They said when there was rain, like on Saturday, the road to the beach got washed out and left the carpark in ruins because there was not enough drainage to deal with the runoff from Green Island Bush and Blackhead Rds.
He said Blackhead had become the "ugliest beach in Dunedin" because the Dunedin City Council was "useless".
"The beach is just full of dog s... and the tracks are f......
"I can walk from the carpark to the beach and all you can smell is dog s....
"No-one picks up their dog s... and no-one polices it."
The council had access to plenty of gravel from the quarry, but the road and carpark had remained uneven since the floods in October, he said.
Blackhead residents had to trim bushes encroaching on access to the beach.
Surfers and other beach-goers had to share the beach access with trucks using the quarry and the carpark had become a dangerous place.
"It’s actually quite unsafe.
"It’s super-dangerous and super-unkept.
"You wouldn’t be allowed to have that in Australia."
The resident said a nice walking track and a decent, well-maintained road leading to the beach would stop it from looking like an overgrown wasteland and turn it into a tourist destination.
In December 2020, Brighton resident Clare Rutter died in a crash in the area, prompting several complaints to the council about Blackhead Rd.
Council parks and recreation group manager Heath Ellis said the council was satisfied with the condition of the access track and the drainage in the area.
The area was managed as part of the coastal dune reserves, he said.
Planting had taken place at other coastal dune reserves, but not at Blackhead because vegetation coverage was considered acceptable.
Boulders had been put in place to mark the the edge of the carpark and make it safer, he said.
