Sydney councils will use surveillance drones to ensure people at beaches are maintaining 1.5m distance, with photographs of beachgoers uploaded directly to council computers to perform headcounts: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-28/covid-19-distancing-enforced-by-drones-at-some-sydney-beaches/12981600
Inside the operation to keep Sydney's beaches socially distanced this summer

University student Yasmin Zaman will play a crucial role in keeping sunbathers on some of Sydney's iconic beaches a towel length apart this summer but she won't have to walk far to do it.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-28/covid-19-distancing-enforced-by-drones-at-some-sydney-beaches/12981600
"Fencing certain areas of the beach and providing various access points to corral people down barricades towards the water were discussed" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-28/covid-19-distancing-enforced-by-drones-at-some-sydney-beaches/12981600
Inside the operation to keep Sydney's beaches socially distanced this summer

University student Yasmin Zaman will play a crucial role in keeping sunbathers on some of Sydney's iconic beaches a towel length apart this summer but she won't have to walk far to do it.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-28/covid-19-distancing-enforced-by-drones-at-some-sydney-beaches/12981600
I have a collection of Google alerts searching for any reportage of a single instance of infection or transmission of COVID19 at a beach any where in the world, at any point during this pandemic. Still coming up dry. Anyone have any tips? https://twitter.com/KetanJ0/status/1313017704694067201
It'd be pretty amazing if this quote sparked a little moment of reflection about how beach-going has been presented in media over the past year or so: using deceptive photography to trigger a panic-and-click response, instead of accurately communicating risk.
It'd be pretty amazing if this quote sparked a little moment of reflection about how beach-going has been presented in media over the past year or so: using deceptive photography to trigger a panic-and-click response, instead of accurately communicating risk.
It'd be pretty amazing if this quote sparked a little moment of reflection about how beach-going has been presented in media over the past year or so: using deceptive photography to trigger a panic-and-click response, instead of accurately communicating risk.
It'd be pretty amazing if this quote sparked a little moment of reflection about how beach-going has been presented in media over the past year or so: using deceptive photography to trigger a panic-and-click response, instead of accurately communicating risk.
It'd be pretty amazing if this quote sparked a little moment of reflection about how beach-going has been presented in media over the past year or so: using deceptive photography to trigger a panic-and-click response, instead of accurately communicating risk.
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