NSW police brought in to stop selfie-takers at Wedding Cake Rock

Rangers at NSW's iconic Wedding Cake Rock are so overwhelmed by selfie-takers ignoring warning signs they have called in assistance from NSW Police to help them enforce trespassing rules.

Speaking to the ABC, a NSW Parks and Wildlife (NPWS) spokesperson confirmed NSW Police have been assisting with "site compliance" at Wedding Cake Rock.

Despite being surrounded by a 1.6-metre-high fence, the location is regularly visited by tourists who ignore warning signs and climb the fence, risking their lives to stand on the rock.

Following the death of a French tourist in 2014 when part of the cliff collapses underneath him, a 2015 geotechnical report revealed the rock could collapse at any time "without warning" into the sea 50 metres below. 

In 2016, NPWS introduced fines of up to $3,300 for anyone caught by rangers climbing the fence and, according to the ABC, it has issued 13 fines to people ignoring the signage and scaling the fence in the years since, with more than 100 warnings issued.

However despite this, images of people standing on the rock still regularly appear on instagram under the hashtag #weddingcakerock.

A NPWS spokesperson said it was one of the reasons NSW Police had been called in to help. 

"It is extremely difficult to try to regulate this behaviour when people are intent on ignoring the signage, avoiding detection and intentionally going over the fence," the spokesperson said.

"The warning signage at Wedding Cake Rock, and the need to climb a 1.6-metre-high fence, makes it impossible for people to be unaware of the extreme danger which is why [we are] appealing for those visitors to reconsider their choices when visiting this location."