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Tag Archives: Australia
Inskip Point, Queensland, Australia. June 26th, 2011.
A sinkhole up to 100m long and 50m deep has opened up on a south-east Queensland beach. The hole appeared at Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, on Saturday night and continued to grow yesterday. It is estimated to be up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, gigantic sinkhole, Inskip Point, Queensland Australia, Rainbow Beach, sinkhole
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Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. March 21st, 2011.
A giant sinkhole tore open a suburban street after heavy rain infiltrated a sewer main, causing it to fail. The hole first opened up on Sunday afternoon, gradually widening to become an 8m-wide, 6m-deep chasm by yesterday afternoon. SES controller … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Gosford, huge sinkhole, New South Wales, sewer line, sewer pipe, sinkhole
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Mount Gambier, Australia. January 24th, 2011
MOUNT Gambier is sitting on unstable ground and living with the threat that a similar sinkhole to what opened up during last Thursday’s floods, could one day swallow a house or a street, according to a leading geologist. When torrential … Continue reading
Australia. January 13th, 2011
TWO gaping holes, one of them about five metres deep, developed late on Wednesday at the Dovedale end of Bacon Street as the Clarence River was near the top end of its peak. Though none of the council officers at … Continue reading
