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How to use a parking meter

To pay for parking in the central business district

We have a paperless parking payment system in the CBD, with 2 ways to pay for parking.

Our parking team use licence plate recognition to confirm your vehicle has a valid parking session in the area it’s parked.

In the pay-by-plate system, your license plate number is not associated with or cross-referenced to any other authorities’ database for vehicle registrations. Also no vehicle owner information is captured when you pay.

2 ways to pay for parking

Pay at the parking meter

Step-by-step on how to pay with either a card or coins. Or watch the video below

  1. Enter licence plate number - press OK
  2. Select payment type
    If paying by card
    it must be PayWave 
    Enter the time by arrow
    Hold card on card reader when lights display.
    If paying by coins 
    Insert coins for time required.
  3. Press OK
You won’t receive a paper ticket - so there’s no ticket to display in your car dashboard.

Scan QR code on the meter - parkeasy

Scan the QR code on the parking meter, pay for parking using the free app. You can pay, top up and check time.

Parkeasy QRcode

Demo on how to use the parking meter to pay for parking