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Title: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Redmond Neck on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:11am
I personally think whats happened in the Murray darling is an absolute disgrace and badly needs some serious attention.
Whilst I accept a large portion of the issues are due to the drought more needs doing especially after the 4 Corners water theft exposure I think the massive fish kills are way more than normal and it is not good enough that some towns are having dirty brown water as their water supply because of this. I think it should be controlled by one authority not a dogs breakfast with all the states and commonwealth involved as it appears now. Serious thought should even be given to limiting high irrigation crops such as cotton I am not sure if this is correct but any pump fed open canals feeding off the rivers should be replaced by piping I will be interested to see what comes out of this SA RC but already NSW govt are poo hooing their findings What are your thoughts? >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Dnarever on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:13am
What should be done with the Murray Darling
I don't know sweetie. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:17am
what gets me iks the WASTE we see all the time in this country look at Qlg once again under FLOOD>...
it is NORMAL IN QLD...every time its treated like its a plague when in fact it is a god send... we are mad we allow small noise little arse like the Greens to terrify us into digging the smallest hole... and then when something BIG like this happens the smart arses sit back and point their ugly fingers... it makes me so angry....the tree sitters and frog counters....need to take a good look aty themselves and realise the trees and frogs and our rivers all need WATER.. that right now is going to waste and being cursed.. sorry red this is sad... yet all we do is the blame game...where are all these experts from around the world we havent got this right and we are still floundering....bring in the world experts... dont care what it cost... we havent got the expertise..and we have to many EMPIRE BUILDERS.... >:( >:( >:( >:( |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:19am
another bloody EXPENSIVE ROYAL that everyone IGNORES>>.
dont you get it red.. thats the TOO HARD BASKET it looks good and you suck it up.. BRING IN THE WORLD EXPERTS I DONT CARE WHAT IT COSTS. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by .JaSin. on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:45am
Farmer must pump his 'quota' of water all over his property, regardless if he needs it or not. Because if he uses less, his 'quota' for next term will be reduced.
So you have a list of Farmers all along the Murray-Darling, making sure they use their 'full' quota of water up. The system is being drained at full capacity always, every term, every year. That's why the South Australians are bordering on violence when the subject of their 'trickle' comes to discussion. Word of advice: DO NOT bring up the issue of Water Irrigation in a South Australian Pub. :o CANALS OF MARS This is a Topic I brought up in the Forum many many years ago. Having also been given a private personal tour of the Riverina Irrigation set up by the Chairman of Irrigation out there. There is no other way - but to introduce a sophisticated 'network' of WATERWAYS to retain, conserve, preserve, attain and transfer Water around the interior of Australia. It's time to 'create' the mythical INLAND SEA from a mirage to a miracle! Example: It rains heavily around the Coffs Harbour Region often - and instead of 20 metres of fresh rain water flowing out to sea, it is captured by the towns, and rural waterways and 'transported' inland via Canals and Pipes. I've sat down at the Table with Sydney Water long ago. They all shake their heads at the Sydney system that allows Megalitres of Storm Water to waste out at sea. Even the Monsoonal Northern Territory has room to maneuver its wet season to other parts of the continent via Pipe and Canal. The South Americans used mini-Canal systems to irrigate their massive (drug) Crops (made them very paranoid of raven haired men with pale skin and very shiny silvery armour). Romans transported Water via Aquaducts. Basically, the POLITICIANS can only do so much. Well, they only take a political avenue of enterprise. Australia is so lazy. It does nothing to help itself. Cries poor downtrodden convict all the time for another hand-out. It's about time, Australia takes 'PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY' and supports itself. Construction of a continental system of intricate and at times, massive - network of irrigation Canals and Containment Lakes will not only improve the Australian interior water situation, but it will also 'moisturise' the inland (via evaporation during the day) as 'dew' during the nights. Before you know it - the interior of Australia will be as productive as the Nile Delta (and a few other such things around the world in 'deserts'). Stop fart arsing around with Political answers. Politics is not an answer for everything. If you seek a Political Answer for this, beyond just a stamp of approval. All you will get is more 'paperwork', less water. Before 1788. The Inland waterways of Australia were all 'crystal clear' freshwater. Allowing farmers to have stock 'trample' the edges of all these waterways have destroyed the natural 'nurseries' of all the native fish... resulting in artificial 'Hatcheries' (like at Nerrandera) to put fish back into the waterways. ...if it FLOODS in one part of the country, then have 'Waterways' (Canals) to drain it and transport it to a part of the country that is in DROUGHT. (Meerkat: "Simples" ;)) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:48am
BRING IN WORLD EXPERTS....
