A young couple has had an incredibly close call with an unstable sand cliff while enjoying a scenic beach drive in their 4WD during a weekend trip with their family.
Hannah Fowler and Riley Stone were travelling from Toowoomba to K’Gari (formerly Fraser Island), in Queensland, on Saturday when their jaunt along the Cooloola Coast took a shocking turn. Footage taken from inside the vehicle shows the pair cruising along the sand as a landslide just metres ahead suddenly sends a wave of debris cascading down.
“Oh!’ Riley reverse,” Hannah exclaims, prompting her partner to back up quickly.
“I’m getting further away,” he says as the sand, trees and rock continue to tumble from a great height and deposit on the sand in front of them.
“We heard a crack and then the landslide just fell straight in front of us,” Riley told 7News.
“It’s the first time we’ve ever seen it so I thought we would pull back and…