Nine beaches in Sydney, including well-known Manly beach, were closed to bathers on Tuesday after small white and grey balls of debris washed up on the shores at the height of the summer holiday season.

Nine beaches in Sydney, Australia, have been closed after mysterious gray debris shaped like small balls washed up ashore. The discovery of the marble-sized balls comes just months after a similar incident in October of last year, where thousands of washed ...

Workers have cleaned up and reopened seven of nine northern Sydney beaches after mysterious balls washed ashore.

All but one of the nine major north Sydney beaches which were closed this week after mysterious ball shaped debris washed up on the sands have now reopened.

Nine beaches along Sydney's Northern Beaches have closed for precautionary reasons after numerous tiny balls were found washed up on the shoreline.

On Tuesday, January 14, nine beaches in Sydney were closed to swimmers due to mysterious balls washing ashore. Local authorities are already trying to determine the origin of these unknown findings. Ocean beaches in Sydney,

Nine beaches in Sydney’s north have been closed after mysterious balls of debris washed ashore. The marble-sized balls of debris washed up on Tuesday, the Northern Beaches Council said, prompting the closure of nine popular beaches.

Months after mysterious black balls forced the closure of some of Sydney's most famous beaches, small marble-like debris has begun washing up on the city's shores again. The balls - this time grey or white in colour - have prompted councils to shut nine beaches, including popular Manly and Dee Why, while authorities investigate.

Beaches in Sydney, Australia, were closed to bathers after small white and grey balls of debris washed up on the shores at the height of the summer holiday season.

But repeated occasions where wastewater is causing pollution and with no clear source must be addressed by the pollution watchdog and Sydney's water authority, Greens environment spokeswoman Sue Higginson said.

Sydney’s pumping of primary-treated effluent into the ocean makes us out of step with the rest of the world, a water engineering expert said.