Parking facilities

Free parking is provided at select areas on the Casuarina campus. Please refer to the Casuarina campus map (PDF 820KB) for exact locations. All motorbike parking (in the special bays only) is free.

Parking permits, and pay-and-stay parking are available at Charles Darwin University's Casuarina, Waterfront, and Danala campuses. Parking at other campuses and centres is free.

Staff and students using car parks must comply with any signage or pavement markings beside or on a marked bay. The signage indicates that a particular bay or series of bays is subject to special restrictions, such as disabled, loading zone university-owned fleet vehicles only.

Fines are subject to enforcement in the same way as if the offence occurred on a public street.

Note: All entrances to the university are signposted to advise Special Parking Regulations Apply. Car park areas are also signposted, clearly indicating the type of parking permitted in that area.

The Charles Darwin University (Site and Traffic) By-laws are enforced 24 hours a day as indicated via yellow lines or parking bays with parking signage.

Parking permits are available for a semester or full year. They can be purchased through PayMyPark app or at www.paymypark.com.au

Parking permits cost $65.00 per semester or $110.00 per calendar year. 

Permits DO NOT guarantee a parking bay at the location you desire.

Pay and Stay parking is required at certain Casuarina campus car parks. Please refer to the  Casuarina campus map (PDF 820KB) for exact locations. You can purchase pay and stay parking from the PayMyPark App or from the www.PayMyPark.com.au Website.

• $1.00 per hour
• $4.00 per day

Pay and Stay is required between the hours of 6:00 am and 6:00 pm Monday to Friday.

Casual Parking
a) The fees paid by casual Users will be capped at $4.00 to effectively compete with any existing service.
b) Casual Users will not be charged a minimum fee per transaction during the initial 6-month rollout.
c) Casual Users will incur bank, gateway and merchant fees as follows.

Gateway fee AUD $0.05
Credit Card Merchant fee 0.85%
Windcave Transaction fee AUD $0.04

d) ADR have a Service fee of 6% per transaction which is capped at $4.00.
e) All charges will be made clear in the terms and conditions agreed to by the customer prior to making any purchase.
f) All fees and charges are exclusive of GST

Unauthorised parking in Authorised Only bays, Disabled Parking bays, designated specific purpose bays, and areas not intended for parking vehicles will incur a penalty under the Charles Darwin University (Site and Traffic) By-laws.

It is an offence under section 9(1) of the Northern Territory (Site and Traffic) By-laws to:

(a) Contravene or fail to comply with a prohibition or requirement indicated by a control device. Fine $35 (A control device means a sign, signal, mark, notice, structure or device erected, installed, placed or displayed on site)

(b.i) Park a vehicle in any area where parking bays are marked or indicated otherwise than wholly within a bay. Fine $35

(b.ii) Park in a Permit Bay, Voucher Bay, Disability Bay, Authorised Bay etc., without a permit, voucher or authorisation. Fine $35

(c) Park the vehicle as to obstruct other vehicles. Fine $35

(e) Drive or take the vehicle onto any recreation area, nature strip, garden lawn, footpath or another part of the site that is not constructed for use by vehicles. Fine $50

(f) Drive the vehicle at speed exceeding 40km/h. Fine $55

(g) Park a motorcycle in a four-wheel bay (i.e.: car bay.) Fine $35