Most parking offences come down to one idea: don't leave your vehicle where it blocks people's way or their view. Here are the places you're not allowed to park.
In the way, or blocking the view
Don't park where you'd be in the way of other road users, including pedestrians, or near a corner, curve, hill, traffic island or intersection where you'd block the view along the road. Parking on the right-hand side of the road isn't allowed except in a one-way street. And if you could pull onto the margin or off the road without damaging grass or gardens — and there are no parking signs — don't park on the road at all.
Specific no-park places
You must not park on a footpath, traffic island, taxi stand or marked bus stop; closer than 6 metres to an intersection, to the approach side of a pedestrian crossing, or to a bus stop marked only by a sign; in front of or closer than 1 metre to a vehicle entrance; alongside another parked vehicle (double-parking); or on no-stopping lines (broken yellow lines near the road edge). Don't park where a sign forbids it or reserves the space for buses, taxis or goods vehicles, and don't park in a cycle lane, or in a bus or transit lane during its signed hours.
Fire hydrants and courtesy
Don't park on a fire hydrant (a yellow rectangle and circle), within 50 cm of one, or between a yellow hydrant-direction arrow and the kerb — unless a licensed driver who can move the vehicle stays with it. And when you park near other vehicles, leave enough room for easy access to and from them.