Tv persona Osher Gunsberg has slammed contributors of a wild seashore celebration that took over one in all Sydney’s most sought-after seaside spots on Christmas Day.
Hundreds of revellers have been seen flocking to Bronte Seashore within the metropolis’s jap suburbs on Monday morning, donning pink bathers for the festivities.
Video of the packed out seashore rapidly went viral on-line with many slamming attendees for the “disgusting” garbage left behind, together with Gunsberg, who lives in Bronte.
“Ah man, little bit of a bloody mess that crew left behind too,” the Bachelor host mentioned on Monday.
The occasion is a mecca for hundreds of vacationers and backpackers travelling to Australia for the summer time.
Regardless of its attraction to foreigners, the occasion has lately drawn the ire of locals, largely because of the garbage left behind.
“Ought to have seen the garbage left behind. Disgusting,” one individual mentioned.
“Worst half is that they left the place an absolute mess too,” one other added.
“(They) deal with out seashores like they imply nothing.”
Others referred to as for motion to be taken earlier than the 2024 occasion, with one writing: “They need to shut the seashore nest yr.
“This really seems to be like a nightmare and the mess you all left is disgraceful … disgusting behaviour.”
The Bronte Surf Life Saving Membership, who helped patrol the seashore, mentioned it was a “difficult” day for volunteers.
“An incredible variety of volunteers gave up a piece of their Christmas Day to maintain the hundreds secure,” they mentioned.
“Let’s hope that everybody takes their garbage with them if the bins are all full.”
The occasion wasn’t with out its proponents, although.
Video of the thousands-strong crowd was rapidly uploaded to Tik Tok, from native and worldwide accounts.
“I wish to know who co-ordinated this, as a result of the memo got here via,” person Fifihay mentioned.
One other video of the occasion by Canadian content material creator Rory Court docket was seen greater than 11,000 instances.
The wild scenes observe a number of comparable occasions on the similar spot.
Final yr, surprising pictures of the trashed grass have been uploaded to social media sparkign outrage.
At an analogous occasion in the course of the pandemic, the federal immigration minister threatened to cancel visas of any guests caught breaking Covid-19 guidelines at Christmas celebrations in 2020.
In December 2020, Sydney’s Northern Seashores area tightened guidelines over the vacation interval, and solely 100 folks have been allowed at an outside even on Christmas Day.
Nonetheless, on the time, witnesses to a Christmas seashore celebration at Bronte spoke of the mass crowds who have been consuming, most of which with no face masks.