Sydney's worst nightmare? Fears Covid outbreak could EXPLODE as thousands of anti-lockdown protesters from virus hotspots storm the city - with some SPITTING at media and others wave 'Western Sydney Lives Matter' signs

Fears are mounting Sydney's Covid outbreak could explode after fed-up residents from the city's virus-ravaged south-west stormed the CBD demanding an end to lockdown.  

The rally descended into chaos on Saturday afternoon with some protesters seen spitting at working media and others proudly waving 'Western Sydney Lives matter' placards as well over 10,000 people flocked to the heart of the city.  

Frenzied crowds packed together shoulder-to-shoulder - mostly without masks - while chanting 'freedom' and anti-vaxxer slogans.  

Some screamed 'f*ck the media' and 'Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi'.

A father and son from Fairfield in Sydney's south-west, where case numbers continue to surge, told Daily Mail Australia they had travelled from the city's Covid ground-zero to the CBD to be a part of the rally.

'We aren't scared of police,' the father said. 

NSW Police on Saturday arresting a man who attended the illegal protest in Sydney's CBD

Some protestors spat at working media and clashed with police as tensions mounted

A woman tries to push past police in a Sydney back street at Camperdown on Saturday during the protest

Protesters are pictured in Victoria Park as they make their way towards Town Hall station on Saturday to demonstrate against lockdown rules

Another group of five protesters, all who wouldn't be named, boasted they had travelled from the south-west for the rally. 

'We don't give a f*** mate, this lockdown is killing us,' one said.  

One mother who marched through Victoria Park on the outskirts of the city held a sign that read:  'If you think we're defiant, wait until you see the kids we're raising.' 

Some brought megaphones and chanted 'we've got rights' in police officers' faces, and at one stage the crowd could be heard chanting 'New South Wales' repeatedly.

The protests are a response to Covid lockdowns imposed in NSW, Victoria and South Australia, with more than half the country's 25million people ordered to stay at home over an outbreak which began in Sydney's east last month.  

Shocked onlookers in the Harbour City fear the rally could spell disaster for Sydney's Delta outbreak.

Protesters are pictured at Sydney's anti-lockdown protest on Saturday

Protesters are pictured at Sydney's lockdown rally in Victoria Park on Saturday as 3,500 demonstrators rallied against coronavirus restrictions across Australia

'The Sydney anti-lockdown protest is a superspreader event in the making. If the sheer number of people wasn't enough, everyone is also screaming at the top of their lungs (without masks) and potentially spreading droplets all over the damn place,' one said.

NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys earlier warned a lockdown protest in Sydney would be 'disastrous'.

'It's not really the time for people to come together closely, to exercise somewhat they would think was their democratic right and it may well be,' he said.

NSW Police were out in force for the protest, which is threatening to escalate by the minute

'NSW Police are in a position where they will try and work with the organisers and the specific group leaders to make sure that they comply with the public health orders, and in fact we don't get a situation where we end up with a spreading event in Sydney which would, of course, be disastrous'.

'At the present time we've got cases going through the roof, and we have people thinking that it's OK to get out there and possibly be close to each other at a demonstration. I just think that's a bit silly.'

Soon after the march began, protestors broke through a police barrier to continue down George St but were stopped at King St.

There is a heavy police presence, including mounted police and riot officers.

Protestors began marching in Sydney's CBD at 12pm, with one sign stating ' Drop Your Mask, Raise Your Voice'. Pictured are protesters climbing an awning outside Sydney's Town Hall

Police made multiple officers in Sydney's CBD on Saturday, as the lockdown protests threatens to get out of control

One fired up protestor in Sydney on Saturday held up a sign which read 'The media is the virus'

Another man was quick to condemn the media at Saturday's lockdown protest in Sydney

Protesters threw plastic bottles and plants hurled from the street at officers, with several confirmed arrests.

Just days after receiving his second fine for breaching the Public Health Order, former boxer Anthony Mundine was spotted at the rally.

He has already been fined twice for refusing to wear a mask in Bunnings and for travelling to Ballina, in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.

'Choc' Mundine posted videos on social media from the crowd in Victoria Park, Camperdown while chanting 'freedom'.

The protest comes as Covid-19 case numbers in NSW reached another record high on Saturday.

Some 163 new local cases were reported, up from 136 cases on Friday.

Police with riot gear attempted to control the crowds at Saturday's lockdown protest in Sydney

Retired boxer Anthony Mundine was spotted at the rally, and later posted videos on his social media

Twitter user Tannar spoke for many when she pointed out certain 'clowns' are protesting while case numbers surge in NSW

Another Twitter user made reference to Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection following Saturday's Sydney lockdown protest

Twitter user Daniel Van Boom labelled the behaviour of the protests 'selfish' and 'extraordinary'