Stranger's touching parking ticket generosity

The parking ticket and accompanying note. Photo / Facebook, Canberra Mums

An Australian woman who had been in hospital with her sick nine-week-old son thought her day had got even worse when she returned to her car to find a parking ticket on the windscreen.

But when she went to check the damage she found a note attached to the ticket explaining that it had already been paid, Yahoo! News reports.

"Hi there, I saw your car had a parking ticket on it," the note reads. "I'm sure [that] whatever you are going through at hospital is tough enough, so I have paid for you. Hope things get better!"

The mother posted a photo of the note to Facebook group Canberra Mums thanking the Good Samaritan, who identified herself only as 'Laura'.

"I hope that Laura sees this and knows how much I appreciate her support, she wrote. "Thank you so much."

The post has been widely shared and inundated with comments praising Laura's generosity.

- nzherald.co.nz