all we see is one giant mistake after another... ITS TIME! >:( >:( >:( >:( |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by .JaSin. on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 12:03pm cods wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:48am:
AGREE. KEEP OUT THE PEASANT USELESS BOAT PEOPLE STEAL THE HIGHLY EDUCATED AND ACHIEVED EXPERTS! |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 12:16pm cods wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:17am:
so the greens fault and not all the agriculture pumping the river dry... got it.... ohh these experts u r demanding we send in.... none of them will be green :) ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by .JaSin. on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 12:20pm DonDeeHippy wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 12:16pm:
What do you think of that mad fellow known as Monk over in that PA Forum full of rejects? Do you think he is nothing but an alcoholic like Aussie? You know - the type that just drinks more than he needs ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Redmond Neck on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:03pm
Yeah Jasin I too have wondered why we couldnt be pumping up over the tablelands from the massive east coast rivers in northern NSW to feed inland dams /rivers
It has been claimed the energy required to pump would make it too expensive however I think with the cost of solar now so low, a large solar farm set up purely to power the pumping during sunlight hours (if necessary) could surely pump the equivalent of an average inland river. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:03pm Jasin wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 12:03pm:
AGREE. [color=#0000ff]KEEP OUT THE PEASANT USELESS BOAT PEOPLE STEAL THE HIGHLY EDUCATED AND ACHIEVED EXPERTS![/qu[/color]ote] keep that for somewhere else. this thread is about an extremely important topic... I MEAN IT.. bring in world experts.. IF YOU WANT TO PLAY SPOT THE SOCK GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND DO IT.. >:( >:( >:( |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Captain Nemo on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:08pm
Maybe think about growing cotton and rice where there is an abundance of water?
I know ... too radical an idea eh? |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:10pm Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:03pm:
worth looking into, I remember reading in the desert in Arabia they r using solar to desalinate water and using solar panels along the joining pipeline to pump the water to towns :) good idea ;) ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:10pm Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:03pm:
dont talk expensive what the HELL is what is happening called???>.. and now a ROYAL omg...since when does a ROYAL fix a stinking river system...all itsd does is give legals a job and point fingers... ::) ::) ::) why does it make sense to some????? once the system is dead its dead..... have you ever looked at why the Egyptian Empire died..... it was all to do with water and where its supply came from.. the good people of Egypt were eating their babies...to stay alive.... just a bit of trivia there.. :( |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:12pm Captain Nemo wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:08pm:
why do we grow cotton here ?? we no longer manufacture it or weave fabric..at least RICE is food. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:13pm cods wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:10pm:
U mean they where living in Denial ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Captain Nemo on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:13pm cods wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:12pm:
True, and given the vast amount of water up north ... why not grow the stuff up there? ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Redmond Neck on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:13pm Captain Nemo wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:08pm:
Agree, do they grow any up in Northern states where they have wet seasons? What is the situation in the Ord River development? |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:30pm Captain Nemo wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:13pm:
the trouble with ewater in this country it comes and goes even in the NT where it seems to rain all the time....although why not grow it in the NT come to think of it.??.. I dont know I dont profess to know anything about our water system all I know is what we are doing right now at this very moment had been going on for years all they a re doing is moving the fence posts.. and kidding us they have fixed it....and NO THEY HAVENT THEY HAVE MADE IS WORSE>. we cant keep letting these morons do this... look at Tim Flannery ::) ::)no credentials at all.. they may as well bring in bloody bird watchers.... then they piss off with all the money they can get and turn their back on us... |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Redmond Neck on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:41pm
I think this as I stated in the OP is the real issue
I think it should be controlled by one authority not a dogs breakfast with all the states and commonwealth involved as it appears now. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Ajax on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:43pm
As long as politics stands in the way nothing will get done.
Red and blue, lab and lib both hopeless as each other. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:56pm Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:41pm:
so because its in 3 states id say it would have to be 100% commonwealth..... would they just take over the Murry or all major rivers ? |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by PZ547 on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 2:01pm cods wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:17am:
Wow, Cods. You're on fire ! [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif] Quote:
I like it ;D |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by PZ547 on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 2:03pm
And there's more !
