Landslide at Double Island Point caught on video

A beachgoer has captured spectacular video of a landslide cutting his path at a popular beach holiday destination north of Noosa as authorities warn of the dangers.

A beachgoer has caught incredible footage of the moment a landslide stopped his trip at a popular beach destination north of Noosa on Saturday, April 20.

The video, posted to TikTok on April 21, was filmed from the passenger side of a four-wheel-drive at Double Island Point and captured a landslide occurring a short distance away from the vehicle.

Riley Stone, who posted the video, said his parents and his sister had driven past the cliff shortly before the landslide, which partially cut their path.

He said his partner, Hannah Fowler was filming the sand while Mr Stone was driving, before they heard a “crack”.

The couple estimated the landslide fell about 35 metres out from the cliffs, but could not estimate how wide the landslide was.

In Mr Stone’s video, Ms Fowler tells him to reverse as trees and other debris were seen sliding down the side of the dunes, and was heard shortly after talking to his mum on a radio.

“Holy f--k,” Mr Stone said.

The car then continued to reverse before the video ended.

The video comes after a large landslide in January between Rainbow Beach and Double Island Point closed a strip of beach for two days while debris was cleared.

A Department of Environment and Science spokesman told this publication landslips and landslides were caused by heavy rainfall, which adds weight to the sand mass and causes the cliffs to collapse.

Ocean erosion caused by large waves removing sand at the base of the cliffs was another factor, the spokesman said, which steepened the slope and made it more unstable.

He said the cliffs along the Cooloola Coast were formed by thousands of years of ocean erosion and the sand washed away from the cliffs was moved north by ocean currents and deposited at Inskip Point and K’gari.

“Exposed sand cliffs and sand dunes along Rainbow and Teewah beaches are unstable and can collapse without warning,” the spokesman said.

“Large landslides can occur in this dynamic coastal environment and can result in serious injury or death.”

He said to avoid injuries, holiday-makers were urged not to climb or dig into the sand dunes or cliffs, avoid standing or sitting near the base of the dunes, stay well away from the base of steep dunes or cliffs and to supervise children at all times.