Beach consumed by sink hole in Australia (Inskip Point)

TODAY a huge sink hole stuns campers as it takes out a chunk of the beach and tree line at Inskip Point north of Brisbane ...

Video and article

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Weird.

Do those people watching realise the danger they're in? A void could appear instantly and take them all down.

Helpin' you out:



This is very, very interesting, to see a sinkhole at the water's edge.

reply to post by MoorfNZ




What is the explanation for these? This is scary, never seen one, nor heard of one before.

Thanks for this, learned something new.

reply to post by MoorfNZ


sorry person
what a loads of crap
standing there with their beers and a sinkhole forming
haha great laugh
see it for what it is folks
regards...dave

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Not too far from where I live, should I be worried?!?!

HAHAHA us auzzies are so chilled! The ground is disappearing and we just kick back, drink beer and laugh about it whilst sitting right on the edge of it! HAHAH I LOVE BEING AN AUZZIE

Someone should scuba dive down to see whats at the bottom. I don't think any of these recent sinkholes have been explored due to the danger of repelling down, but this one is filled with water and could be more easily and safely explored.

Not that out of the ordinary for that location.networkedblogs.com...

Gympie police duty officer Sergeant Vic Tipman said sink holes – which swallowed portions of beach as big as houses – were common at Inskip.

``Normally it will be between Inskip Point and where the barge goes across,’’ he said.

``The sand just erodes from underneath the current and all of a sudden half the beach disappears.

From the article...

networkedblogs.com...

Gympie police duty officer Sergeant Vic Tipman said sink holes – which swallowed portions of beach as big as houses – were common at Inskip.

``Normally it will be between Inskip Point and where the barge goes across,’’ he said.

``The sand just erodes from underneath the current and all of a sudden half the beach disappears.

``You’ve got to be careful driving up there.’’

Happens every few years there apparently. This isn't new nor is it a surprise.

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Lol sorry mate you beat me to it

reply to post by davesmart


How is that a load of crap ?

You've obviously never met an Australian, so long as we have a beer in our hand we'd stand around & watch anything. Its not as if the beach was being sucked into a massive hole suddenly, you could easily watch the progress of the erosion.

That video isnt of a sinkhole, its of rapid erosion, nothing more. Its not something to freak out about unless your house is close, but it is evidence of considerable erosion happening a lot quicker than normal. Theres many reason this could be happening, from a change in ocean currents to the loss of vegetation in the sand dunes.

Nothing new, just sped up considerably. That piece of beach will probably settle down for some time now, & I still cant see how its a load of crap.

reply to post by davesmart


Aussies aren't like Americans mate, we don't run away and try to sue someone at the first sign of trouble

I would have been right there beside them happily drinking a good beer!

reply to post by SNAFU38


ok stop ur bashing
i meant it in a good way as in
the auzzies are laid bk
nothing gets in the way of a xxxx lol
as u can see in the vid
im pretty sure the locals see that as a normal thing
ok sir?
regards dave

Looks like speed up coastal errosion, amazing that people would stand there and risk getting sucked in. Who will get them out?

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Incest is rampant? OHHH your talking about Tasmania.. Yeah we pretend that their part of NZ.

Nah just joking we love Tassie.

Can you show where your statistics about our incest nation came from MATE?