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For the past 25 years Angus Waugh has been a familiar face on Strand Beach every Sunday, where he motivates, supports and helps train the nippers and micro-nippers at Strand Surf Lifesaving Club. He attends the competitions, open days, practise days and has done so without missing a Sunday.
A beautiful mural on the wall of the public bathrooms on Strand’s main beach has been painted in honour and memory of Freddy the Seal, a much-loved visitor on Strand Beach who tragically died in October from stress caused by the interference of humans.
There seems to be no end in sight to the ongoing sewage blockages, overflows and resultant sinkholes, which often lead to the spills into the Lourens River estuary and the ocean in Strand.
Last week municipal workers erected signboards at two separate sections of Strand Beach cautioning beachgoers against the “polluted water”, stating swimmers do so at their own risk.