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Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole - SA

Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole

Nooldoonooldoona waterhole - Arkaroola SA

Spring,Soak,Hole

Position

DEG: -30.2738 139.287003

DMS: 30º 16' 25.68" S 139º 17' 13.21" E

UTM: 54 J 6649633mN 335229mE

Altitude: 406.86m

Address & Contact

Unnamed Road
Arkaroola SA

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Information

Arkaroo was a great serpent from the Dreamtime who lived in the Gammon Ranges south of Arkaroola. According to the stories about him among the Adnyamathanha people, he felt very thirsty so slithered down to the plains and drank Lake Frome and Lake Callabonna dry. When he finished drinking he went back to the Gammon Ranges, his long body gouging out the bed of Arkaroola Creek and a number of waterholes at places he rested along the way as he moved. The large volume of salty water he drank gave him a terrible bellyache. The Aborigines believed that was the cause of the rumblings coming from beneath the ground in the Gammon Ranges, where he has slept in Yacki Waterhole since that time, every time he moves around in his restless sleep the water in his belly sloshing around rumbles.

The water emerging from this spring is just below boiling point.
This rock hole has high levels of naturally occurring radioactivity.

Swimming and camping in the area are prohibited.

PlaceID	107702

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Arkaroola at 01/03:00pm CST

Distance from Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole 6.24km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
20.0°C	18.6°C	48%	8.7°C	hPa	0.0mm	SSE	6km/hr 3knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Arkaroola

Distance from Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole 6.24km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	34.3	33.2	29.8	25.2	20.2	16.8	16.5	19.0	23.3	26.5	30.0	32.6
Mean Min. °C	20.1	19.3	15.8	11.1	7.1	4.4	3.3	4.6	8.1	11.6	15.5	17.7
Mean Rain mm	33.3	39.1	31.1	14.3	17.2	15.0	15.2	14.2	15.3	19.4	17.8	24.8