Sad end to a camping trip.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Lifted from the Gympie Times....

A MAN has been struck and killed by lightning at a popular camping spot at Inskip Point, north of Rainbow Beach.

Witness Eric Sprott told Gympie Times editor Craig Warhurst that the victim had been a member of a large group staying at the SS Dorrigo Campground, just south of the ferry landing.

Mr Sprott, of Gympie, said about 100 people had been on the beach watching an angler land a large fish just after 6pm, and many would have witnessed the tragedy.

He reported that lightning had struck nearby Fraser Island only moments earlier, literally making the group's hair stand on end and sending people scurrying back to campsites.

The man had been standing with a young boy on the beach and was walking back to the campsite when hit by the next lightning strike.

Authorities said late last night an 11-year-old had been taken to Gympie Hospital with minor injuries.

Storms swept over the Gympie region from the south-west yesterday, bringing down trees and powerlines, blocking the Bruce Hwy and blacking out more than 170 homes

[Mallory Black]

poor bugger, respects to the family

[speewa158]

What away to go , So Sad .
So get out there & make it count we are not here for a long time , but a long time somewhere else

[duggie]

Very sad indeed, I have been camping in that area and have seen/camped in some horrific storms there. Have to feel for the family members.

[edz]

You are correct Speewa, The one + out of this is he was amongst family and freinds doing what they liked doing and wasnt done in by some ones stupidity ...Thoughts and condolences to all involved.