Seine Has Opened To Swimmers – Could Yarra Be Next?
Paris recently opened the River Seine for public swimming for the first time in more than a century, after it was cleaned up for swimming events at last year’s Olympics. Advocates have long campaigned for the Yarra River in Melbourne to be rehabilitated, and as an RMIT expert explains, the benefits could be greater than providing a new spot for swimmers.
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