Thread: A tale of two cities, running out of water

I can see calling Broken Hill a city, and in fact it has long been called one. But calling Ilfracombe a city - isn't that a bit of a stretch!

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I can see calling Broken Hill a city, and in fact it has long been called one. But calling Ilfracombe a city - isn't that a bit of a stretch!

John

Without Machinery Mile it would hardly rate village status. Good country though.

www.ilfracombe.com.au - Ilfracombe Machinery Mile

For a young boy living on a sheep station, with a pony for a best mate, it looked like a city to me. Why, the Wellshot is as grand as the Hilton ! Bob







www.ilfracombe.com.au - The Wellshot Hotel

In 1910, the first motorised mail service in Australia, went from Ilfracombe to Isisford. History was made, Bob


www.ilfracombe.com.au - Ilfracombe Post Office

I see that one proposal is to pump water from the murray up to the lakes to be used for broken hill...

amazing...

I suppose it'll save money at this end not having to worry about buying water that wont be coming....

a few years ago i was paying for a 100% allocation but only allowed 16%..

maybe another source other than the murray would be good?

Adelaide is just as bad, built a multimillion dollar desal plant then the govt we have here doesnt have it running!! Even though it will cost millions so that they can recommission it because it was stopped... a fact they were well aware of but still stopped.

Theyve run this state into the ground and without water (and a change of politicians) it wont grow..

Get the Condamine flowing, it would go all the way to Bass Strait. How to do that ? We need a 21st century solution. Bob


Conversations on the Condamine: an oral history from the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin

The Bradford scheme, or a variation of it, would save the North. Problem is , too many people can find a reason not to try, too many navel gazers, & nay sayers, holding Australia back. Bob

When we see how the droughts year in year out , are affecting so many community's all over our country . Yet It seems that there is a lot of talk , but nothing ever seems to get done to address this problem . Australia is one of the wealthiest country's in the world . When I look at what's going on in Dubai or the Emirates , They seem to have a progressive attitude towards the county's infrastructure , that plans for the future . We just seem to be letting our outback city's and town die . I was always under the impression that there is massive reserves of water in the great artesian basin . If It was oil they'd soon drill down to It , and pull It up . I haven't even mentioned the top end rain that runs into the see !!.. Jim