Browsing: Balnarring Beach

Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of a man in Balnarring Beach this afternoon. It is understood the man fell out of a kayak and into the water near Mason-Smith Road about 1pm. The man was pulled from the water by bystanders. Paramedics tried to revive the man, but he died at the scene. He is yet to be formally identified. https://www.police.vic.gov.au/man-drowns-balnarring-beach

SHIRE council officers last Thursday brought an enterprising extractive industry at Balnarring Beach to an abrupt halt. The first site to come to a standstill was the foreshore and later a small reserve at the corner of Campbell and Highview courts. Not known as a mining area, the two reserves were nevertheless giving up buckets of saleable items – earthworms. “It’s amazing how many worms there are in the ground, they were everywhere,” a resident who did not want to be identified told The News. “I’m sure removing this many worms from one spot can’t be good for the environment.…