Port Stephens Council reply to seaweed issue Nelson Bay (Tomaree Peninsula areas) by NOTA - January 18, 2017 Port Stephens Council has replied to the the issue regarding seaweed which has continued to wash ashore at Birubi Beach over the holiday period. Council's Community and Recreation Co-ordinator, Brock Lamont reiterated previous public statements in clarifying that the beached seaweed is a natural process, as is its eventual return to