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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21541 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #30 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 9:24pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 9:06pm: What would you do with it ? Leave it as it is.
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Reply #31 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 9:54pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:53am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 15^th, 2018 at 11:55pm:

Desalinate sea water using Carnagie purifiers and pump it inland using solar powered pumps.

Easy peasy.

Yes, by all means yes completely ruin central Australia through salt like we virtually have the MIA

Never heard of Lake Eyre eh?
What about... The Inland Sea?

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Reply #32 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:05pm

Crikey, where do I start?

There are plenty of inland areas that have fantastic soil and plenty of water.

But its not economic at present to grow anything out there.

Even Kununurra with massive water supplies and good soils is struggling to find economic crops.

The shonky Sandalwood Ponzi schemes are one of the main things keeping Kununurra alive.

The Chinese are going to throw some money into the Ord, however it will probably not be viable for decades.

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Reply #33 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:07pm

miketrees wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:05pm:

Crikey, where do I start?

There are plenty of inland areas that have fantastic soil and plenty of water.

But its not economic at present to grow anything out there.

Even Kununurra with massive water supplies and good soils is struggling to find economic crops.

The shonky Sandalwood Ponzi schemes are one of the main things keeping Kununurra alive.

The Chinese are going to throw some money into the Ord, however it will probably not be viable for decades.

really ?
How come?

Too far from 'the market and infrastructure' ?

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Reply #34 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:13pm

Too far from 'the market and infrastructure' ?

Yes thats part of the problem.

Try getting people to work out there.

Try keeping produce cool

Try getting transport on unsealed roads.

Try controlling some of the pests

Irrigating a machinery planted and harvested crop that does not need cool storage is half a chance.

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Reply #35 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:23pm

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...........The Ord River irrigation scheme has been plagued by delays, cost blowouts and planning problems, an independent report into the West Australian Government's effort to open up additional farmland in the East Kimberley has found.

Auditor-general Colin Murphy's report into the Ord-East Kimberley Development, an expansion of the original 1970s program to open up farmland in the region, described it as a two-year, $415 million project which took seven years and ended up costing the state and federal governments $529 million.

Mr Murphy detailed a $24 million accommodation facility which has sat vacant for three years, a 52 per cent blowout in costs to the state and lower-than-expected economic and social benefits.

The report also criticised planning problems, stating there were no detailed costings to support the state's decision to fund the project, an unrealistic estimate of the work required, and insufficient monitoring of socio-economic outcomes........

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-07/ord-river-project-plagued-by-cost-blowouts...

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Reply #36 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:24pm

miketrees wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:13pm:

Too far from 'the market and infrastructure' ?

Yes thats part of the problem.

Try getting people to work out there.

Try keeping produce cool

Try getting transport on unsealed roads.

Try controlling some of the pests

Irrigating a machinery planted and harvested crop that does not need cool storage is half a chance.

hahhahahah.

I hear you about the distance issue.
A long way for anything

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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #37 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:26pm If the Chinese fly in their own slave labour, then get access to the Chinese market, they may be marginally viable.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 42203 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #39 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:32pm http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/landforms/e...
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 42203 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #40 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:38pm http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/how/newproducts/images/rainatlas_sample2.shtml
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #41 - Jan 17^th, 2018 at 5:46am miketrees wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 10:26pm: If the Chinese fly in their own slave labour, then get access to the Chinese market, they may be marginally viable. a country within a country??...I get it... the answer is NO... leave it alone..as it has been since forever......havent we stuffed up enough?
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #42 - Jan 17^th, 2018 at 8:35am a country within a country??...I get it... Its not what I want for Oz I want people to pay the correct price for food and Australia to have access to all markets. Then perhaps Australians can grow more food.
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Reply #43 - Jan 17^th, 2018 at 9:02am

Grendel wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 9:54pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:53am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 15^th, 2018 at 11:55pm:

Desalinate sea water using Carnagie purifiers and pump it inland using solar powered pumps.

Easy peasy.

Yes, by all means yes completely ruin central Australia through salt like we virtually have the MIA

Never heard of Lake Eyre eh?
What about... The Inland Sea?

You mean salt lakes, full of salt.

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In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #44 - Jan 17^th, 2018 at 9:04am Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 9:06pm: What would you do with it ? LEave it. Work on increasing the efficiency of our current farming land.
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