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Aleksandra Bliszczyk

Sorry Melbourne: It’s Gonna Be 29C Today But The EPA Says Our Beaches Are Too Pooey To Swim In

It’s going to be 29 degrees today — Melbourne’s first taste of summer — but residents have been urged not to go to the beach because heavy rain and ongoing flooding

The Environmental Protection Authority Victoria issued a warning on Tuesday that no Melbourne beaches around Port Phillip Bay were considered suitable for swimming.

PooMark Taylor

“The water quality is not tip-top, we’re encouraging people to stay out until we really see it as clean and presenting as suitable to swim in,” he told Guardian Australia.

“The Yarra River is understandably still poor and it will be until later on into the summer as the effects of floods dissipate.

La Niña to (hopefully) leave our shores

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