Yeah, I go to a few of those places, Mt Isa for example, and the guy tries to give you a lecture but there is nothing they can do. To be perfectly accurate, they only need 48 hours to park in the bays, not for itinerant parking area. But they whine about how your dressed...
Cairns, on the other hand, the private consortium that owns that wants everyone on the GA side gone, off to Mareeba, so they can sell/lease the land to DFO’s/shops for tourists, that’s why they jacked up the price.