Another massive hole opens up on a popular Australian beach

The ocean took another huge bite out of a popular beach at Inskip Point on the Sunshine Coast of Australia on Tuesday morning, this coming about five months after a similar but more destructive massive hole opened under a nearby camping site.

This time the landslide didn’t cause any damage, occurring on a beach where a ferry from neighboring Fraser Island delivers cars and people.

The beach, located north of Noosa, began sinking into the ocean about 8 a.m. and continued receding until around 10:15 a.m., the Australian Broadcasting Corp. and 7 News reported.

“The erosion has not affected any campsites and is not affecting access to the barge to Fraser Island,” a Queensland Parks and Wildlife spokesperson told ABC. “It’s likely that this was another occurrence of the natural phenomenon which occurred in September 2015 at Inskip.

“It is caused by the undermining of part of the shoreline by tidal flow, waves and currents. When this occurs below the waterline, the shoreline loses support and a section slides seaward leaving a hole, the edges of which retrogress back towards the shore.”

More details and footage of the landslide were provided by 7 News Queensland:

Queensland National Parks reported on Facebook that the beach has stabilized and “sand is naturally building up again,” adding that rangers are keeping an eye on the situation.

Five months ago, a massive hole that opened up on a nearby beachfront stunned campers when it swallowed cars, tents, a camper trailer, a four-wheel-drive vehicle and numerous trees.

About 650 feet of beachfront disappeared during the event that was originally referred to as a sinkhole. Authorities later confirmed it was more accurate to call it a landslip, or a landslide.