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Overwhelmed police struggled to enforce lockdown restrictions in Bondi Beach on the first weekend double-vaccinated residents were allowed to picnic together outdoors.
Thousands headed for the iconic spot to celebrate mask-free in the sunshine on Sunday as public health orders finally start to ease in NSW.
Although most kept to the strict five persons per picnic rule, with so many on the foreshore grass, the whole beachfront was a bikinis and blankets finger-food fiesta.
New footage reveals how officers tried to police the al fresco crowd but were largely defeated by sheer force of numbers at the packed lunch.
New footage has revealed how overwhelmed police struggled to enforce lockdown restrictions as Picnic Day turned Sydney's Bondi Beach into one huge packed lunch (pictured)
The new picnic laws came into effect on Monday September 13, but families and friends mostly waited until the weekend to take advantage of the relaxed rules. (Pictured, a couple soak up the sun at Bondi)
Council Covid compliance officers also seemed helpless to enforce the restrictions.
The new picnic laws came into effect on Monday September 13, but families and friends mostly waited until the weekend to take advantage of the relaxed rules.
Sunday's perfect spring weather brought out huge crowds across the city as people leapt at the chance to finally reconnect with mates and family after months in lockdown isolation.
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