He's surprised to hear that it didn't come from a fancy business plan, but rather it was an expansion of growing boabs for her own use.
They're so inventive and tempting that with our last lunch one of my companions sighs happily, ‘Arrive like a willow, leave like a boab.’
We set up under of a large boab tree - an icon of this part of Northern Australian - its spindly expressive branches curling over our tents from a chunky grey trunk.
In addition, those strange looking boab trees, tall livistona palms, beautiful water lilies, colourful kapok bushes and kurrajong trees are all special sights across this unique landscape.
An inconspicuous cleft within steep red cliffs marks its entrance; the cliffs themselves rise abruptly from a wide, dry plain, dotted with ancient boab trees.