No Parking Overnight!
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326127)
Rockingham, Australia
August 12, 2017 5:50am CST
Tourist authorities must put a great deal of thought into designing signs that convey a message without having to resort to the use of language. And sometimes the choice of language is interesting too. In outback Australia a number of signs were in English and German; some even had symbols which might have been Japanese.
I liked this one which conveyed very clearly that motor-homes couldn’t stay overnight in the car park. We haven’t done much free camping. Last night we parked in an ‘Aire’, a designated ‘safe’ area which has limited facilities. To get a ticket to raise the barrier so we could drive in, we had to go through quite a rigmarole. Halfway through we had to put what country we were from but they obviously hadn’t heard of Australia as that wasn’t an option.
We could see a nice-looking building which we thought would be toilets at least and maybe even showers but it turned to be neither. At least we did have power but for just a few euro more we could have had many more facilities at a ‘proper’ campsite just next door. You live and learn I guess. But don’t you like my sign?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
12 Aug 17
what sort of signs have you seen that would be ambiguous/or have different interpretations?
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@LadyDuck (459122)
• Switzerland
12 Aug 17
@hereandthere Here, just a few examples, they look like more jokes.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
12 Aug 17
Signs! There are those that are pretty clear and there are those that aren't.
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Aug 17
It's very clear isn't it? Sometimes people camp in parking areas and the authorities usually try to clamp down on them doing this.
@RasmaSandra (73725)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Aug 17
Well that sign certainly says it all. Hope you can find proper facilities.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Aug 17
That sign gets its blunt message across quite nicely without words.
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Aug 17
That's very true but we do have an Irish phone number so we opted for Ireland. They had all sorts of other obscure (to me) countries.
