While there were no fatalities recorded in the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District during the five-day Easter traffic enforcement Operation Tortoise, 88 speeding infringements and 185 other fines were issued during that time.

"There were no fatalities across the entire Northern Region which is great, but what the numbers show is that there are still a lot of people doing the wrong thing," Port Stephens-Hunter's Acting District Operation Inspector Kristin Marshall said.

"The road safety messages were very clear in the lead up to the Easter long weekend. Drivers that don't listen to those messages put themselves and others in danger.

"Those messages will not change for Operation Go Slow, the state-wide traffic enforcement operation for Anzac Day and end to the school holiday. My advice is for drivers to listen to those messages."

One of the most significant fines to be issued by police during the five days was at Bobs Farm on Easter Sunday when a man was caught speeding 52 kilometres an hour above the speed limit.

The 43-year-old man lost 12 demerit points, had his licence suspended for six months and was fined $2435 by Traffic and Highway Patrol officers after he was detected speeding along Nelson Bay Road at Bobs Farm about 7pm.

Officers allegedly detected the motorbike rider travelling 132km/h in the 80km/h zone.

He was stopped and issued a penalty notice for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45 km/h.

Police and National Parks and Wildlife Service ran a joint operation along Samurai, One Mile and Stockton beaches on Easter Saturday.

The aim of the annual operation is to promote the "safe and responsible" use of the beach.

Acting District Operation Inspector Marshall said a number of vehicles were detected in unauthorised areas of the beaches and moved on. A total of 16 infringement notices were issued during the beach operation, including one for having a dog off leash and another for dangerous driving in the sand dunes.

Police also conducted 220 random breath tests during the beach operation, part of the 5037 total done across the district during the weekend.

"General duties and highway patrol were doing an average 1000 breath tests a day. If you're doing the wrong thing, it's only a matter of time before you're caught," Acting District Operation Inspector Marshall as a warning to motorists heading into the Anzac weekend.

A number of traffic fines were also issued by Port Stephens Council rangers to illegally parked motorists along James Patterson Road following a weekend of mayhem for Anna Bay residents.

The council's community services manager Steve Bernasconi said that illegally parked vehicles had caused traffic chaos over the long weekend.

"The issue is the movement of traffic ... yes during the peak times there is more traffic flow than car parking spaces but people parking illegally is the cause of the congestion," he said.

"We had our rangers issuing fines to illegally parked vehicles on Saturday and followed up on Sunday and Monday with traffic control personnel to manage the traffic flow."

Mr Bernasconi said that following similar scenes on the Australia Day weekend in 2018, council had acted by erecting 'no parking' signs along James Paterson Street.

"The parking restrictions had worked fine until the weekend where visitors did not follow parking restrictions," he said.

Mr Bernasconi said that there were no plans for the council to increase the number of carparking spaces, and that the transport interchange due in a couple of years would those people wanting to utilise the tourist operators and those accessing Birubi beach.

Double demerits kicked back in at midnight on Wednesday and will run until midnight on April 28.