Exactly!

...and if it rains,
where's it gonna run into?

= a Canal,

- not a Pipe.

I must say Freediver, there are many instances where Canals CAN'T be created and this is where Pipes would come into effect I'm sure.
Not all of the terrain is suited to Canals in regards to moving the water from A to B to C ...to Z.

With this said, I'm sure the people of the recently Flooded Ballarat area would like some Canals to filter the waters away to some part of Australia that could do with it. Then again, maybe I'm wrong and the locals just want Cash in Hand  

Australia consisted of huge wetlands and swamps which sustained the land and fauna. When Europeans arrived, they dug canals and drained these away. Now the soil is exhausted and dry. The Murray River is a good example, and what does the Labor government do? Buy back water entitlements and tip the water back into the ditch! What do they do on the Darling? Spend literally millions of dollars buying back a water conserving property, (the sellers must be laughing all the way to the bank), and now the property is apparently dry as a chip.
Unbelievable. Just shows you how much city based politicians and bureaucrats don't know - people see them as stupid cash cows.
This ignorance is literally ruining this country.

The immediate purpose of the Canals which I am talking about is for alleviating the problems of Flood and Drought.
The byproduct of these Canals are many...
By creating a spiderweb, just to name a design, of giant Canals acrosss the Continent, where smaller minor Canals run off and into - you create a watery availabilty to the environment.
Like I said: If a Canal ran its way through the Simpson Desert - there would be a degree of temperature change and humidity as water passed back and forth (depending on where it was needed) and sometimes remained stationary. During the day there would be evaporation - but this evaporation would be in the immediate atmosphere, which 'could' occassionally result in light rain for want of none at all come the afternoon. During the night, the cool moisture of the water would drift across the immediate land - resulting in dew, a form of watering the garden ...night after night.
Animals of all kinds would be able to 'drink' and participate via these water Canals in greater proliferation than just the odd Lake Eyre moment.
People would have more availabilty to water and usage.
By the availability of such water, more TREES can be grown and supported - resulting in cooler temps, shade for better soil (because worms aren't burnt out of existence from an ever present sun beating down upon the soil), more 02 for an ever dwindling atmosphere, higher probability for decent rains.
The compartmental of land by the Canals running this way and that, would result in a large number of Bridges being built (but I'm sure us Australians are cool with that considering the Sydney Harbour Bridge for starters) - and Pest Species being easily erradicated or controlled due to isolation techniques with the help of such compartmentality of the land by Canal bounderies.
Bushfires might be better contained in areas where a Canal blocks further progression.
During Sydney's 'Water Shortage' years - When the rains did evetually hit, only 18 inches would fall into Warragamba Dam (a few metres worth was Algae plagued) but a whopping 20 metres worth would fall upon Sydney streets, down stormwater drains and out to sea.
In person, a lot of Sydney Water Employees would tell me "A complete 'effin Waste!!"
The World looks to Australia for Water wisdom and expertise and it might be our best asset as surely as the Americans are the best at Flight and Space.

The advantages are endless and I'm sure there is much more than I know.
But if you think such a system is just for Euro-Venetian Gondolas ...I'm sure the Canals can accommodate your sense of Romance as I'm sure they would lend much to such novel experiences in the future.

"Row row row ya boat, gently down the stream (canal). Merrily merrily - life is but a 'dream'."

There are scientifically proven methods based upon ancient civilisations that show that by you standing at the end of one canal and bucketing the water up and into another canal - to be the most effective. 

Seriously though, this Country (who cares what Flag and what Name the Country is!!) needs to prioritise its 'use' of WATER. Besides the whole world waiting for us the become the most advanced nation in that field, 'we' need to take control for ourselves as well.
The recent Victorian Floods just prove what we are left with and this is something that quick-fix Cash-Handouts will never rectify.
We need SOLUTIONS and we need ACTION with the best of those solutions. So what if 50 years down the track, the Solution becomes 'outdated', at least it has done its time for what it is worth.

>Fix up our natural waterways (even if they are shallow and warm/evaporate quickly) that are in place already.
>Plan distribute Canal, Pipe, Drainage sytems that are aided by various methods of control in moving, purifying, recycling and containing.
>Get the Prisoners out into the sunshine to do 'some' work besides buggering each other, doing Smack and watching Foxtel.
>Get the Dole Bludgers out to do some 'constructive' Work For the Dole Schemes.
>Etc (I'm sure)

Its as simple as Tic-Tac-Toe: Have a vacant square of desert, add four lines of water (canals) and within a few years you have something from nothing to play with.

Quote:


What else would you expect?