What happens if you park in a construction zone in Australia

Forklifts move all sorts of things — wheat, barrels, old crates — but is a $110,000 Maserati an old crate?

A building worker in Sydney's Billyard Avenue, in Elizabeth Bay, evidently thought so yesterday when he found the dark blue sports car parked in a construction zone and decided to move it.



The SMS Construction employee hoisted the car two metres into the air before it flipped off the forks and crashed on its roof.

The luxury car was left in a construction zone, where parking is banned after 7am, two days ago by the owner's sister, the former Miss New Zealand Rachel Huljich.

Jason Huljich had left for a holiday in South America last week. "He's away for another two weeks in South America, so I haven't decided whether I'll tell him now or when he comes back," said a stunned Ms Huljich, who recently moved into a house on the same street.