Jim Kennington, 50, was passing a roundabout in Perth's Wanneroo on Friday when disaster struck
Jim Kennington, 50, was passing a roundabout in Perth's Wanneroo on Friday when disaster struck
A tradie refused to let the sinkhole that swallowed his ute after a burst water main dampen his spirits.

Jim Kennington, 50, found himself in a hole lot of trouble when he came to a roundabout in Perth's Wanneroo on Friday and felt his tyres sinking.

But he managed to see the lighter side of things when his mate's began to take him to task for his misfortune, reports The West.

'Everybody's had a little laugh at me today,' Mr Kennington said.

'I tried to reverse out but it weren't going anywhere...So I climbed out the passenger side.'

The Water Corporation said an underground water main burst softened the road, causing the sinkhole.

A sinkhole swallowed his ute , forcing him to climb out the passenger side
A sinkhole swallowed his ute , forcing him to climb out the passenger side
On Thursday, a US man who thought he had scored a prime parking spot returned from the gym to find his car completely swallowed by a sinkhole.

Jordan Westerberg figured his car had been towed after coming back to his Toyota Camry shortly before 7 a.m. to find the car nowhere is night.

But when he noticed the street workers gathered at the parking space, he found the vehicle in the gaping hole - about 6 meters deep and 2.5 to 3 meters across.