City of Newcastle reiterates the Prime Minister\u2019s advice that people should not leave home other than for essential shopping, medical care, exercise or work\/education that cannot be done remotely.
\nCity of Newcastle has closed all beaches and outdoor public areas such as the ocean baths, skateparks, playgrounds and exercise equipment following the Federal Government\u2019s overnight directive limiting public gatherings to two people. These closures include Crown Land reserves such as the Bogey Hole.
\nBeaches have red flags up with lifeguards on duty monitoring public safety. Police will be notified if people ignore the lifeguards\u2019 advice to leave the beach.
\nOnsite signage is being effected today to advise the community that public spaces are closed to limit the spread of COVID-19.
\nWhile the government advice allows outdoor exercise to continue, City of Newcastle stresses the importance of ensuring boot camps are limited to two people and that no more than two people gather in public. This includes along popular pathways such as the Bathers Way. Further, people must comply with social distancing which requires 1.5m space between people.
\nCity of Newcastle has closed public spaces including but not limited to:<\/p>\n
NSW Police is the enforcement authority for Public Health Orders. Contact Crime stoppers on 1800 333 000. City of Newcastle reiterates the Prime Minister\u2019s advice that people should not leave home other than for essential shopping, medical care, exercise or work\/education that cannot be done remotely. City of Newcastle has closed all beaches and outdoor public areas such as the ocean baths, skateparks, playgrounds and exercise equipment following the Federal Government\u2019s overnight … Continue reading “Beaches, playgrounds and public areas closed”<\/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-5727","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\/5727","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=5727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFor more information on the City\u2019s response visit\u00a0www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"