Photos: Why you shouldn't drive on the beach at high tide

The Range Rover got bogged on Fraser Island. Photo / Facebook

When cruising on the beach it probably isn't a good idea to drive close to the water's edge during high tide.

But that's what one driver stupidly decided to do.

The black Range Rover was making its way down the beach at Queensland's iconic Fraser Island on Wednesday, seemingly unaware of the high tide approaching.

As the waves began to roll in, the vehicle became bogged in the sand, soon becoming trapped.

As the waves pounded the car the owners had to evacuate through the driver's side door before the ocean rolled the car onto its roof.

The Range Rover got bogged on Fraser Island. Photo / Facebook

A video posted on Facebook shows a tow truck and tractor working together to lift the car upright and tow it from the sand.

Onlookers can be heard cheering as the car is successfully flipped and towed to safety.

Rainbow Beach Towing driver told Yahoo7 that the vehicle was written off but no one was seriously hurt.

A truck had to be called to the beach to help tow the stranded 4WD out of the sand. Photo / Facebok / I got bogged at Inskip Point

"Do your homework, and make sure you know what the tide is doing," he said.

"If there is any unexpected weather, that will cause big surges into the ocean, that can cause higher tides.

"Be more aware of what the conditions were."

Australian drivers aren't the only ones left blushing - in 2015 a Kiwi's pricey luxury car got stuck in the sand at Auckland's Kohimarama Beach.

A car got stuck in the sand at an Auckland beach. Photo / Kelsey Smaill

"I was just walking along, I was going for a walk, and then they started driving along the sand. They kept on going and got stuck and then got deeper and deeper," local Kelsey Smaill told the Herald.

"They got stuck in the middle of Kohi Beach, and they were there for probably a good hour and a half."

The car's tyres had sunk below the sand line leaving the car undrivable until the AA arrived.

And last year, the tide turned quickly on a motorist who wanted to take his dog for a walk along a popular Dunedin beach.

Rescuers attach a strop to a van stranded in sand as the tide rises at Tomahawk Beach yesterday. Photo / Peter McIntosh, Otago Daily Times

High-powered four-wheel-drives littered Tomahawk Beach as rescuers tried to free a Toyota Hiace stuck in the sand as the tide came in.

The comedy of errors resulted in another vehicle becoming stuck, strops being snapped and plenty of wet feet before Daniel Williamson and his Nissan Safari were able to pull the van free.