BY IAN CROUCH
An elderly couple has drowned at Moonee Beach near Catherine Hill Bay, after a woman was found washed up and unable to be revived on Monday afternoon.
The body of a man was recovered in the water at Birdie Beach around 10am on Tuesday morning after a full-scale search.
They're yet to be formally identified, but are believed to be known to one another.
EARLIER:
A search will resume at first light on Tuesday for the body an elderly man feared drowned off Moonee Beach just south of Catherine Hill Bay.
It follows the discovery of the body of a woman believed to be in her 80's which washed up on the beach on Monday afternoon.
Efforts to revive the woman were unsuccessful.
Police are still trying to piece together the circumstances.
It's not clear at this stage if the couple were swimming or had been walking along the beach or on rocks and may have been swept into the sea.
Police are yet to formally identify the woman and a report will be prepared for the coroner.
