Shock wake-up for residents as WWII shell detonated on beach
A dog walker and his friend chanced across the ordnance while going for a midnight stroll on Wurtulla Beach.
Residents of a bustling Queensland coastal area were stunned by an explosion that occurred around 4am. The unexploded ordnance was discovered on Sunshine Coast beach just before midnight. The Defence Force's bomb squad detonated the 11-kilogram shell. The incident left the community in shock as the area was once a live firing site during World War II.
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