{"id":8501,"date":"2020-10-02T12:03:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T12:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=8501"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:03:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T12:03:50","slug":"long-weekend-beach-safety-in-everyones-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/10\/02\/long-weekend-beach-safety-in-everyones-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Long weekend beach safety in everyone\u2019s hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the\u00a0October long weekend,\u00a0locals and visitors to\u00a0Newcastle are encouraged to be\u00a0mindful of COVID-19\u00a0safety while enjoying the City\u2019s beaches and\u00a0ocean baths.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"COVIDSafeBeach-Marshall-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Long-weekend-beach-safety-in-everyone-s-hands\/COVIDSafeBeach-Marshall-1.jpg\" alt=\"COVIDSafeBeach-Marshall-1.jpg\" \/>While the usual beach\u00a0management practices\u00a0apply including swimming between the flags and\u00a0observing\u00a0the instructions of lifeguards, people are encouraged to maintain 1.5 metres or a towel length between others.<br \/>\nThis weekend COVID Safe\u00a0Beach\u00a0Marshals will patrol local beaches and baths to educate the community about requirements under the Public Health Order, monitor crowd sizes and promote water safety.<br \/>\nPeople are asked to\u00a0limit gatherings to 20 people or less when outdoors and to\u00a0avoid crowded areas\u00a0to prevent the spread of COVID-19.\u00a0Once you\u2019ve had your swim,\u00a0surf and play\u00a0we encourage you to pack up to ensure\u00a0there is space at the beach for others.<br \/>\nIf\u00a0everyone follows the safety measures set out\u00a0in\u00a0the Public Health Order,\u00a0the community will be able to enjoy Newcastle\u2019s beautiful beaches and the\u00a0predicted warm weather safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the\u00a0October long weekend,\u00a0locals and visitors to\u00a0Newcastle are encouraged to be\u00a0mindful of COVID-19\u00a0safety while enjoying the City\u2019s beaches and\u00a0ocean baths. While the usual beach\u00a0management practices\u00a0apply including swimming between the flags and\u00a0observing\u00a0the instructions of lifeguards, people are encouraged to maintain 1.5 metres or a towel length between others. This weekend COVID Safe\u00a0Beach\u00a0Marshals will patrol local &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/10\/02\/long-weekend-beach-safety-in-everyones-hands\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Long weekend beach safety in everyone\u2019s hands&#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-8501","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\/8501","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=8501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}