Updated

Councillor backs calls for independent investigation into Port Fairy water

Kyra Gillespie
Updated June 15 2021 - 11:41pm, first published April 23 2021 - 6:10pm
Surfers Tim Dryden and Mark Archbold were hospitalised after contact with brown solid matter in Port Fairy waters. Picture: Morgan Hancock
Surfers Tim Dryden and Mark Archbold were hospitalised after contact with brown solid matter in Port Fairy waters. Picture: Morgan Hancock

UPDATE Friday: The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has admitted testing of water 17 days after surfers became sick in the ocean off Port Fairy means any possible pollution or existence of a toxic algal bloom would have likely dissipated.

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Kyra Gillespie

Kyra Gillespie

Journalist

Multi-platform journalist and digital / social producer for Australian Community Media, covering all the latest news across south-west Victoria. Got a news tip? Get in touch: kyra.gillespie@austcommunitymedia.com.au | 0475 951 618

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