Teens leave trail of booze bottles, rubbish on Papamoa Beach

Rubbish on the sand dunes between Sunrise and Sandhurst Drive. Photograph/George Novak

The aftermath of a huge beach party at Papamoa last night has shocked regular beach walker Betty Knight.

"It is disgusting, the worst I have ever seen," she told the Bay of Plenty Times this morning.

"Bottles, cans and rubbish were strewn everywhere," Mrs Knight said.

The mess littered a large area of beach and dunes halfway between Sunrise Ave and Sandhurst Drive.

The litter included broken bottles. "It is positively dangerous," she said.

Partygoers also lit two fires, one on the beach and another in the dunes.

She said it looked there had been a huge party. "We were horrified."

Rubbish on the sand dunes between Sunrise and Sandhurst Drive. Photograph/George Novak

Council contractors responded to calls and were soon cleaning up the rubbish this morning.

Mount Police received a call last night about teenagers partying on the beach at Omanu, further up the coast, but they had gone by the time the patrol arrived.

No calls were received about partying in the area described by Mrs Knight.