Dog owners told to leave sea and beach immediately due to breaking rules
Dog owners told to leave sea and beach immediately due to breaking rules
A serene morning beach stroll turned sour for a couple and their dogs when they clashed with local authorities.
The incident, which took place in the Spanish town of Chiclana, Cádiz, has ignited a global debate on social media about dog-friendly policies, sparking calls for more leniency and clarity.
The couple had been enjoying a quiet morning on the beach, accompanied by their dogs.
Fine for dog owners
However, as they were leaving the beach, they were met by police officers who issued them a fine for bringing their dog to the beach and demanded they leave immediately.
The incident was shared on an Instagram account advocating for dog-friendly beaches in the Cadiz region. The post prompted a surge of empathy from fellow dog owners who have faced similar experiences.
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Canine beach ban
The couple, who believed their dogs’ presence posed no problem as the beach was empty, attempted to reason with the officer. But the officer wouldn’t budge or use their discretion and instead continued to issue them with the fine.
Some people commented on the post that the lack of clear signage means dog owners shouldn’t be fined. Meanwhile, others questioned why dogs aren’t allowed at the beach and whether such regulations were necessary when most pet owners clean up after their pets.
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Bronte Beach Christmas party: Business owners slam Waverley Council and ‘entitled’ locals after Christmas party caused chaos
- Bronte Beach left trashed after Christmas Day party
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By JESSICA WANG FOR NCA NEWSWIRE
Small business owners have blasted ‘entitled’ Sydney beachside locals ‘in their $5m houses’ after a Christmas Day backpacker beach party earnt the fury of residents.
On Christmas Day, 10,000 partygoers filled Sydney’s Bronte Beach for the annual event, which has been affectionately called Orphans’ Christmas, leaving the community to clean up the rubbish left strewn across nearby streets.
But eastern suburbs cafe owners told NCA NewsWire the day would be a great way to help local businesses’ profits if it was better managed by local councils.
In past years, the event has been held in the nearby suburb of Coogee before the City of Randwick Council clamped down on partygoers after the beach was smashed with similar scenes in 2016.
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About 10,000 revellers flocked to Bronte Beach on Christmas Day, leaving locals to clean up the mess left behind
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As soon as the sun came out, many people packed the beaches on Christmas Day
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Longtime Coogee Courtyard cafe owner Dave Martin said locals should embrace the parties.
‘All these people down in Bronte, they’re all entitled in their $5m houses and they don’t want anyone down there,’ he said.
‘Just embrace it – it’s something travellers want to do. They want to spend a hot Christmas Day at the beach because most of them don’t get to do that.’
He said that December 25 used to be one of the busiest days of the year with ‘quadruple’ takings, but he doesn’t bother opening now.
‘I feel like Australia is the only country that tries to suppress an international drawcard instead of embracing it,’ he said.
‘Considering there was an estimated 10,000 people there, the amount of rubbish wasn’t that bad.
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‘Instead of flooding the local economy with money, we try to shut it down.’
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Dave Martin, owner of Coogee Courtyard decribed Bronte locals as ‘entitled’
Waverley Mayor Paula Masselos said the residents’ anger wasn’t down to their entitlement but the ‘utter lack of respect for the park itself and the community’.
‘If anyone was entitled it was the backpackers who came into a public place that belongs to everyone and show the total lack of respect that they did,’ she said.
‘When the place is trashed in the way that it was, the people rightly get upset because it’s ratepayers’ money that is paying for the extra staff who are on-board to clean up.’
She confirmed the City of Waverley Council made more available bins for the event, with two garbage compactors working on rotation.
She said extra council workers were also rostered on during the day, with crews cleaning up the debris until 11pm on Christmas Day before continuing on Boxing Day.
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Revellers were later slammed for trashing the nearby park. Pictured is rubbish and discarding belonging the morning after
The Coop cafe in Bronte co-owner Fern Coops said she believed businesses should be ‘standing in line with the Christmas party’.
‘I think we should look at (the party) in like a positive light instead of just saying these people are trashing our beaches and they’re disrespectful. Instead we should say, ‘We welcome you, let’s encourage this’,’ she said.
She called for more council support, including extra portaloos and changes to rules about consuming alcohol.
‘What I’ve heard now is that because there’s (limited) toilets at the beach, (attendees) could come into businesses and trash the premises,’ she said.
‘If the event was managed properly, there’d be more incentive for businesses to open.’
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Fern Coop (middle) believed the party could be turned into an official event which would benefit local businesses.
Allowing businesses to operate things such as food trucks at Bronte Park would also alleviate pressure on the small cafes and eateries along Bronte Rd, she said.
Ms Masselos said while council had investigated options to host ticketed events at Bronte Park, its geography made it ‘unfeasible’.
The ‘large periphery’ and multiple ‘entry points’ meant fencing and closing off the area would quickly become ‘extremely expensive’.
With New Year’s Eve just days away, Ms Masselos said council would continue its ‘zero-tolerance for alcohol’ in public places and warned punters that extra police have been arranged.
‘We have user pays police, and we’ll have more rangers and beach ambassadors, so there is more staff patrolling and we’ll be keeping a close eye on it,’ she said.
