Snowy Monaro: sleeping in your car

Vehicle camping: unknown

We have not read Snowy Monaro's local laws, and New South Wales publishes no register of them, so this page claims nothing about what this council permits or prohibits. Unknown does not mean permitted.

Signs override this page. Whatever is signed at the site is the rule that applies, no matter what is written here.

What applies here regardless

In New South Wales, failing to comply with the terms of a notice erected by a council in a public place is an offence under section 632 of the Local Government Act 1993, carrying a maximum penalty of 10 penalty units.

The terms of such a notice may cover the driving, parking or use of a vehicle in the place, and the doing of any thing in the place — which is how a council “no camping” sign in a park or reserve becomes enforceable.

That power has a limit written into the section itself: a council notice must not prohibit or regulate taking a vehicle into, or driving, parking or using a vehicle in, a public place that is a road or road related area within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Road Transport Act 2013. The Act allows one narrow exception, for parking a vehicle in order to offer it for sale in prescribed areas.

State rest areas in this council area (26)

• Bombala Rest Area Southbound — Light vehicles only · toilet

• Bombala Truck Parking Bay Northbound — Heavy vehicles only

• Bombala Truck Parking Bay Southbound — Heavy vehicles only

• Bredbo Centennial Park — Light vehicles only · toilet

• Cascades Information Bay, Jacobs River — Light vehicles only

• Colinton Rest Area Northbound — Light and heavy vehicles · toilet

• Jindabyne Surge Tank Lookout Eastbound, Wilsons Valley — Light vehicles only

• Kosciuszko Park Information Bay Southbound, Cooma — Light vehicles only

• Lake Jindabyne Stopping Bay Eastbound — Light and heavy vehicles

• Lake Jindabyne Stopping Bay Westbound — Light and heavy vehicles

• Lake Williams Rest Area, Nimmitabel — Light vehicles only · toilet

• Little Thredbo River Rest Area Westbound, Wilsons Valley — Light vehicles only · toilet

• Ngarigo Rest Area — Light vehicles only · toilet

• Nimmitabel Truck Parking Bay Southbound — Heavy vehicles only

• Numeralla River Rest Area Northbound, Chakola — Light vehicles only · toilet

• Prussian Creek Parking Bay, Smiggin Holes — Light vehicles only

• Saddle Flaps Truck Parking Bay Northbound, Rockton — Heavy vehicles only

• Saddle Flaps Truck Parking Bay Southbound, Rockton — Heavy vehicles only

• Sawpit Rest Area, Wilsons Valley — Light vehicles only · toilet

• Skitube Park Information Bay, Bullocks Flat — Light vehicles only

• Spencers Creek Eastbound, Charlotte Pass — Light vehicles only

• Spencers Creek, Perisher Valley — Light vehicles only

• The Sawyers Hill Rest House, Broken Dam — Light vehicles only · toilet

• Victorian Border Information Bay Northbound, Bondi Forest — Light and heavy vehicles

• Wilsons Valley Stopping Bay — Light vehicles only

• Wragges Creek Stopping Bay Eastbound, Wilsons Valley — Light vehicles only

Where this comes from

• “A person who, in a public place within the area of a council, fails to comply with the terms of a notice erected by the council is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.” — Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), section 632 — Acting contrary to notices erected by councils, NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Retrieved 30 Aug 2026 (read via the Internet Archive snapshot of 6 December 2025; legislation.nsw.gov.au blocks automated retrieval).
• “The terms of any such notice may relate to any one or more of the following—” “(b1) the driving, parking or use of a vehicle in the place,” “(e) the doing of any thing in the place,” — Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), section 632 — Acting contrary to notices erected by councils, NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Retrieved 30 Aug 2026 (read via the Internet Archive snapshot of 6 December 2025; legislation.nsw.gov.au blocks automated retrieval).
• “However, a notice—” “(b) must not, except as provided by subsection (2B), prohibit or regulate the taking of a vehicle into, or the driving, parking or use of any vehicle in, any public place that is a road or road related area within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Road Transport Act 2013 .” “A notice may prohibit the parking of a vehicle, for the purpose of offering the vehicle for sale, in a public place that is—” — Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), section 632 — Acting contrary to notices erected by councils, NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Retrieved 30 Aug 2026 (read via the Internet Archive snapshot of 6 December 2025; legislation.nsw.gov.au blocks automated retrieval).