By Pallavi Singhal, Sian Brain and Rachel Clun
Revellers have left large amounts of rubbish strewn across Sydney's beaches on Christmas Day after warm temperatures drew big crowds to the water.
Hundreds were at Bondi Beach on Christmas night, while images from Bronte in Sydney's east on Wednesday night show rubbish, clothing and shopping bags left in a park near the water.
Large amounts of rubbish left near Bronte beach on Christmas Day.
A spokeswoman for Waverley Council, which encompasses Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte beaches, said the clean up will begin early on Boxing Day.
"We usually go first thing in the morning, clean up crews start really early in the morning before the crowds arrive," the spokeswoman said.
She said that lifeguards stop monitoring beaches after 7pm.
There was also a large police presence as people left beaches on Wednesday evening.
Crowds of people at Bondi beach on Christmas Day.Credit: AAP/Steven Saphore
"There's police around every year at this time to manage crowds," a spokeswoman for NSW Police said.
Temperatures hit highs of about 26 degrees in Sydney's east on Wednesday and are expected to reach the mid to high-20s on Boxing Day.
One group of about 30 people from the United Kingdom, who met while working on Australian farms, celebrated Christmas Day on the beach with a boom box.
Twenty-four-year-old Abbie Gould from Essex said they were enjoying the weather but she's "going to turn out like a lobster."
There was a large police presence at Bronte beach on Christmas Day.
"At home it's currently raining," she said, "but nothing's going to rain on our parade here."
A group of French travellers, including 22-year-olds Alina Truc and Anthony Leveau, were also spending Christmas on Bondi Beach.
While Ms Truc is missing a white Christmas, Mr Leveau could think of nothing better than the Australian summer.
"Summer in winter, can you imagine?" he said.