Port Augusta: sleeping in your car

Council by-laws: unknown

Port Augusta's by-laws have not been read for this site, so this page makes no claim about them. At the state rest areas below, the State position applies: South Australia's road authority records that there is no State legislation prohibiting camping in rest areas, and that long term camping can therefore only be discouraged. Everywhere else in this area, treat the rule as unknown and obey signage.

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

State rest areas and truck bays here (8)

• Rest area near Miranda (RA-104981)Truck parking
• Rest area near Miranda (RA-306668)Truck parking
• Rest area near Port Augusta West (RA-105811)Rest area
• Rest area near Port Augusta West (RA-234444)Truck parking
• Rest area near Port Augusta West (RA-234445)Truck parking
• Rest area near Stirling NorthRest area
• Rest area near Winninowie (RA-234688)Truck parking
• Rest area near Winninowie (RA-234692)Truck parking

Where this comes from

• “As there is no State legislation prohibiting camping in rest areas and any policing of such legislation would be difficult, long term camping can only be discouraged.” — Operational Instruction 20.03 — Roadside Rest Areas on Rural Roads (February 2026), Government of South Australia, Department for Infrastructure and Transport. Retrieved 30 Aug 2026 (read via the Internet Archive snapshot of 10 July 2026; dit.sa.gov.au blocks automated retrieval).