Cheers Gator-Aid, now you’ve got me started.
It’s sickening isn’t it. When will we get a political leader with some vision.
There are 5 or so rivers feeding the Ord River which in turn haemorrhages with the monumentally, unbelievably huge Lake Argyle. This lake is many times the size of Sydney Harbour but is fresh, pure, crystal clean, unpolluted water. Every year billions of tonnes of this liquid gold just pour straight out into the Timor Sea. What we need down south wouldn’t put a dent in these volumes.
On the other side of Mt. King & Mt. Wells there are dozens more rivers that swell the Fitzroy every wet season, but Lake Argyle is right beside the N.T. / W.A. border. Imagine a pipeline built all the way down the WA border (apart from a split off to Uluru & Alice Springs) to a ‘T’ junction at Eucla on the WA / SA border. From here we could share a 50/50 split with WA which would supply regional centres along the way to Perth & Adelaide.
The alternative to building beside the Eyre Highway would be to only come down the border as far as Deakin then the pipeline could be built using the Trans Australian Railway line. No disruption to road traffic & sidings for the trains.
The Mannum – Whyalla pipeline section is already there. Has been since 1944.
Surely with 2009 technology we can complete the rest. Holders of BHP Billiton shares will salivate at the thought of Government money being injected into an economy stimulating public work of such dimensions. Could we achieve near zero unemployment? Look what the Snowy Mountains Scheme achieved for this country. I can’t see much in the way of earthworks being involved due to the mostly flat landscape. Certainly nothing insurmountable and once laid, other than basic maintenance, there should be little further cost as all pumps could be solar powered.
Just think, South Australia, Western Australia & N.T. waterproofed forever !
Let’s face it, the Eastern States have destroyed the Murray / Darling basin & they just don’t give a stuff about us. So perhaps we’ve got to look after ourselves & start looking west, not east, for our salvation. Then we can think about supplying what we (wee?) don’t need to NSW & Victoria. At a ‘fair’ price of course.
Make dollars & sense !
KEKKA FOR KING.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:49 pm
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