As for footpaths etc I guess that would depend on the council, however my local council was going to ban us from parks but had legal advise that they did not have the power to do so.
We can also fly in National parks as long as we comply with CASA rules and do not disturb wild life.
Yeah I recall that from a previous post of yours re parks . . . is that flying over, or does it include actually being in the park for take off and landing ?
If in the park, well that is great !!
Most councils here have a ban on operating in their parks, but flyover is ok.
I fly them, with great care and empathy, have a couple of faourite parks for testing things, flying with my new
goggles, all very open and safe.
If there are more than a single dog owner walking their animal there, I move on, otherwise I keep well away, it's a huge area.
The seaside metro councils here were first I think, basically all coastal parks are off limits, inland ones too, which is a shame.
Early mornings are fine in general to fly safe to CASA rules.
Great re Nat Pks in WA, QLD is the same, all ok to fly.
NT is fairly easy to get a free permit, with dates start and end of time in their parks, think it's a blanket permit to permit drone use.
Others vary, but in general you'd have more luck squeezing that stone and getting blood from it, I think.
Are you sure about that, with national parks?
That would be different than most other countries.
One of the places I would have liked to have flown is The Gap, east of Sydney. There's a view the cliffs over the Pacific on one side and then a view of the Sydney skyline to the other side. It's near the Watsons Bay ferry wharf and a bus exchange but it hasn't been crowded the times I've visited.
But there are clear "No Drones" signs there.
I don't think it's a national park but I would guess that in a lot of popular places, there may be local restrictions.
Gap lookout, yeah it's a council reserve, and yes it would normally be a pretty busy place.
The local council would have a bylaw against "operating a model aircraft" or similar, some of our councils ban kites with 2 strings !!
It must be so popular, they decided to out up the no drone signs, bless 'em for thinking of the huge danger to the public, hey
If you went there very early weekday for sunrise, you might be lucky and find no one about, then you could take off from nearby and fly over.
Funny thing is, they are making it MORE dangerous in ways keeping hobbyists out of the parkland itself.
CASA rules should be enough to make such flights safe.
Our councils are very draconian, think they own the blasted land themselves, when it's the publics property.