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Awesome, Cods [smiley=thumbsup.gif] |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 4:00pm PZ547 wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 2:03pm:
THANK YOU I DONT GET TOO MANY COMPLIMENTS I TRUST YOU MEAN THAT AND NOT TAKING THE MICKEY AS THEY SAY.. i get sick of the buck passing to win a point.. that doesnt solve something as chronic as this.. and it is we have all these Premiers.. EMPIRE BUILDERS where its all about them winning votes in their own back yards.. its pathetic... a bit like having a horse with several heads..... >:( >:( you wouldnt bother would you?...get rid of them all tell them to go and worry about whos got the best coffee machine or office chair... leave this to people who actually know what they are doing....and will do it because its important not because it will WIN VOTES.. >:( >:( where are all our greeny chums they should of course be hiding in shame after all what did they do to stop any of this??????.. and no it didnt happen in the last 2 or 3 years...States have been doing their sneaky acts for a long time... where is the majority of that storm water in Qld going right now?? down the storm water drains...but not into any river system...that may have some value.. >:( >:( >:( >:( bunch of ning nongs.. when was the last time you heard of any minister in charge of WATER or Rivers being sacked??? |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by lee on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 4:44pm DonDeeHippy wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:56pm:
'The Murray–Darling Basin is the largest and most complex river system in Australia. It runs from Queensland, through New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia, spanning 77,000 kilometres of rivers, many of which are connected." https://www.mdba.gov.au/discover-basin |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by .JaSin. on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 5:05pm Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 1:03pm:
Oh I'm sure Mr Efron could tunnel through much of the steep inclines/gradients to pipe excess water through and the 'energy cost' would be recovered in the productivity of the water being put to use out there. ...meanwhile, they are still trying to 'sneak' Tunnels for the Cities because of over-population in them causing excessive traffic. Imagine if the entire 'Outback' of Australia opened up as a jobs boom in agriculture! No more over-crowded coastal cities. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by .JaSin. on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 5:18pm
No CODS, PZ is right - you're doing well and he's not taking the Mickey out of you (in fact, given the chance, he would put the mickey in you if you let him ;)).
Anyway. About 5 years ago - the Federal Government was thinking about spending $10 BILLION to 'replicate' the Irrigation Scheme of the Riverina - up in the Diamantina Region of northern Australia. After that - nothing much has been said or seen about it?? Arabs would 'tunnel' water vast distances with 'drop wells' every so often along them. It was a very clever innovation of transporting water, beyond the touch of the sun. There are many different ideas and many do work. But as of yet - the Australian Government is not going to spend big money on something that benefits the future of this country while the Aboriginals still lay claim over 'everything' (even Australia Day). With a vast network of carefully planned 'Artery/Vein' Network of Water Canals/Pipes all around the nation. Maybe one day, the 'natural' waterways will be left alone to become 'crystal clear' again? Driving Taxi. I had to take a passenger from the Airport a good 30mins away. He just happened to be extremely 'high up' in the Water Management of the Country and travelled this country far and wide. He did agree with me on one point: Farmers allowing 'hoofed' stock to trample the waterway edges and ruin the quality of the waterway. There should be a 50-100m wide 'restriction zone' along every waterway from Farming. Just like there is with Sydney's water supply for quality reasons. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Black Orchid on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 5:53pm
Well said Cods :)
Not sure about the bird watchers though. Are there any birds left? Having said that, it's probably exactly who they would bring in as 'experts'. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 6:26pm Black Orchid wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 5:53pm:
thats what makes me sick black orchid A ROYAL COMM.. we never ever got told how much these buggers cost and I dont know about you but I never see any CHANGE.. we still have bent coppers the union still has a strangle hold on labor.... the Banks will make zillions no matter who runs them.... and yes they will spend more money telling US THEY HAVE FIXED THE MURRAY BASIN.. and like zombies we will suck it up.... until the next death of zillions of fish... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( then we will whinge again..... for 5 loooooong minutes... ::) ::) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Bobby. on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 6:27pm Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:11am:
There is no shortage of water in Australia - the water that falls in the tropics mostly gets washed out to sea. We need a giant North South pipeline to bring the water South. The pipe needs to be large & made of stainless steel so it will last forever. How much water is wasted in the tropics? Is it 10 Sydney harbors full every year? |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by .JaSin. on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 7:42pm Black Orchid wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 5:53pm:
There are many around the world. A good start would be the experts who helped transform Singapore from a place that had no fresh water resources to one that pumps in 60% from Malaysia and the rest from its own geo-forming transformation of resevoirs and 'canal' Stormwater systems that encapsulate a region that gains x3 times more rainfall than England. It's all about 'planning' and Singapore is a well planned region. Sadly for Singapore though, it doesn't know how to say "No - we are full." and because of that, their ship will list and sink, so to speak - because of over-population. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by lee on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 8:38pm Jasin wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 7:42pm:
So how many more times the overall rainfall in Australia would that be? And what would they know about water, or lack thereof, in Australia? |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 6:05am
I think the biggest problem with "experts" is, who r the experts that will find these experts.....
