Whale carcass closes Maroubra and Coogee beaches in Sydney – video

Guardian Australia22 October 2026, 05:38 UTCAustralia

Video released by Randwick city council shows a whale carcass floating in the water in a Sydney bay, causing the closure of two busy beaches. The whale's decomposed body was found on Thursday morning at Lurline Bay, a rocky cove surrounded by cliffs in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. It’s believed to be a juvenile humpback‘Almost looks fake’: two Sydney beaches closed after whale carcass washes up Continue reading...

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