
ANOTHER war of words has broken out between the City of Newcastle and the Friends of Newcastle Ocean Baths (FONOB) lobby group, after the council posted photos of the emptied baths revealing an old concrete slab in the south-eastern corner of the otherwise rock-bottomed structure.
On Thursday morning the council sent two photos - including the one above - to the Newcastle Herald and posted them on Facebook with this message: "You might have read in the Newcastle Herald or seen on Facebook concerns from a small group of people that concreting the rock floor of the Newcastle Ocean Baths would stop sand from building up and lead to issues like sea lice.