Toy car rocks million-year belief

When you stroll along the beach you are walking on rocks that are millions of years old—right?
That’s the impression we get from TV and newspapers, and they seem to vie for the oldest date—in millions of years of course.
But Chris and Sandra Barnes were in for a shock as they walked along the beach near their home in Brisbane, Australia.
One particular rock on the shore at Victoria Point just looked like any other rounded piece of ordinary sandstone. But when they kicked it over, it exposed a child’s toy encased inside.
What a surprise!

Inside the rock, previously hidden from their view, was a miniature toy car. It had an ivory-coloured body, little black tyres and a yellow plastic cover. Some of the inside workings of the toy were also visible.
Clearly the rock was not millions of years old. It could only have been 10 or 20 years at the most. Yet it ‘looked’ old.
Rocks don’t need millions of years to form—they just need suitable conditions.
Readers’ comments
Please take a closer look. They aren't the same.
The age of rocks is not determined by looking at them, it’s determined by using measurements such as uranium, strontium, and/or rubidium decay. This article displays your basic ignorance of what you are arguing against and ultimately seriously undermines your position. No scientists claim that all rocks are millions of years old."
The article was not an in-depth treatise on the age of rocks. Consider it similar to the evolution finds such as a jaw bone supposedly proving that humans were once sea sponges.
If you are genuinely interested in the subject, please examine the creation.com website to see why the methods you mention may not be reliable. Your brief response merely shows you aren't aware of the arguments against your belief system.
And as for the comments about what methods are used to date these rocks ages.... you should read a few of the more science based articles from this website. You may find some of their information interesting and informative.
So while sedimentary rock can form in a very short period of time, the parts that make up the sedimentary rock can be very old. In fact the oldest metamorphic rock can be found in the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt in Northern Quebec, dated to over four billion years!
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