Topics:  erosion, inskip point, sinkhole

Double blow at Inskip Pt

Doreen and Melton Erickson from Yandina Creek sit at the top of an eroded sand dune at Inskip Point on Monday.
Doreen and Melton Erickson from Yandina Creek sit at the top of an eroded sand dune at Inskip Point on Monday. Craig Warhurst

LAST week's heavy seas have cut a swathe through sand dunes at Inskip Pt and possibly contributed to the expansion of a large sink hole that formed on the point last year.

The appearance of a giant sinkhole stunned beachgoers at the popular camping ground last June when the beach gave way and was swallowed by the ocean.

The massive sand shift left a hole in the beach stretching one hundred metres.

On Saturday morning it looked like a repeat of last year's event was about to happen when sand started falling into the ocean.

This time just a 30 metre edge of the sinkhole gave way moving the beach another 15 metres south.

Holiday makers said National Parks and Wildlife rangers erected warning signs on the beach.


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