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'''Numby Numby''' is a [[sinkhole]] located {{convert|40|to|50|mi}} from [[Borroloola]] in the [[Northern_territory|Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]].<ref name=contemoraryreview/> |
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'''Numby Numby''', also known as '''Nimby Nimby''' or '''Ngambingambi''', is a [[sinkhole]] in the [[Northern Territory of Australia]] located in the locality of [[McArthur, Northern Territory|McArthur]]<ref name="NT-PNR">{{cite web |title=Place Names Register Extract for "Ngambingambi Sinkhole" |url=http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=20277 |website=NT Place Names Register |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=15 January 2020}}</ref> about {{convert|25|to|30|km}} west-northwest of [[Borroloola]]. |
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The location provides a good environment for swimming, since the water source is a hot spring hidden in the depths, bringing the water temperature to 32 degrees Celsius. |
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==Description== |
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Surrounded by high cliffs the water is only accessible via a washout that breaks through the North West side, providing a steep path to the waters edge. |
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The sinkhole provides a good environment for swimming, since the water source is a hot spring hidden in the depths, bringing the water temperature to {{convert|32|C|F}}. Surrounded by high cliffs, the water is only accessible via a washout that breaks through the North West side, providing a steep path to the water's edge. Large lily pads dominate the shallows. The depth is at least {{convert|60|m|ft}} within a short distance from the shoreline. |
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Large lilly pads dominate the shallows. |
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==Legend== |
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The depth is at least 60 metres depth within a short distance from the shoreline. |
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In the Indigenous languages of the area, Yanyuwa, Garrwa, Gudanji and Marra, the sinkhole is known as Ngambingambi. It is an important site associated with the activities of the [[Rainbow Serpent]] (Bujimala) and two newly initiated men (rduwarra wujara). The two young men had travelled from the [[McArthur River]], just downstream from the town of Borroloola. As they traveled they began to kill flying foxes, creatures kin to the Rainbow Serpent who was dwelling underground at Ngambingambi. On arrival at Ngambingambi the Rainbow Serpent was so angry, he burst through the ground, creating the sinkhole. He then carried the two young men back to the McArthur River and downstream to the [[Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands|Sir Edward Pellew Islands]]. The two young men reside on Pearce and Urquart islands. The Rainbow Serpent is said to dwell between these two islands watching the boys. |
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== See also == |
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The Australian Aboriginals believed Numby Numby was a place of bad spirits. Legend has it that three young men broke a [[taboo]] by eating the meat of a [[flying fox]] by the lake, and, while they were later sleeping, a magical snake from [[Vanderlin Island]] dragged them down into the bowels of the Earth.<ref name=contemoraryreview>{{cite journal |year=1940 |journal=[[The Contemporary Review]] |volume=158 |pages=451 |issn=0010-7565 }}</ref> |
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* [[List of sinkholes#Sinkholes of Australia|List of sinkholes of Australia]] |
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An unknown person supposedly introduced some fish species to the lake sometime in the 1970's. |
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==References== |
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* Bradley, John; & Yanyuwa families. (1988). ''Yanyuwa Country: The Yanyuwa people tell the story of their Land''. Greenhouse Publications. |
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* Bradley, John; Cameron, Nona; & Yanyuwa Families. (2002). ''Forget About Flinders. A Yanyuwa Atlas of the south west Gulf of Carpentaria''. J.M McGregor Publishers: Queensland. |
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[[Category:Sinkholes of Australia]] |
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[[Category:Lakes of the Northern Territory]] |
[[Category:Lakes of the Northern Territory]] |
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[[Category:Australian Aboriginal placenames]] |
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[[Category:Double-named places in Australia]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:53, 14 December 2023
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| Numby Numby | |
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| Ngambingambi (Yanyuwa) | |
 Aerial view | |
  Numby Numby | |
| Location | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Coordinates | 15°58′33″S 136°04′07″E / 15.9757°S 136.0687°E |
| Type | Sinkhole |
Numby Numby, also known as Nimby Nimby or Ngambingambi, is a sinkhole in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of McArthur[1] about 25 to 30 kilometres (16 to 19 mi) west-northwest of Borroloola.
Description
[edit]The sinkhole provides a good environment for swimming, since the water source is a hot spring hidden in the depths, bringing the water temperature to 32 °C (90 °F). Surrounded by high cliffs, the water is only accessible via a washout that breaks through the North West side, providing a steep path to the water's edge. Large lily pads dominate the shallows. The depth is at least 60 metres (200 ft) within a short distance from the shoreline.
Legend
[edit]In the Indigenous languages of the area, Yanyuwa, Garrwa, Gudanji and Marra, the sinkhole is known as Ngambingambi. It is an important site associated with the activities of the Rainbow Serpent (Bujimala) and two newly initiated men (rduwarra wujara). The two young men had travelled from the McArthur River, just downstream from the town of Borroloola. As they traveled they began to kill flying foxes, creatures kin to the Rainbow Serpent who was dwelling underground at Ngambingambi. On arrival at Ngambingambi the Rainbow Serpent was so angry, he burst through the ground, creating the sinkhole. He then carried the two young men back to the McArthur River and downstream to the Sir Edward Pellew Islands. The two young men reside on Pearce and Urquart islands. The Rainbow Serpent is said to dwell between these two islands watching the boys.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Place Names Register Extract for "Ngambingambi Sinkhole"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- Bradley, John; & Yanyuwa families. (1988). Yanyuwa Country: The Yanyuwa people tell the story of their Land. Greenhouse Publications.
- Bradley, John; Cameron, Nona; & Yanyuwa Families. (2002). Forget About Flinders. A Yanyuwa Atlas of the south west Gulf of Carpentaria. J.M McGregor Publishers: Queensland.
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