Rangers have captured the moment a sinkhole opened up near a popular camping spot in south-east Queensland.
A near-shore landslide, also known as a sinkhole, formed yesterday morning at Inskip Point, south of K’gari, the Department for Environment and Science said.
The sinkhole is eating into the sandy shoreline, which was seen slowly crumbling into the ocean.
“A near-shore landslip or landslide is a natural coastal event that cannot be predicted,” the department said.
“They occur when a large body of sand moves quickly, forming an underwater scarp (or small cliff) that moves rapidly inshore as the sand debris moves out to sea.”
There is a buffer zone around the area where no camping or vehicles are allowed and boundaries are in place.
A section of the beach remains open to pedestrians and day activities.
Inskip Point – a body of land built by wind and waves – is sandy and rocky in nature and known for its common sinkholes.
As quickly as it loses sand in the phenomenon, it also constantly being replenished.
This is because ocean currents move sand and debris from where cliffs collapse along the nearby Cooloola coast to Inskip Point and K’gari.