Nipped out at lunch for some quick chores and came home via the
Dandenong rd service lane (marked as a "bicycle route" no less), then
arrived at this joke at the car yard on the corner with Clayton rd.

There's a wide concrete footpath, a sign marking it as a "Shared
Footway" and a sign of a pedestrian and a bicycle, but for the ten
years I've infrequently ridden down here there has *always* been cars
parked blocking access. I happened to have my camera in my pocket so
stopped to take a photo, then got a mouthful from a staff member of
the car yard who told me "Council looked at it and says its ok" I've
called Monash council a couple of times in the past and got nowhere.

Here's the spot from Google Maps, note the two cars blocking the road!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Monash+University,+Victoria,+Australia&s\
ll=-37.827226,145.014403&sspn=0.005805,0.007703&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,-37.91054\
6,145.134935&ll=-37.910877,145.122045&spn=0.00145,0.001926&t=h&z=19

Here's what the "shared footway" looked like today
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajft/2672634949/

Can anyone explain how this "shared footway" is meant to be used by
pedestrians, let alone anyone with a pram, wheelchair, shopping buggy
or bicycle?

Adrian