Riot police were called to Bronte Beach in Sydney on Christmas afternoon to break up hundreds of people who were throwing a party in defiance of coronavirus restrictions.
A crowd of young people, many dressed in Santa hats, were seen chanting and dancing before they were eventually dispersed
by police at about 5pm.
Lucy Meyer, who witnessed the scene, said that they were all singing so loudly that she "could still hear them from a 10-minute walk away".
"There were around 200 to 300 partying in the grass," Meyer said.
"There were plenty of cops standing around, but they didn't seem to be doing anything to break up the crowd.
