The dark spheres ranging in size from golf to tennis balls could be “tar balls”, a mixture of oil and debris.
Mysterious black spheres about the size of golf or tennis balls have washed up along the length of Coogee Beach, prompting council to barricade the sand and mount an urgent investigation and clean-up operation.
“At this stage it is unknown what the material is, however, they may be ‘tar balls’ which are formed when oil comes in to contact with debris and water, typically the result of oil spills or seepage,” the council said on Instagram.
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