Moreton Bay: sleeping in your car

Vehicle camping: prohibited (exceptions)

Under the City of Moreton Bay's Camping on Public Land Local Law 2023 it is unlawful to camp on public land outside certain circumstances. Camping is defined as staying in an area with the intention of remaining there overnight — including in a vehicle, a caravan, a tent, a boat or with no shelter — and public land includes any land, water or fixture controlled by council, including all council roads, parks, reserves, gazetted foreshores, jetties and canals. Council may declare camping grounds and grant approvals to camp, and the law provides a defence of reasonable excuse.

The prohibition covers council-controlled land; state rest areas sit on the state-controlled road network. The local law lets council declare camping grounds and grant camping approvals, and it carries a defence of reasonable excuse.

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

State rest areas here (28)

• Apex Park (Centenary Lakes), Caboolturetoilet · up to 20 h
• Apex Park (Woody Point)up to 20 h
• Apex Park, Dayborotoilet · up to 20 h
• Boombana, Mount Nebotoilet · up to 20 h
• Buchanans Park, Burpengarytoilet · up to 20 h
• Charlish Park, Redcliffeup to 20 h
• Cruice Park, Woodfordtoilet · up to 20 h
• Dahmongah Lookout Park, Mount Meetoilet · up to 20 h
• Edward Allison Park, Eatons Hillup to 20 h
• Humpybong Park, Redcliffetoilet · up to 20 h
• Ironbark Gully, Ferny Hillstoilet · up to 20 h
• Jolly's Look Outtoilet · up to 20 h
• Kurwongah Park, Kurwongbahup to 20 h
• Langdon Park, Margatetoilet · up to 20 h
• Mahaca Park, Albany Creekup to 20 h
• Maiala NP, Mount Glorioustoilet · up to 20 h
• Manorina Park, Mount Neboup to 20 h
• Maureen Lawrance Wahminda Park, Ferny Hillsup to 20 h
• Paisley Park, Lawntontoilet · up to 20 h
• Pelican Park, Clontarftoilet · up to 20 h
• Pine Rivers Park, Strathpinetoilet · up to 20 h
• Private Frank Harold Cash Reserve, Samford Valleyup to 20 h
• Quota Place, Woody Pointtoilet · up to 20 h
• Rest area near Caboolturetoilet · up to 20 h
• Rest area near D'Aguilartoilet · up to 20 h
• Rest area near Elimbahup to 20 h
• Ruth Whitfield Memorial Park, Kallangurup to 20 h
• Wyllie Park, Petrietoilet · up to 20 h

Where this comes from

• “Outside of certain circumstances, it is unlawful for a person to camp on public land.” — Camping on Public Land Local Law 2023 — Explanatory Notes, City of Moreton Bay. Retrieved 30 Aug 2026 (document retrieved via Internet Archive snapshot of 16 Feb 2025).