UPDATE - 13 Dec 2009

Clearly I'm not an investigative journo, but just a concerned local resident. ;-)

What really happened?  A burst mains water pipe in Kirribilli. Half of Kirribilli had no water yesterday. And, thankfully, what went into Careening Cove was mostly just clean drinking water and a lot of sand. No nasty toxins.

Anyway, isn't it better to act on something you're concerned about, than to ignore it?

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Went for stroll early this morning, only to find that the otherwise beautiful aquamarine waters of Careening Cove have gone a murky brown. It has not rained heavily in the region during the past few days, so the brown sludge coming from the storm drain adjacent to Milson Park must have some other source.

Who's doing this? What is this stuff? Is it toxic or not? Shouldn't the local residents be told about this?

Two kayakers I spoke to said it started around 7.15am this morning...

By the way, we've spotted little penguins in Neutral Bay only 2 weeks ago and people fish in these waters...

The water in Careening Cove and Neutral Bay are turning a yukkie, dirty brown colour...

Contacted "New South Wales Government - Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water" on beachwatch@environment.nsw.gov.au via http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/beach/Contactus.htm  Will update as soon as I get a response.

Off to "Walk Against Warming".