[Earth Warrior]

Wow, i was really surprised to see this on the news tonight, i dont live in the rainbow area, but i am in the Fraser coast.

Wonder if more events like this will occur in the near future, only time will tell. I thought i might share it with you all. Of course it will be down played as a everyday normal "event" as most things are in this upside down world.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...on-rainbow-beach/story-e6freoof-1226082169111

 

[nunrush]

I didnt see a picture, is there a picture?

 

[Earth Warrior]

Not at the moment nunrush, since this event only happened yesterday, i did see new footage on the TV just 10 mins ago.

It will be up in a few days maybe even tomorrow, i can assure you that.:thumb:

 

[nunrush]

Ok I'll look it up tomorrow, thanks.

 

[ToeCutter]

Video here:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/watch/25744769/

 

[Earth Warrior]

Thank you for linking the video to the thread ToeCutter, much appreciated. Hopefully more photos will come soon, and i wonder if it will swallow all of inskip. If you look on google map at inskip peninsula, it forms out into a point of the coast, with the estuary on the left & the right facing the sea.

I have camped there before and most of the peninsula and point is sand..

Will this sinkhole consume the whole of inskip? I cant say, only time will tell. And it is eroding rapidly, hopefully this event will not be downplayed & more media coverage will happen.

I also wonder if this will start to occur internationally, as well as Fraser island, the Largest sand island in the world could start to crumble into the sea. As it is so close to inskip point and where this is happening.

 

[suburbanite]

here is another article with a video
quite interesting, too bad the same thing can't happen to California, but on a larger scale
http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/massive-sink-hole-is

 

[cavedweller]

Pretty cool, thanks for sharing

 

[Smokeyr67]

Happens often up around that way, when tides winds and currents get together.

Check out some 4wd club boards, they know about it (and some freaky types can predict it)

 

[Earth Warrior]

Happens often up around that way

Erosion the size of houses yeah, but not like this, this is something else completely.

As the park ranger of the area said to the news reporter, "All my life ive lived here i have never seen nothing like this."

 

[Smokeyr67]

Erosion the size of houses yeah, but not like this, this is something else completely.

As the park ranger of the area said to the news reporter, "All my life ive lived here i have never seen nothing like this."

He can;t be very old then - I have a pick from about 84 with 2 LCT's sitting just inside the point dropping sandbags into a very similar hole.

 

[Earth Warrior]

He can;t be very old then - I have a pick from about 84 with 2 LCT's sitting just inside the point dropping sandbags into a very similar hole.

That's good to know then, it would be a shame if inskip does fall into the ocean, it is a nice camping area for family's.

 

[SamboRoberts]

Of course it will be down played as a everyday normal "event" as most things are in this upside down world.

Yep, the news article I saw and the local copper in that article you linked to both said that it's normal for that area.

 

[Smokeyr67]

That's good to know then, it would be a shame if inskip does fall into the ocean, it is a nice camping area for family's.

Yup, and thats why $wd clubs spend a lot of time working to stop erosion up there. The Cherry Venture should have gone "back to the sea" many years ago, but they have tried their best to preserve it too.

 

[electrdave]

here is another article with a video
quite interesting, too bad the same thing can't happen to California, but on a larger scale
http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/massive-sink-hole-is

Too bad the same thing can't happen to wherever you live, take out you and your family. Why are you wishing harm to a lot of innocent people?

 

[Smokeyr67]

Too bad the same thing can't happen to wherever you live, take out you and your family. Why are you wishing harm to a lot of innocent people?

Nasty People are nasty, they may never have been to the redwood forests, or had a picnic on the norcal coast, raced rc cars in Sacremento etc.

electrdave, we may not love you, but we don't all hate you