About FreePark

How it works

FreePark is a map of free street parking, built by the people who use it. Somebody photographs a parking sign, or a kerb with no sign, and it goes on the map for everyone. You say when you are arriving and how long you need, and the map shows where that fits.

The badge on the corner says who: a camera for a member's photo, a building for a council or government record, people for the community.

A guide, not a guarantee

The sign at the kerb always wins. Signs change, councils run events and roadworks, photos get old, and people make mistakes. Before you leave your car, read the signs where you are parked. You are responsible for where and how long you park, and for any fine or tow.

FreePark does not know about public holidays, school terms, temporary signs, or permits you may hold. Do not use the app while driving.

If you add to the map

• Only log what you actually saw, where you actually saw it.
• Photograph the sign or the kerb. Keep people, number plates and the inside of anyone's property out of the frame.
• Everything you add is public: the photo, the location of the spot, the rules and the date. Your name and email are never shown.
• You can remove anything you added, at any time, from your account.
• By adding a spot you allow FreePark to publish it and its photo as part of the map. We may remove anything that is wrong, private or abusive, and accounts that keep adding it.

What we keep

If you only look, we keep nothing about you. Your location is used on your phone to sort spots by distance. When you search for a place, a rough version of it, to about a kilometre, goes with the search so that nearby places come first. None of it is stored. Spots you save without an account stay on your device. When you ask for directions, this phone remembers which spot for twelve hours, so the app can ask whether it worked out; that never leaves the phone unless you answer.

If you sign in, we keep your email address, the spots and photos you add, the spots you save, and any checks, votes or reports you make. A vote on whether a spot was right keeps how far you were from it, not where you were. A check at a photographed sign records where you were standing, because that is what makes it a check. Other people only ever see how many said a spot worked or was wrong, never who.

We do not sell your personal information.

Leaving

You can delete your account from the Account tab. That removes your email and your saved spots. Spots you added stay on the map with no account attached, so the people relying on them do not lose them. If you want those gone too, remove them first.

Where the rest comes from

Outlined plates with a building or people on the corner are published data that nobody using FreePark has checked on the ground. Each one says whose it is, and none of these organisations checks or endorses this app:

• City of Melbourne (CC BY 4.0), Manningham City Council (CC BY 3.0 AU), City of Casey (CC BY 3.0), City of Ballarat (CC BY 3.0), Greater Shepparton City Council (CC BY 4.0), Brimbank City Council (CC BY 2.5 AU) and City of Wodonga (CC BY 4.0).
• Brisbane City Council (CC BY 4.0), City of Gold Coast (CC BY 4.0), City of Sydney (Creative Commons, per its data hub), Waverley Council (CC BY 4.0), Willoughby City Council (CC BY 4.0), City of Perth (CC BY 3.0 AU) and Transport for NSW (CC BY 3.0 AU).
• State Forest car parks from the Victorian Government (CC BY 4.0).
• Free car parks mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence. The car park files this app serves are derived from OpenStreetMap and available under the same licence.

Map data is from OpenStreetMap contributors, drawn with CARTO styles.

The legal part

FreePark is provided as it is, free of charge. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for fines, towing, loss or damage that comes from relying on it. Nothing here limits rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law. These terms are governed by the law of Victoria, Australia.

Last updated 18 October 2026.