A further five beaches have been closed in Sydney with thousands of toxic tar balls still washing ashore.
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00:00It would seem Bondi is open like any other ordinary day.
00:06That's despite Waverley Council, Maritime New South Wales and the Environment Protection
00:11Authority closing the beach after the same circular balls found at Coogee Beach on Tuesday
00:16afternoon were discovered here at Bondi and as far south as Botany Bay.
00:22Beaches will be closing on a case-by-case basis as officials continue their investigation
00:27and while the clean-up continues, the mystery still remains.
00:31When it comes to the investigation of the source of these mysterious balls, that is
00:37going to be led by New South Wales Maritime as the coordinating response agency.
00:42The spherical balls that are washing up on beaches here and across eastern Sydney are
00:48potentially linked to an oil spill out at sea, yet it is unknown where exactly that
00:53oil is coming from.
00:55Initial test results revealed the spheres are a petroleum-based product but the exact
01:01source still remains unknown and that certainly hasn't stopped beach-goers from coming down
01:06and getting amongst beach life here and even taking a dip in the water.
01:10I just jumped in, that's all.
01:12Just a quick little dip.
01:13We walked along the sand to make sure there was no little balls or anything and it was
01:17fine and now I've come down for another swim but it's closed.
01:19We didn't want to go against the rules so we didn't go in but we really wanted to.
01:24A command centre will be set up at Rizal where officials will manage this response
01:28in the coming days.