Unincorporated - Far West Area: sleeping in your car

Unincorporated area

Transport for NSW records this area as unincorporated rather than naming a council. This site has not established which body, if any, makes local rules here, so it claims nothing about them. Nothing on this page means anything is 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 area (16)

• Broken Hill South Rest Area Southbound — Heavy vehicles only

• Coombah Lake Truck Parking Bay, Scotia — Heavy vehicles only

• Delo Hill Rest Area, Little Topar — Light and heavy vehicles · toilet

• Little Topar Stopping Bay — Heavy vehicles only

• Mount Gipps Rest Area Eastbound, Broken Hill — Heavy vehicles only · toilet

• Mount Gipps Rest Area Westbound, Broken Hill — Heavy vehicles only · toilet

• Packsaddle Roadhouse Rest Area — Light and heavy vehicles

• Popiltah Lake Rest Area, Scotia — Light and heavy vehicles · toilet

• Radio Telescope Stopping Bay, Broken Hill — Heavy vehicles only

• South of Broken Hill Stopping Bay — Heavy vehicles only

• Spring Hills Rest Area, Little Topar — Light vehicles only · toilet

• Stephens Creek Stopping Bay, Broken Hill — Heavy vehicles only

• Thackaringa Hills Rest Area, Broken Hill — Light and heavy vehicles · toilet

• Topar Road House, Little Topar — Light and heavy vehicles · toilet

• West Broken Hill Rest Area Eastbound — Heavy vehicles only · toilet

• West Broken Hill Rest Area Westbound — Heavy vehicles only · toilet

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).