One owner says he is being unfairly targeted over boat trailer parking in the upmarket Sydney harbourside suburb of Mosman.
This week a resident took to social media to demand a boat trailer on their street be moved.
The Facebook post reads, "We are having construction done on my house."
It has made two huge deliveries with a crane hard to unload supplies. On Tuesday night, a Facebook post sparked furious debates over the long-running issue on Sydney's affluent North Shore.
The reaction was bizarre, according to Mosman resident Palle Lunoe, owner of the boat trailer at the centre of the dispute.
He said that he's never seen anything like it in my life, over a boat parked on the side of a road.
It is legal to park a registered boat trailer on the street for up to 28 days, but the issue continues to vex some harbourside residents.
The Mosman Council decided to impose a four-hour limit on nine parking spaces in Mosman Bay that were occupied by boat trailers earlier this month.
Mosman councillor Simon Menzies supported the decision but said it was not the solution.
He said that you don't solve the problem, you just shift the problem to another street.
Cr Menzies was concerned about the size of boat trailers.
He said I'm afraid that someone will be knocked over, that a child will be knocked over because the driver just can't see them.
While his boat trailer was a legally parked, registered vehicle, Mr Lunoe agreed to move it, but the incident prompted him to raise the matter with the council, which he accused of placating a few outspoken residents.
I don't think a boat is anything unusual, particularly living around Sydney Harbour — it's very much a part of our life around here, he said.
The counsellors are removing our right to park trailers legally and safely without harming anyone throughout Mosman, but they are not providing us with an alternative place to park. He said boat owners were made to feel unwelcome because they were not into a mainstream hobby such as yoga. Unfortunately, he said, I like boats, not yoga, and therefore I'm being ostracised for it.
The home owner who complained on Facebook said they wanted the trailer moved for safety reasons.
They wrote before they deleted the post because they didn't want to be a 'Karen' about this.
Mosman Council spokeswoman said the council wanted to direct boat trailers to where they have less impact and provide a more convenient option for trailer owners.