Hola sorry to hear about this.

You can always write to the Minister of Local Government in your state and explain the situation as you have found it, also isn't there an Ombudsman you can write to also?  

What about your local member in that area you could chat to they are probably coming close to an election ours is in two weeks!  

They sound a very petty Council to me.

That's a disgrace Hola, you go them and good luck.  It's really annoying that you have to sit down and write a letter, it shouldn't happen.

Don't blame you for feeling cross .Hola .. seems petty to me.

Hope you are feeling better this morning Hola?

So, you did not follow the instructions of the powers that be and did not park the right way,

now you want them to reverse said charges because other renegades did the wrong thing. No wonder Australia is going to rack and ruin 

Celia - He can't even address you by your name and just refers to you as "Cat". That speaks for itself. 

Presumably this was in NSW. Don't have that ridiculous rule in SA. I always park front to kerb as I believe it is the only correct way to park, better than fouling the exhaust pipe on the kerb (or, worse still, hit a pedestrian or a post), and I get a little impatient with those who park to the kerb in reverse, using reversing cameras of course, because they take so long to do so. Once upon a time in various jurisdictions other than NSW, it was actually illegal to park rear to kerb.

Please don't confuse this with parallel reverse parking which is a perfectly legitimate manoeuvre.

Explore aussiespeedingfines.com

They will inform you how not to pay this parking fine issued by a local council, it's worked for me and many friends.

I parked in a derestricted street about 10am.

When I returned to the car in the afternoon, there was an infringement notice on the windscreen which stated it was issued due to parking at an expired meter.

"Uh" I exclaimed to myself "this is a derestricted zone"

Then I noticed the parking meter!

"Hang on" I exclaimed to myself again "the meter wasn't here when I parked this morning."

Then I noticed the parking sign a little way down the street which I walked to and it displayed 4 hour meter parking 9am to 6pm; but it was definitely not here when I parked.

I of course disputed the fine but the plea was disallowed because although it was agreed that the meter was installed after I had parked, it was "deemed" that the meter was installed at 9am!

After several weeks of toing and froing and me threatening to report the Council to the Ombudsman, they gave in and cancelled the fine.

You say you're a stickler for doing the right thing. You parked contrary to the instruction on the sign. That was not doing the right thing. It's irrelevant that you were in a hurry to post a present or that you were only away for 15 minutes or that other drivers also parked nose in - you did the wrong thing. I don't blame you for being cranky, but you should be cranky with yourself, not with the Council, who did the right thing. 

Well, Hola, whilst you have my sympathy I would like a little more information. Were you the only one given an infringement notice or were all of the other cars whose owners parked illegally also given infringement notices? If you were the only one then you should pursue this vigorously.

I've never seen a parking restriction like that for regular parking spaces.  Cannot stand the reverse 45º angle parking regulation in some country towns.

Hola investigate aussiespeedingfines,com     You will win, it usually takes one letter to the council which you will get from aussiespeeding fines and Bingo.

Better forget any recompense if you do not have a picture!!!