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
- ^ a b The Contemporary Review. 158: 451. 1940. ISSN 0010-7565.
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