The original calling card
"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."
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.[2]
- ^ Helen Frizell (29 June 1967), "Small things to treasure when disaster is near", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Marks, Kathy (13 May 2010). "Clock is ticking for Australia's bikini-clad Meter Maids". The Independent (UK). Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2015.