Carpark Clearances

David, it's a good idea to know the height of your vehicle & as most of the multi storey carparks are 2.1mtrs or less ( in Melb a lot are 2.0mtr) My car comes in at 2.2mtr with the roof rack on so I have just got used to parking out in the open. Alternatively if you have another car, just take that into town.

best of luck in not losing your roof,

PMKNext trip please..............................................

I went into a carpark in Sydney one day where the clearance was indicated at 2.35 (excellent I thought). I went down the ramp took the ticket to be presented with a new clearance sign and 1.95 after the ticket machine at the entrance to the actual car park. What a stuff up - I basically closed their car park for 30-40 mins while they worked it out. I had to physically leave the car walk to the counter and wait in the pay queue to be told that I should just drive through (derrr). Anyway after a long wait, they finally found another staff member (to man the window) and someone came and opened the boom gate, we had to have about 6 cars reverse out into the traffic in the middle of the city. Now that was a great deal of fun.

Back to your question - It would be good to be able to get a list or 4WD friendly car parks in the capital cities. If this info is available I am sure ExplorOz would publish the details! Does it exist? If not can we build it maybe?Regards
ExplorOz Team - David
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Always working, not enough travelling ;-)

A few carpark websites will tell you what the clearance is, but you need to look up each carpark individually.

I have suggested to a few of the sites to include height clearance in their search capability, I suggest if anyone is interested in this could you do likewise.
Cheers,
Stuart
- To err is human, to moo bovine -

Years ago I went into the Queen Victoria Building carpark in Sydney with my troop carrier. No worries getting in.

Getting out was the problem. Ended up letting the tyres down to soft sand status.

Guys & gals,

One section of Parramatta Westfield is only 1.9 while there is a section at 2.4 but no sign at the 1.9 entrance directing you to the higher area. Star City is 2.2m
A database would be a great idea as there is nothing worse than getting somewhere and not knowing whether you can park.

David

Hi David,
Yeh I've been stuck in that same situation myself. Just keep forgetting the roof rack is still on. One time at the local s/ctr I was heading in...realised 1 meter from the entrance, stopped and removed the sweat from my forehead.

The fun started when i tried to reverse out, The 2 cars behind me just couldnt understand why i didnt want to go in, so they started blowing horns and waving hands out window, So i figured well..i'll get out and explain i need to reverse or no one gets in.

Believe me when i tell you, neither 1 wanted to reverse, so 2 minutes later, i walked up to both and said " either you reverse out so i can get out or i will lock her up and go shopping.....thats what i did..had a great lunch ( takeaway) when i got back to car...they were still there arguing with security guys...

All was cool though, explained to security why i did what i did, they laughted and made the other 2 reverse, was fun..all i needed was a few boulders to climb and throw in a river crossing and it was as exciting as being out there alone.I love it when you talk DIRTY !

1 tip is to measure your car, then put some white tape on your black UHF (or what ever) ariel, as you drive up, if the tape is going to hit, reverse out.

Agree its annoying, Dandenong shoppin center where the cinemas are is 1.87 clearance if I remember, I was lookin directly at the roof!

I've got two lines of tape on my UHF aerial, one for the roof height, the other for roofrack height.

Great idea if we could get it together.

I think there is a printed book
that someone put out for Sydney Carparks
that I'll try and find a reference for..

I was only thinking about this thismorning
as I'm heading to a conference in Melbourne
in March and have not decided if to drive or fly.
I just emailed the hotel and asked about their height restrictions
and then saw this thread.

timothy
Defender Extreme

Thanks Mark for those weblinks above,
I've just bookmarked them for future use.

David, perhaps just a Link List of the big chains for each state
under the TripPlanning tab
as it would be nightmare trying to keep up with a database
of the changing names/ locations of parking stations / hotels.

(We once stayed in a large sydney hotel
and overnight they changed all the signage ,names , uniforms etc.
Like waking up in a Twighlight Zone episode.)

Defender Extreme

You also have to watch the angle of the ramp i have a defender and was under the signed hight at the casino (melb) however on my way out due to the ramp angle struck the yellow barrier at the rear of the roof. Also watch the legals i was informed bt a wilson person that if i knocked off a sprinkler from the roof i would pay and plenty too as the whole system needs to be tested.