June 27, 2011: Where's the beach?

This is at a beach just a few hours north of where I live. It's the jumping off point to get to Fraser Island (largest sand Island in the world and heritage listed) by barge. I'm still checking the updated status of this phenomenon but it's just mind boggling.

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Basically in laymans terms, a huge sinkhole has opened up and pretty much swallowed the beach.

Not sure where the 4WD's are going to drive now.

What is it about people that makes them say, "This natural phenomenon is large, unpredictable, and extremely dangerous. Let's stand right near the edge."

We all think it'll never happen to us. I mean, who expects to be swallowed up by a sinkhole? Really??

Do you have a picture of what it looked like before?

I'll have a look and see what I can find.

Check out this link. It gives a better perspective.

Don't know if it was intentional or not, but your thread title is an excellent play on some American advertising from the 1980s.

Yeah I know Wolf. It was intentional. ;)

Aliantha;742104 wrote:

We all think it'll never happen to us. I mean, who expects to be swallowed up by a sinkhole? Really??

Yea, unless you are standing on the very edge of a sink hole with a camera and a beer.

Where's the beach?


That damn penguin ate it.

wolf;742103 wrote:

What is it about people that makes them say, "This natural phenomenon is large, unpredictable, and extremely dangerous. Let's stand right near the edge."

They all learned it from War of the Worlds! Remember?

"What's this giant hole in the middle of the street that's opening?"
"I need to get closer."

"What's coming out of the hole?"
"I need to get closer."

"Golly, it's really menacing."
"I need to get closer."

"I better stand around until.."

Aliantha;742104 wrote:

We all think it'll never happen to us. I mean, who expects to be swallowed up by a sinkhole? Really??

Todd Palin.

ZenGum;742147 wrote:

That damn penguin ate it.

Awwww, that got me all choked up when I read about it.
Miles away from home, lost and hungry, eating the beach because it thinks it's snow [sob]

That sinkhole was not what I expected.
Less dramatic. But probably more dangerous.
Look out Cairns.

Like mah ole' buddy Rupert used to say, "Gravity don't exist, the whole earth sucks."
(Or something like that there)

Mind boggling.

wolf;742116 wrote:

Don't know if it was intentional or not, but your thread title is an excellent play on some American advertising from the 1980s.

I was going to find a picture of that lady and post it.

SPUCK;743370 wrote:

Someone needs to photoshop a penis into that picture.