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 7:50am Bobby. wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 6:27pm:
HAS ANYONE SEEN THE NEWS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS QLD IS FLOODED.... LIKE IT SEEMS TO BE EVERY FREAKING YEAR..... the murray starts in QLd..... this is how crazy they are in Qld... they grow wheat in places where it hasnt rained in 7years..... they are busy hoping this flood rain will get to those farms...... ::) ::) ::) ::) it makes sense to the good people of Qld... their dams are over flowing and adding to the flooding who would have thought that would happen.. :o :o :D :D :D :D the lunatics are definitely in charge up there.. >:( >:( dont forget this isnt the first time. ::) ::) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 8:12am cods wrote on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 7:50am:
u do realize that the flooding is happening 1000km's north of the source of the Murry and they r getting no rain at all and haven't had any for months :) Why r they insane ? ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 9:15am DonDeeHippy wrote on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 8:12am:
because Qld is well known for flooding for years and years and years......and even more years....and the water goes down the drain to the ocean year after year after year... now its mud and a lot of nutrients are also being washed away...not into dams... or even streams because there are still parts up there parched.....all I know is if I worked my guts out just to watch crops and cattle die from lack of water and had to watch that news every night......I think I would blow my brains out..... reality is cruel mother nature is cruel.....we were given the tools OUR BRAIN CELLS....to help us make a go of it......instead we whinge and complain and have ROYALS COMM into it then play pass the buck.... maybe that works for you! |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 9:24am cods wrote on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 9:15am:
the flooding is happening 1000 kilometres away..... what will dams do ? Ohh course the biggist problem is the great dividing range most of the rain happens east of it and the murry river souse is west . r u suggesting a pipeline to Toowoomba ? will Queensland pay for it or the Commonwealth or the 4 states involved (thanks Lee now I know sa is in the mix) I sense your frustration Cods... but just pointing out what is wrong or being vague like we need Experts doesn't seam to help much..... |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 11:20am
ok dippy I will leave it with you
you seem to have the answers.. ::) ::) having an expensive ROYAL should also help. ::) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Captain Nemo on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 11:26am
As mentioned on Insiders today ... If the states keep stuffing up the rivers plan, the Feds will wind up taking control of the whole system.
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Redmond Neck on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 11:29am Captain Nemo wrote on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 11:26am:
That would probably be the best result imo! |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 11:33am cods wrote on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 11:20am:
thanks codpiece :D |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 11:35am Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 11:29am:
if it stops buck passing and gets a solution be great..... (no one seems convinced ) ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 5th, 2019 at 6:58am DonDeeHippy wrote on Feb 3rd, 2019 at 11:35am:
well as I have said I DONT HAVE THE ANSWERS... but I do believe someone in the world DOES HAVE THEM... why anyone would think the Feds would have more brains than the States I will never know... lets be honest they are all EMPIRE BUILDERS.. its about VOTES... we seem capable of building Gas pipe lines across our hostile terrain why not water pipe lines.... with massive pumps powered by SOLAR.... instead of DAM floodgates being opened sending zillions of buckets of more water onto already flooded homes....which is what happens now.... :D first Ipswich now Townsville. >:( now that IS CRAZY. >:( |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 5th, 2019 at 7:35am cods wrote on Feb 5th, 2019 at 6:58am:
when these places have their massive floods... what usually every 30 years nothing stops the water..... How big would a pipeline have to be to stop flooding in one of these events ? I dont think we r advanced enough to be able to harness these massive floods. they r just 2 big for us as humans to make a diferance. ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 5th, 2019 at 8:08am
yet its the number one factor in our very existence...
so where do the Arabs get their running water from?... I believe they too live in very hostile territory |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 5th, 2019 at 10:18am cods wrote on Feb 5th, 2019 at 8:08am:
river systems, underground and desalination plants ( 1 in Saudi Arabia producing 320 times more per day than was released at the Ross river dam inTownsville the other day u mentioned in another post) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Captain Nemo on Feb 5th, 2019 at 1:13pm |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by miketrees on Feb 5th, 2019 at 7:19pm
1)We need to develop my ultra efficient solar desalination invention.
