By Alex Chapman For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 19:59 GMT, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 19:59 GMT, 20 February 2019
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The most notorious hoarding house in Australia has once again become the battleground of a fierce legal stoush.
Mary Bobolas and her family have spent the past two decades defending the mountains of rubbish strewn in and around her home in Sydney's affluent Bondi Beach.
Their tussle with the Waverley Council took a turn on Wednesday, as Mary and her two adult daughters appeared in court to fight fines for refusing to clean up.
The family behind Australia's most notorious hoarding home have clashed with authorities
Matriarch Mary Bobolas (pictured) has fought the Waverley Council for two decades, defending the mountains of rubbish piling up in the Bondi home's front and back yards
The matriarch was flanked by her daughters as she hobbled into the Downing Centre District Court, The Daily Telegraph reported.
The trio carried frail plastic bags full of legal documents into their appeal hearing, with daughters Elena and Liana again fighting $1,000 fines for refusing to leave the garbage-laden premises during a council-mandated clean-up in July 2015.
Liana, 48, was convicted of resisting an officer, as well as three counts of wilfully obstructing an officer.
Elena, six years her junior, was also found guilty of wilfully obstructing an officer.
The elder sister represented
