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Numby Numby

Coordinates: 15°58′34″S 136°4′8″E / 15.97611°S 136.06889°E / -15.97611; 136.06889
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Aerial photo of Numby Numby

Numby Numby is a sinkhole located 64 to 80 kilometres (40 to 50 mi) from Borroloola in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1]

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.

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. Large lilly pads dominate the shallows.

The depth is at least 60 metres depth within a short distance from the shoreline.

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.[1]

An unknown person supposedly introduced some fish species to the lake sometime in the 1970's.

References

  1. ^ a b The Contemporary Review. 158: 451. 1940. ISSN 0010-7565. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

15°58′34″S 136°4′8″E / 15.97611°S 136.06889°E / -15.97611; 136.06889