Crowds have been kicked off St Kilda Beach after Melburnians ignored social distancing rules and packed the foreshore on Friday.Port Melbourne and Middle Park, from 6pm on Friday to stop people congregating and help contain the coronavirus.
The foreshore at St Kilda Beach was packed with groups of people on Friday enjoying the warm weather and sunshine directly in front of a large sign encouraging everyone to practise social distancing.Leigh HenninghamThere were fears the weekend's warm weather would draw crowds to Victoria's beaches, heightening the risk of a widespread outbreak of coronavirus in the community. The mercury is forecast to top 27 degrees in Melbourne on Saturday.
Cr Voss said the foreshore would be off limits until people changed their behaviour, or the COVID-19 risk subsided."Swimming is allowed at this stage, as long as social distancing and mass gathering rules are obeyed. Boat launches at St Kilda Marina are unaffected," a council statement said.The council's two skate parks and exercise facilities at parks were also closed on Friday, along with the St Kilda Botanical Gardens.
epearson_3 So they’re allowed to spend all day at school together but not outside the school gates?
Very similar scenes an hour ago. I just drove down Beach road from Port Melbourne to South rd. WTF is wrong with people 😡
LOOK AT THE AGE GROUP!
The fines need to start..Now!
doclarkins
This is our Governments fault. These young people probably go to school together and they think, why can I be with my friends at school and not the beach? Surely the beach is safer as it is outdoors! Mixed messages are the problem.
douchebags everywhere on this planet!
People who think they are immune, are nothing but a bunch of arrogant idiots. Don’t they know what is happening in the rest of the world? Yesterday, I heard another stupid idiot at the post office, calling this situation as a fib and 3000 died from the flu in 2019. THAT WAS A FIB
Give them a bullet. Save them from clogging up the hospitals when they get sick.
Nice work mirror people. Narcissists who have no clue why they can’t do whatever they want.
Time to bring in the Army to coordinate social distancing and the inevitable full lockdowns
People in Australia just don’t get the severity of this pandemic. Australiastayhome
Super pumped that humanity is doomed because of stupid people.
Who cares let the youths die best news ever stupidity comes to mind but the youth of today are just disrespectful pigs. Then we have international visitors doing it they should be deported stuff them who needs them in their country
Surely something like $180 on the spot find plus mandatory full home detention for 4 weeks would be in order here.
“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.”
Why were they open in the first place. Why always wait until it is too late. Shut it down now!!!! What are you waiting for? DanielAndrewsMP it is going to happen so why wait?
Can’t close all the beaches
There’s no cure for stupid.
Who would you trust more, a meth addict who promises to pay you back tomorrow or a millennial to get up before lunchtime and do anything at all considering the impact they have on others?
Wankers !!
Get it over with and lock everyone up
Natural selection! What a pack of morons.
Haven't you cretins realised after the dole queues which will only get longer that the social distancing thing is crap, and with refugees still in prison, prisoners on remand still in prison, the old still in old folks home that the vulnerable are the pple not being cared for
Will the ignorance of the young be responsible for the death of many and ever becoming aware of the dire from their blatant neglect?
WATCH INDONESIA IN TWO MORE WEEKS AND AMERICA ..SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHATS HAPPENING TO OUR WORLD
fOR GOD'S SAKE MORONS THE VIRUS IS NOT IN THE AIR.
I don't think this is any worse than the flu!
Don't think its going to happen with young people.......once the lights are out the urge begins. Even with the oldies at times too.
DanielAndrewsMP I think we are at the stage where visitors to Australia putting our population at risk by ignoring health guidelines should be taken to the airport and deported to their country of origin straight away.
None of them will die None of them will experience symptoms worse than the flu! What is your point! This is an OP
Maybe they have all tested negative and are SocialDistanacing from everyone else in a pack to protect themselves. Have we thought of that people?
They will be back tomorrow...
no most doing the right thing, these like Bondi, are backpackers who just dont give a stuff. DanielAndrewsMP
What did you do when you were young? Stop holding young people up to standards you yourself never kept.
Cut off the Coronavirus Supplement for those formally identified.
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