’s Day
- Australia Day
- Labour Day
- Good Friday
- Easter Saturday
- Easter Monday
- Anzac Day
- Queens Birthday
- Melbourne Cup Day (Melbourne metropolitan area only)
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day.
The official date of certain holidays may be changed occasionally by Ministerial Decree. In those cases, the parking rule exemptions apply only on the changed date.