Updated: 12:21
A body has been recovered from Virginia Lake.
At 7:30am a member of the public reported seeing a man lying face down in the lake.
The body of a 67 year-old local man was recovered this morning.
His name has not yet been released, and police say his death is not suspicious.
The area around Virginia Lake on Great North Road has been cordoned off.
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