Second quicksand incident at Adelaide beach raises safety concerns amid sand works

Two beachgoers became trapped in quicksand; one required emergency rescue services, the other self-extracted but experienced severe fear and potential danger to vulnerable individuals.

Along the familiar shoreline of Glenelg North, a routine act of coastal stewardship has quietly transformed the beach into something treacherous. Sand carting operations — conducted annually to protect infrastructure from winter storms — have left behind pockets of quicksand that have now claimed two beachgoers in the same stretch of shore within days of one another. It is a reminder that the efforts we make to hold back nature can, in the same gesture, introduce new dangers — and that a warning sign, however well-intentioned, cannot fully stand in for the hazard it describes.

Second quicksand incident at Adelaide beach raises safety concerns amid sand works

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