nah usually it will be compliance notice, if you then don't comply they will take you to court. seizure isn't done too much nowadays when someone has ownership of a vehicle/boat, if it's abandoned that's a whole different matter.
Originally Posted by marto78
Thanks for your input gents.
Unfortuantely trying to re-jig the draw bar is out of question given its an alloy setup with a 'frame on frame' design. Looks like i'm on the hunt for a storage facility somewhere on the North side close to the Bris River. Where that might be...i have no idea!
Thanks again
Andrew
It is very sad to see that no replies to your post mentioned safety. Safety to pedestrians crossing the street,safety for cars to pass and swing out into oncoming traffic, safety to kids playing around boat and getting hit by a car. A few years ago a guy living down the road from me bought his truck home and parked it on theroad in front of his house. He owned the local fruit shop. Over the weekend his kids were playing around the truck and one ran out from behind the truck, he was hit by a car and killed. He was six years old.
I know i will cop crap for disagreeing with all replies but i had reply. I am a boat owner and a retired truck driver.
bazza
Ozynorts, They are not the regulations. That is an information bulletin. It is worth checking the actual regulations because public servants often produce these info bulletins but don't change the regulation because it takes time and is bothersome. It happens more often than you think.
Thats a sad thing to hear but I don't see how that is any different to running out from behind a parked car or hedge growing on the side of the road. I don't think the size of the object would have mattered in that instance.
Do you have the link to the regs so that we know what they are?
Remember to always log on before heading offshore.
Exact same thing happened to me. It was the garbo's who complained though. Council came and had a look, said I am really not allowed to park there but unless they got more complaints they were not to worried.
Sorry to hear you are in a spot of bother as I had a similar issue a few years back where I had to park my boat on the road for quite a while, a near neighbour dropped a couple of annonymous letters in my letter box complaining about it but fortunately didn't take it to the local council, I eventually relocated which solved that problem. He was pretty dumb though as he used an envelope that was originally addressed to himself and crossed out the details but held up to a light I could make out this name and adress. He was also a regular at my wtering hole so I mentioned that I was aware of his notes and also that he also parked his car across the footpath, didn't hear anymore about it.
I hope you find a solution to your problem.
Look I feel sorry that you are having this grief but the street isn't really for long term parking of large vehicles for obvious reasons. You may not be very impressed if your neighbour parked a large truck opposite you and left it there 24/7. It really depends on the street and situation on whether it is a real problem for other road users and pedestrians, but you must remember it is a public access area and not yours to use for long term personal use. It's not your best solution for your boat either if you value it. I also didn't think that insurance will cover it if stored on a road.
You could try slinging the neighbour a few bucks or carton of beer each week to shut up, hope you have a good outcome anyway...
Much more civilised ways of resolving such disputes than sneaking off to the council.
20 odd years ago I had a bloke start parking his truck in front of my joint, ignored polite notes left on the wind screen to desist, eventually I taped an envelope to the windscreen of the truck holding all the valve caps off his tyres. On it I had written a simple note - "next week it will be the valves themselves". Stopped parking the truck there after that. Problem fixed with no grief at all
G'day
I'm adamant I drove past your boat the other night, is it in a street on the northside starting with N?
There is a big storage place at Hendra, Hendra Storage. Used to detail a few Kevlacats in there.
Dave
Dave
Thats me! I got a phone message from Council today to say if is not moved within the hour he'll give me an infringement notice! I wrote to him last week, in a civil manner, explaining the boat will get moved, but things like this just don't happen over night. No repsonse from Council! Go figure! I would have expected a specific date be given in order to move the boat. Very dissapointing given my letter was ignored, and no attempt made for a relaxation period in order to find a new home!
I've tried four places in and around the mouth of Bris River, but nothing available.
Andrew
Sorry to hear for your troubles.
I have had to recently give up my mooring on Syd Harbour and trailer my rig. I have always kept my trailer on the same street. Not outside my house a bout 300 meters from my home in front of a park so not in front of anyones house. Now boat sits on trailer in the same spot.
My boat has been the subject of many a council meeting. The neighbors and the council conspired to close the whole street to parking make it a 10km per hour share zone. increase the footpath width to 20ft and decrease the road width to 10 foot. The road would also be a no through road. Not one single person spoke in favour of this idea. No one even had the balls to admit they supported it. We won. The council never went ahead with the plan and we get to keep our boats parked on the street as the y are legal and registered . However all our boats got new paint jobs from one of the gutless neighbors (i call them speed stripes). There was also some interesting quasi political graffiti referring to us as boat people which is in much better taste than destroying private property.
Any way if you have the balls to do it and dont mind the consequences then go for it. I live in a very quiet area with no through traffic , high incomes and people generally dont steal. No one comes down the street to my boat as people dont know its there.
G'day
I went past your rig again on Sunday morning, really don't know what all the fuss is about. It's a boat on the side of the road...... big whoop.
May be worth a temprary home at either Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club, Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, or Wynnum Manly Yacht Club? May be worth a call to Rivergate Marina? Heaps of hardstand space available... I work at all of these places, some may suit, other may not, all have good security.
Did you try Hendra Storage?
Dave
Are there any pensioners or similar in your street that have a nice big unused driveway or front yard.
I would much rather approach them and help them out with a cash payment than put my boat into commercial storage.
Some of these oldies would love to have a few hundred to help pay their bills and also a few fresh filleted fish that they couldn't otherwise afford.
Just a thought.
I was lucky when I moved into my current house, I had to park my boat out the front which I didn't like very much due to a lack of clearance getting past the side of the house. When my neighbour realised this he asked if I wanted to move the fence over by a metre so I could get through (he lost a metre of his front yard). It kept him in fresh fish I can tell you.
Darren
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