How ‘space balls’ launched a sleepy Queensland beach town into the global spotlight at warp speed

Jul 10, 2026 - 17:10
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How ‘space balls’ launched a sleepy Queensland beach town into the global spotlight at warp speed

Shop owner Lisa Scobie says Forrest Beach is usually a place where ‘kids go fishing before school’. Then six mysterious objects washed up

When pieces of mysterious space debris washed up on the beach at her sleepy coastal community in north Queensland, Lisa Scobie’s first thoughts were about making sure everyone was safe.

But days later the local takeaway shop owner had settled on another reaction to what had become international news.

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