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Alcoholic beach parties on the golden sands of Bondi Beach will now be a thing of the past following a recent council motion imposing new restrictions on beach events.
Commercial events involving the sale of alcohol on Sydney’s infamous Bondi Beach will no longer be permitted after Waverley Council councilors voted on a plan to prevent “high impact events” selling alcohol on the beach on Tuesday night. evening.
Popular events, including Mardi Gras celebrations, Sculpture by the Sea and the annual City2Surf event, will be excluded from the ban.
Boozy beach parties on the golden sands of Bondi Beach will now be a thing of the past following a recent council motion imposing new restrictions on beach events.
Popular events including Mardi Gras celebrations, Sculpture by the Sea and the annual City2Surf event (pictured) will be excluded from the ban.
The motion presented to councilors by Paula Masselos will also mean that all beaches under Waverley Council’s jurisdiction will not allow commercial events to sell alcohol on the beaches until the council reviews its events policy.
Cr Masselos’ motion said Bondi Beach was “not an event space, venue or brand”.
“It exists within a suburb where people also live and go about their daily lives,” he said.
Cr Masselos said locals have told the council “very loudly” that they do not want alcohol-fuelled events on their local beach, where alcohol consumption is already banned.
“Our beaches are a space for our entire community, and they have told the council loud and clear that they are not in favor of large commercial events involving alcohol on the sands of Bondi Beach,” he told The Daily Telegraph.
In 2020, plans to introduce an Amalfi-style beach club to Bondi Beach sparked similar calls from locals to close and prevent commercial developments along the beach.
The beach club initially planned to provide an ‘alcohol and food service’ to beachgoers between the months of November and February.
In 2020, plans to introduce an Amalfi-style beach club to Bondi Beach sparked similar calls from locals to close and prevent commercial developments along the beach.
But the plan was soon abandoned after widespread backlash.
Bondi councilor Leon Goltsman said the new ban will stop the “commercialization” of the beach.
“The beach belongs to the people and should be free for everyone,” he said, according to The Daily Telegraph.
‘Its not for sale. Bondi Beach is for the world to enjoy.
‘Bondi is a small area and there are more suitable places to have a party. “We need to protect our assets from privatization.”
