{"id":5554,"date":"2020-03-21T23:23:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T23:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2020-03-21T23:23:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T23:23:28","slug":"city-works-with-hunter-surf-life-saving-to-monitor-crowds-at-beaches-and-ocean-baths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/21\/city-works-with-hunter-surf-life-saving-to-monitor-crowds-at-beaches-and-ocean-baths\/","title":{"rendered":"City works with Hunter Surf Life Saving to monitor crowds at beaches and ocean baths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle\u00a0is\u00a0working with Hunter Surf Life Saving to\u00a0monitor crowds\u00a0at\u00a0local\u00a0beaches and ocean baths\u00a0to ensure\u00a0compliance with the Public Health\u00a0Order limiting\u00a0non-essential\u00a0outdoor gatherings to less than 500 people.<br \/>\nWhile\u00a0the public spaces remain open,\u00a0the City is advising\u00a0residents\u00a0and visitors\u00a0to practice social distancing, including maintaining a 1.5 metre\u00a0space from others,\u00a0as we\u00a0work with our State and Federal Government partners to limit\u00a0the spread of COVID-19.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"BarBeach-(1).jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/City-works-with-Hunter-Surf-Life-Saving-to-monitor\/BarBeach-(1).jpg.aspx\" alt=\"BarBeach-(1).jpg\" \/>City of Newcastle\u00a0Interim\u00a0Director of\u00a0City Wide\u00a0Services Alissa Jones\u00a0said\u00a0that while local beaches rarely see\u00a0crowds as large as those of Bondi and Clovelly,\u00a0the City would\u00a0remain vigilant\u00a0and take action\u00a0in the interests of public safety\u00a0if required.<br \/>\n\u201cAlthough\u00a0Newcastle beaches\u00a0don\u2019t typically\u00a0experience the dense crowds of Bondi Beach which was closed today by NSW Police,\u202fwe will be actively monitoring numbers at our beaches and baths to help enforce the limit on\u202fnon-essential outdoor gatherings to fewer than 500\u202fpeople,\u201d Ms Jones\u00a0said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe all have a role to play in preventing the spread of a\u00a0COVID-19 and City of Newcastle\u202fwill be implementing social distancing conditions at our beaches and baths\u202fin partnership with Hunter Surf Life Saving.\u201d<br \/>\nCity of Newcastle\u00a0usually\u00a0provides lifeguards at beaches and\u00a0ocean\u00a0baths\u00a0from\u00a0Monday to Saturday,\u202falong with\u00a0Hunter Surf Life Saving (HSLS)\u00a0volunteers\u00a0who\u00a0patrol beaches on Saturday and Sunday.<br \/>\nThe\u00a0City\u00a0will now join HSLS to patrol on Sundays, working in partnership to:<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monitor the\u00a0numbers of attendees at\u00a0our\u00a0beaches\u00a0and\u00a0baths<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Report\u00a0to\u00a0City officers\u00a0and HSLS if numbers are getting close to 500<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Advise\u00a0visitors to our beaches\u00a0the need for\u00a0social distancing<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Install\u00a0signage at all beaches and the\u202fbaths\u00a0including\u00a0health messaging\u00a0such as\u00a0advice on\u202fsocial distancing measures and the restrictions on non-essential gatherings.<br \/>\nFor more information on City of Newcastle\u2019s response\u00a0to the COVID-19 visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle\u00a0is\u00a0working with Hunter Surf Life Saving to\u00a0monitor crowds\u00a0at\u00a0local\u00a0beaches and ocean baths\u00a0to ensure\u00a0compliance with the Public Health\u00a0Order limiting\u00a0non-essential\u00a0outdoor gatherings to less than 500 people. While\u00a0the public spaces remain open,\u00a0the City is advising\u00a0residents\u00a0and visitors\u00a0to practice social distancing, including maintaining a 1.5 metre\u00a0space from others,\u00a0as we\u00a0work with our State and Federal Government partners to limit\u00a0the spread &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/21\/city-works-with-hunter-surf-life-saving-to-monitor-crowds-at-beaches-and-ocean-baths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City works with Hunter Surf Life Saving to monitor crowds at beaches and ocean baths&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}