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Breaking News and Live Updates: Victoria records 16 deaths, 279 new COVID-19 cases; New death and five cases in NSW; Surfer made 140 km illegal trip ‘to find better waves’ – 9News
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A surfer in regional Victoria who travelled more than 140 kilometres to find better waves was among hundreds of people fined by police for breaching COVID-19 restrictions.
The man, from the Surf Coast town of Torquay, made the long journey yesterday because there were “no waves on the east side”, he told officers.
He was fined $1652 for beaching the stage three coronavirus restrictions.
Other cases included four people were caught driving in the south-west Melbourne suburb of Wyndham during c…
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