December 6th 2024.
A mysterious phenomenon has captured the attention of Sydney's beach-goers once again. Just eight weeks after a similar discovery on the city's eastern coast, strange balls and debris have washed ashore on the southern beach of Silver Beach in Kurnell. It was a concerned member of the public who first alerted the NSW Environmental Protection Agency to the unusual objects scattered along the shoreline on Tuesday.
In response, the Sutherland Shire Council quickly set up warning signs to inform beach visitors about the possible contamination. As a precaution, council workers began the process of cleaning up the affected area yesterday. Despite thorough searches of nearby beaches, no other similar debris was found.
The mysterious balls varied in size, shape and color, ranging from small, round objects the size of golf balls to larger, more irregular shapes. Their colors ranged from pale and whitish to green, grey and black. According to the EPA, this week's discovery was much smaller in comparison to the October incident where a large amount of similar debris washed up on Sydney's eastern beaches.
In fact, the initial appearance of these strange balls occurred at Coogee Beach before more were found on other beaches in the eastern suburbs. After conducting tests, Randwick City Council confirmed that the debris was in fact "tar balls", which are small blobs of oil that have been weathered and shaped by the ocean. As the investigation continued, the EPA found that the origin of these tar balls was likely a source that releases mixed waste.
Unfortunately, despite the efforts of scientists and authorities, the source of these mysterious balls remains unknown. No source samples were available for comparison, leaving the EPA to wait for results from testing on debris that washed up in Kiama, a coastal town on the south coast of NSW, last month.
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