Editorials

MELBOURNE'S NEW DAM

OK. THAT’S IT. I've had enough looking at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s weather radar and seeing the rainwater miss our coastline.

Melbourne's new dam MUST be situated in Bass Strait, between Cape Otway and King Island. That’s where it rains, whenever it rains.

Fresh water floats, so it's not as silly as it sounds.

You just get a floating membrane, like a huge swimming pool cover, and surround it with a massive floating pontoon, with sides extending down two-hundred feet. Float a million white plastic balls to stop evaporation, and cover it with a huge net over the top.



Then wait.





20th November 2009