A woman has been left ‘disgusted’ by police and her council after both refused to help her remove a stranger’s car from blocking her driveway.
Bronwyn Courtenay discovered the Subaru blocking access to her Gould Street home at North Bondi, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, on Friday morning.
Her first thought was to call her local police station but they quickly redirected her to Waverley Council.
Unfortunately, the most the council could do was leave a $320 fine on the vehicle.
‘They said I’d have to organise a tow truck to move it and pay for it,’ Ms Courtenay told the Sydney Morning Herald.
‘Why can’t council just tow it away to the depot and have the registered driver call police, and the invoice is put on his windshield for when he picks it up?’
As of midday Saturday, the car still remained parked across her driveway.
‘I had to catch buses to work [instead of driving] and organise someone to take my daughter to a sporting commitment,’ Ms Courtenay said.
Browyn Courtenay has been locked in a battle with police and her local council to remove a car from blocking her driveway
Ms Courtenay said she was forced to ‘catch buses to work’ as the stranger’s car had blocked her car inside her property (pictured)
‘If there was an emergency inside my house, there’s no way an ambulance could get onto my property.’
While Ms Courtenay admitted the street was often too tight for parking, she was ‘disgusted’ by council’s apparent inability to help.
Waverley Council on Saturday said it would arrange for the car to be towed.
‘NSW Police have been attempting to contact the owner of the car to have it removed, as per standard policy,’ a spokesman said.
Daily Mail Australia contacted Waverley Council for further comment.
