Sydney real estate agent organised New Year's Eve party that trashed North Fitzroy park A SYDNEY real estate agent has been identified as the man behind a New Year's Eve party that spiralled our of control and trashed a park in North Fitzroy. Police have vowed to crack down on New Year's Eve dance parties in Edinburgh Gardens after the event got out of hand on Tuesday. But the party organiser, Hugh Gilbert, said he didn't witness any kind of strife on the night when at least 15,000 revellers descended on the park. I didn't see any trouble with the police. It must have happened after I left," the Sydney real estate agent said. It took police a while to wake up this man to tell him to go home during the New Years Eve clean up at Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy begins. Picture: Nicole Garmston It was a great night. Party-goers left a sea of rubbish behind and Yarra Council faces a $30,000 clean-up bill. Despite warning signs on social media of a large crowd and a similar-sized party last year, police only deployed 12 officers to patrol the park. The clean up begins. They struggled to contain the wild party and it was not until extra police flooded the park in the early hours of the morning that they were able to close down the "illegal dance parties" and disperse the crowd. But by then 20 people had been treated for serious cuts from glass on the ground and intoxication, and the council tennis courts had been vandalised. Gilbert said it was the second time he had promoted the event on social media. Revellers were still partying well into the next day. But so great was the paramedics' workload they were forced to set up a makeshift triage centre at the edge of the park were they treated people for serious cuts from the glass on the ground and intoxication. A 17-year-old boy was arrested and is assisting police with their inquiries. A man sound asleep in the garden bed at Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy. Victoria Police deputy commissioner Tim Cartwright admitted police had learnt from the trouble at Edinburgh Gardens and would work closely with council to increase infrastructure next year. "We did have a police contingent there but all I can say is that we have learnt and if there is an event there next year it will be much better controlled," he said. We will be working very hard with council to make sure that happens. Police try to move revellers on from Edinburgh Gardens. Rubbish littered the gardens yesterday morning, with Yarra councillor Roberto Colanzi tweeting several photos of the carnage. Victoria police also criticised the lack of organisation from Yarra Council on the night. Party-goers celebrate New Year's Eve in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy. Picture: Tim Carrafa "It is just a shame that there was so much litter," she said. The police presence. More than half-a-million revellers made their way to central Melbourne to enjoy the fireworks. But with the huge party came a huge amount of rubbish: 12 tonnes were collected on the night with Melbourne City Council estimating the clean-up bill at $212,000. A police officer was bit on the shoulder as he responded to reports of an affray at Hosier Lane. Police arrested 23 people in the CBD. Revellers party in the mess. Police question party-goers. Party-goers celebrate New Year's Eve in North Fitzroy.