2) We wait for it to rain. 3)Try and grow something on the Ord (near impossible) 4) We stop growing food and import it all from China. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 6th, 2019 at 7:42am miketrees wrote on Feb 5th, 2019 at 7:19pm:
very good advice mike.... GIVE IN in other words... its far too expensive you didnt mention that cheaper to have a ROYAL ::) ::) that fixes everything..lol btw you forget we animals need water not just veggies.. but dont let that worry you.. think about the cost...and the magnitude its all too much today............ all I can say is thank god for the pioneers we had all those years ago when all they had was a compass and a pickaxe.......amazing people who could see into the future. and knew instinctively what had to be done.... |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 6th, 2019 at 9:31am cods wrote on Feb 6th, 2019 at 7:42am:
what pioneers would that be Cods... They did the same thing every invader did from Europe... they tried to make it England, totally ignore the native ppl that had survived for thousands of years here. They worked against the land instead of with it and we now r reaping those times with a dead Murry River..... ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 6th, 2019 at 9:53am DonDeeHippy wrote on Feb 6th, 2019 at 9:31am:
OK I knew you had the answers.. blame someone else...never give them any credit.. of course not!!! >:( >:( |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 6th, 2019 at 11:07am cods wrote on Feb 6th, 2019 at 9:53am:
Credit for what cods ? ;) What did the pioneers of this country do to make this a sustainable place.. what foresight did they have to make sure things like the Murry , erosion, ferral animals, soil degration, land poisoning happen..... Yes they where pioneers but I don't think they did more than survive (little on think of the future) and fought nature every step of the way to make a mark. ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by Big Pumpkin on Feb 6th, 2019 at 4:33pm cods wrote on Feb 5th, 2019 at 8:08am:
They eat with one hand and wipe with the other Cods, No running water involved lol |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by John Smith on Feb 6th, 2019 at 4:37pm cods wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:17am:
What a stupid comment. did you ever ask the people whose houses were flooded how much of a god send it was? |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by John Smith on Feb 6th, 2019 at 4:53pm
A bloke by the name of John Bradfield came up with a solution in 1938. No one took him seriously. Consecutive governments since have ignored it. We need to revive the scheme and update it. Bugger the cost. Tunnel through the dividing range, and bury the pipes the rest of the way to minimise loss die to evaporation.
Why can we pipe gas around the country, but not water? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradfield_Scheme Between North Qld, the Northern territory and North WA, we get more than enough rainfall to meet the countries needs. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 6th, 2019 at 5:07pm
Bradfield sounds like a man with a vision for the future.
no place for a man like that according to experts on here. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 6th, 2019 at 5:11pm John Smith wrote on Feb 6th, 2019 at 4:37pm:
it was a metaphor. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by John Smith on Feb 6th, 2019 at 7:08pm cods wrote on Feb 6th, 2019 at 5:11pm:
Of course it was. Afterall, there is no god to send anything. Still, a silly comment considering.. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by John Smith on Feb 6th, 2019 at 7:08pm cods wrote on Feb 6th, 2019 at 5:07pm:
who here has presented themselves as an expert? |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 7th, 2019 at 6:54am John Smith wrote on Feb 6th, 2019 at 4:53pm:
sounds like a great idea, with solar panels and a good borer like the one from the boring Company it might actually be feasible....As technology gets better plans like this could become a reality. ;) I think most of the posters on this thread have had the same plan of pumping coastal water to the interior Cods...…. ;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by miketrees on Feb 8th, 2019 at 11:56am As soon as you have to move water over long distances, desalination becomes cheaper. Which is why there is no pipeline from the Ord south. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by DonDeeHippy on Feb 8th, 2019 at 12:05pm miketrees wrote on Feb 8th, 2019 at 11:56am:
ahh good point... I wonder if the ones that have been made can be relooked at and see if maybe solar panels could make them more feasible...… or r they just badly designed and need to be bulldozed down and start again .;) |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by miketrees on Feb 9th, 2019 at 3:01pm We can bring the water south as soon as we invent a perpetual motion machine,,, oh yes we may need an anti gravity machine as well,,, or perhaps a time machine just go back in time to when it rained. My desalination machine is probably the best option. |
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Title: Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Post by cods on Feb 9th, 2019 at 5:43pm miketrees wrote on Feb 9th, 2019 at 3:01pm:
well you know mike we have put a man on the moon they are busy spending zillions on finding life on Mars and Pluto..this shouldnt be hard at all... both wind and sun being permanent residence of Qld....what could be cheaper?????.....anything at all is worth considering rather than doing nothing just complaining.. >:( >:( |
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