Mystery balls close nine Sydney beaches

Australian authorities closed nine Sydney beaches on Tuesday after mysterious white and grey balls washed up along the coast. Beaches closed until further notice included tourist hotspots Manly and Dee Why, the city's Northern Beaches Council said in a statement. "So far, most samples identified are marble-sized with a few larger in size," it said. The local government said it was alerted to the debris by the Environment Protection Authority, and was helping the state agency to collect samples for testing. "The council is organising the safe removal of the matter and is inspecting other beaches," it said. In October last year, spherical objects the size of golf balls appeared on the sands of Sydney's famed Bondi and Coogee beaches. Initially thought to be tar balls, officials later said they could not be sure of the origin but they contained many substances including fatty acids, oils, human hair and bacteria. © Agence France-Presse For more ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgUHWUpi2ioSp4xAP1SmAaf For more latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmg4pcvfM9a96rbUcLD_0P_U For more News Digital News Raw Cuts, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmi83yKJH8Dv0p_3D4cyZKzV Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch the full episodes of TV Patrol on iWantTFC: http://bit.ly/TVPatrol-iWantTFC Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews #SydneyBeaches #LatestNews #ABSCBNNews