Melbourne is having a shitty beach season

Melbourne

THE annual beach pilgrimage during the height of summer in Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, is threatened by an unsettling phenomenon: shores where the tides are tainted with excrement.

The Environment Protection Authority in the state of Victoria said on Monday that heavy rains had caused faecal pollution to wash into Port Phillip from rivers, creeks and drains. It advised against swimming at 21 beaches because of poor water quality.