Mysterious Noises Heard During Sunset

Yesterday afternoon around sunset there were a series of loud explosive sounds heard from one end of Magnetic Island to the other and nobody seems to know what it was.

One reader, Natalie Tonking, emailed us with the following: "I was wondering if there was any explanation for the rumbling we heard yesterday afternoon. It could very clearly be heard in Horseshoe and Nelly bays (different people I spoke to) and at first sounded like distant thunder. But it continued at fairly regular intervals for at least an hour - just before sunset - if not longer."