Jetty Foreshore sinkhole covered up as almost as quickly as you can share on Facebook

A keen photographer snapped an unexpected sight – a sizeable sinkhole smack bang in the middle of the Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore. Here’s what happened.

Here one day, gone the next. The sinkhole on Jordan Esplanade has been fixed.

A keen Coffs Coast photographer snapped an unexpected sight – a sizeable sinkhole smack bang in the middle of the Jetty Foreshore.

An image by Darren Heelis which has been widely shared in Coffs social media groups shows a red wheelie bin in the hole on Jordan Esplanade, adjacent to popular Jetty Beach.

City of Coffs Harbour was alerted on Tuesday, a spokesperson said, and it was just a matter of hours before the sinkhole was fixed.

The sinkhole was quickly patched up.

Asked for more information, a council spokesperson confirmed workers were “notified of a large hole on Jordan Esplanade on November 26”.

The sinkhole was “caused by a leaking water main”.

“Repairs were quickly affected and the sinkhole was backfilled to make safe,” the spokesperson said.

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