Cr Kellie Marsh tabled a motion at Tuesday's council meeting, requesting the council investigate CCTV camera installation at the popular spot in order to monitor and deter antisocial behaviour.

Cr Marsh said there had been many community reports of cars speeding and other unwanted activities.

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Cr Marsh said she had previously lobbied council for CCTV there, and believed the antisocial behaviour escalated during holiday times.

However, the majority of councillors voted against the proposal at the meeting.

At the meeting, Cr Marsh said she had lodged motions on this matter in the past, and would continue to lobby for it.

"We as a council have spent a lot of ratepayers' money on staff time, putting boulders in place, replacement of bollards, damage to our vegetation there," she said.

"There's been a lot of antisocial behaviour that continues to happen down there.

"Unfortunately I feel this will continue and potentially be exacerbated with more people moving into the area.

"I don't feel that CCTV will stop all antisocial behaviour, illegal dumping, and fools doing what fools do. But I do feel CCTV for some sections of the community will be a major deterrent."

Deputy mayor John Murray spoke against the motion, saying CCTV didn't necessarily provide an effective deterrent.

"It's not organised criminal activity, it's clearly bad behaviour, and CCTVs do nothing to stop bad behaviour," he said.

"In fact, there's some research to show that people want their five minutes of fame by getting their antisocial acts caught on something, so they can get on some social media with it.

"Yes we do spend money fixing things there, but we'd spend a lot of money putting CCTV up and then maintaining it, and ongoing costs. We work with the police and others, who have got better methods."

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Cr Robert Petreski said there were certain instances whereby CCTV could be effective, but ineffective in others.

"They're most effective when you can track somebody from start to finish, and it's really hard to track somebody from start to finish when you're monitoring the outdoors, coastal zones and large parks," he said.

"We have had reports before, we have investigated this before, and I'm not sure that another investigation is going to yield any further results."

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