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Sinkhole swallows car and caravan near Queensland beach

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Debris can be seen in the water where the sinkhole opened up. (Courtesy of Clayton's Towing).

Debris can be seen in the water where the sinkhole opened up. (Courtesy of Clayton's Towing). 

A car, a caravan and a camping trailer have been swallowed by a giant sinkhole that opened up at a camping ground near Queensland's Rainbow Beach.

Police say the hole opened up slowly at Inskip Point from about 11pm yesterday and was estimated to be about 100 metres by 100 metres and around three metres deep.

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No one was reported injured and everyone had been accounted for, a police spokeswoman told AAP early on Sunday.

Police and SES crews attended as campers evacuated the area.

With AAP.

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