Hateful homophobic graffiti targets Aldinga Beach’s rainbow steps

Police have been called after anti-LGBTQI vandals targeted Aldinga Beach with vile graffiti – but council volunteers are already cleaning it up.

Anti-LGBTQI vandals have targeted a beloved South Australian tourist destination, spraying hateful messages under a set of rainbow stairs.

On Friday morning, Aldinga Beach locals took to a community Facebook page to share the distressing scene where vandals spray painted homophobic messages on a ramp down to the beach.

“F**k gays,” the graffiti reads.

It also depicts several images of male genitalia and one that appears to be a woman’s naked body in pink and red spray paint.

Horrific graffiti has appeared on the steps down to Aldinga Beach. Picture: Facebook

The council confirmed a clean-up crew was on the way. Picture: Facebook

Residents in the area were disgusted at the display, graffitied underneath a set of rainbow stairs beloved by the locals between Aldinga Beach and Silver Sands.

“This is NOT what our community is about!” one person commented on the post.

“This makes my stomach turn,” said another.

Mayor of the City of Onkaparinga Moira Were said the graffiti has been reported to the relevant authorities.

“Council was made aware of the graffiti this morning and have reported the vandalism to SA Police,” she said.

“We have a graffiti-removal crew attending as a priority to ensure it’s removed as soon as possible.

“Hateful messages such as this have no place in our diverse community, and we ask that if anyone has any information regarding this incident, to please contact police.”

Council volunteers at the scene said the graffiti was “the worst (they’d) seen in a long time,” and were covering it up with fresh paint.

Residents were left in shock after photos were posted on a community page. Picture: Facebook

The stairs are a beloved feature among locals. Picture: Teegan Ames

Volunteer workers are covering the vulgar images with paint. Picture: Teegan Ames

They said they’d work to get rid of it as soon as possible. Picture: Teegan Ames

The workers, dubbed by passers-by as ‘The A Team’ are local volunteers who in the past have painted over more than 25,000 graffiti tags over 50,000 sqm from Sellicks Beach to Aberfoyle Park.

They’re not paid, but said they would “pay the council to let them do it”.

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