A COVID summer: no guarantee you'll be allowed on Wollongong beaches

Kate McIlwain
Updated September 18 2020 - 7:35pm, first published 4:30pm
High alert: "We get a lot of people coming down from South Western Sydney and Western Sydney, and Sydney beaches are going to be overflowing as well, so they're going to be looking for alternatives," surf lifesavers said.
High alert: "We get a lot of people coming down from South Western Sydney and Western Sydney, and Sydney beaches are going to be overflowing as well, so they're going to be looking for alternatives," surf lifesavers said.

Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery has warned would be beachgoers that there is no guarantee that they'll be able to access the city's coastline this summer.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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