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Surfers Paradise Meter Maids are bikini-clad women who operate in Surfers Paradise — a surfing, entertainment and tourism centre on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. Unlike other meter maids, who issue parking tickets to motorists when they overstay, Gold Coast meter maids put money into parking meters which might otherwise expire, preventing vehicle owners from incurring a fine. After the introduction of pay-and-display parking meters they took on the task of explaining to motorists how the machines work.

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  • Surfers Paradise Meter Maids (de)
  • Surfers Paradise Meter Maids (en)
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  • Surfers Paradise Meter Maids sind junge Frauen in knapper Bekleidung, die in Surfers Paradise, einem Tourismuszentrum an der australischen Ostküste und Stadtteil von Gold Coast im Bundesstaat Queensland, seit 1965 die lokalen Parkuhren auffüllen. Die ursprünglich als Protest gegen die Parkraumbewirtschaftung gedachte Aktion hat sich mittlerweile etabliert und gilt als Imageträger der Region. Der Begriff Meter Maid (wörtlich Parkuhrzofe) bezeichnet insbesondere im amerikanischen Englisch Politessen, wird aber hier gegen die Ordnungshüter gewendet. (de)
  • Surfers Paradise Meter Maids are bikini-clad women who operate in Surfers Paradise — a surfing, entertainment and tourism centre on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. Unlike other meter maids, who issue parking tickets to motorists when they overstay, Gold Coast meter maids put money into parking meters which might otherwise expire, preventing vehicle owners from incurring a fine. After the introduction of pay-and-display parking meters they took on the task of explaining to motorists how the machines work. (en)
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  • "To save you the inconvenience of a fine, our Meter Maid has inserted a coin in the meter. By courtesy of the Surfers Paradise Progress Association." (en)
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  • The Sydney Morning Herald (en)
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  • Surfers Paradise Meter Maids sind junge Frauen in knapper Bekleidung, die in Surfers Paradise, einem Tourismuszentrum an der australischen Ostküste und Stadtteil von Gold Coast im Bundesstaat Queensland, seit 1965 die lokalen Parkuhren auffüllen. Die ursprünglich als Protest gegen die Parkraumbewirtschaftung gedachte Aktion hat sich mittlerweile etabliert und gilt als Imageträger der Region. Der Begriff Meter Maid (wörtlich Parkuhrzofe) bezeichnet insbesondere im amerikanischen Englisch Politessen, wird aber hier gegen die Ordnungshüter gewendet. (de)
  • Surfers Paradise Meter Maids are bikini-clad women who operate in Surfers Paradise — a surfing, entertainment and tourism centre on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. Unlike other meter maids, who issue parking tickets to motorists when they overstay, Gold Coast meter maids put money into parking meters which might otherwise expire, preventing vehicle owners from incurring a fine. After the introduction of pay-and-display parking meters they took on the task of explaining to motorists how the machines work. (en)
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