You will require this permit if you intend to conduct activities in a public place. Public places include reserves, parks, marine facilities, car parks or roads. Activities include but are not limited to:
- amusement or entertainment for financial reward
- erecting cairns or memorials
- re-fuelling a vessel at a marine facility
- assemblies, preaching or public speaking
- balls, and dances
- bands, concerts or other musical entertainment
- beg, solicit, induce or collect gifts, whether of money or other item, for any purpose
- climbing buildings, trees, shrubs or any other structures
- deposit refuse, waste or noxious waste
- driving, parking or leaving a vehicle, except on a constructed road set aside by Council
- dismantling, painting, washing or repairing a vehicle unless it is necessary in order to enable the vehicle to be removed from the road
- parking or leaving a vehicle for the purpose of offering the vehicle for sale
- leaving or abandoning a watercraft
- fairs and fetes
- functions, parties or receptions
- marking out a track or route
- games, pastimes and public entertainment
- landing or launching an aircraft in a recreation reserve
- consume, possess, sell or supply liquor
- dropping any article or thing from an aircraft onto a recreation reserve
- raffles or prize contests
- ride or lead a horse
- activities with animals
- using skates, bicycles, skateboards or similar
- collect wood or timber
- distribute advertising or promotional activities
- mark, write or deface Council property
- organised sporting activities, contests, competition, practice or training.
Gatherings, parties or receptions of less than 100 people do not require a permit, provided that the gathering does not:
- amount to an exclusive use of the public reserve or part thereof;
- interfere with a prior booking or a gathering; or
- interfere with the use of the reserve by other members of the public.
Please contact your Council for further information.
