More than 100 members of the South Australian (SA) surfer community claim to be suffering a mysterious illness after being exposed to a strange yellowish foam that washed up on local beaches.
The substance was found at Waitpinga and Parsons beaches within the Newland Head Conservation Park.
Surfer Anthony Rowland penned a public post on Facebook where he said the unknown material impacted people in the water and those on shore in the nearby carpark.
“We all experienced a sore throat, dry cough and irritated eyes,” he said on Facebook.
“Some even reported blurred vision. It lasted 24 hours or so.”
Rowland said there was visible evidence something was wrong in the water, and as he collected water samples for testing the full extent of the issue was laid bare....
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