‘It’s nice to see people enjoying it, but really, it’s just getting a bit too much,’ a resident says as visitors descend on Gerringong
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 12:36pm, 30 Apr 2026Viral posts of an Australian street dubbed the country’s “most beautiful” have enticed coachloads of visitors to a picturesque seaside town – and locals have had enough of it.
But recent posts on Instagram, TikTok and as far afield as China’s RedNote showing the town’s Tasman Drive have left residents fuming that their little slice of paradise has turned into an internet sensation.
“It’s getting beyond a joke for a small country town,” Peter Hainsworth, 81, said as tourists frolicked on the rolling hills nearby.
“You’ve got people who are trying to do three-point turns, they’re standing in the middle of the road taking photographs, they’re leaving their rubbish.
Nearby, tourists posed in the middle of the road for selfies to the fury of a sweary local resident on a bicycle.
