Chris Sharpe, 30, was on his means dwelling from storm-chasing about 2am when he ended up caught on the shoreline of Gold Coast’s Miami Seaside.
It was a grueling six-hour wait earlier than he lastly acquired assist to tug his automotive free.
On high of the inconvenience, Gold Coast Council handed the Mermaid Seaside man a $770 parking fantastic over the incident.
“I used to be following a GPS and I used to be simply attempting to return dwelling,” Sharpe advised 9News.
“I simply did not realise, it was too gentle and too late.
”I went nostril in and could not get again out.”
Thunderstorms can interrupt cell and satellite tv for pc reception, that means map purposes and GPS navigators could not load correctly, or give incorrect instructions.
Sharpe selected to stick with his automotive – his “delight and pleasure” – all through the ordeal.
“I labored fairly onerous for it, saved up for it,” he mentioned.
