The totally off-topic thread

[JohnM]

Stage 1 of the Binningup Desal was fully completed and contractors were demobilised - Stage 2 was put out for tender and a different mix of contractors (some original, some new) constructed it.

BTW, do you know the relative sizes of Perth, Binningup, Melbourne, Sydney and any others?

 

[Steady]

BTW, do you know the relative sizes of Perth, Binningup, Melbourne, Sydney and any others?

Wonthaggi is 150GL, Lonsdale and Binningup are 100GL, Kwinana is 45GL, Cape Preston is 50GL - didn't have much to do with the SYD or GC plants

 

[MEL_Traveller]

And to think a couple of state governments were sucked in enough to build billion-dollar desalination plants .. none of which - someone correct me if I'm wrong - have never operated in earnest?

No - but in Victoria it probably did need to be built. Water levels were critical for a while. Brings peace of mind if nothing else.

 

[serfty]

A bit like when Matthew Guy was told by the Liberal Donors/party members to rezone Fishermen's Bend to make them extremely rich overnight?

sure, but at least in that case the money didn't directly come out of households via water bills - needlessly - as per the thread string.

 

[RooFlyer]

The two (one near Perth, the other near Bunbury) in WA are going flat out and we're sucking groundwater hard. The Perth one has been operating for quite some time; the Bunbury one is newer
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I've just put up with wet (and very cold with it, I might add!) conditions on the Eyre Peninsula in SA and now there's complaining that waterlogging will reduce the harvest in SE Australia.

There's always some smart Alec with some facts to ruin a good argument

 

[mushez]

My usually 30 minute drive took an hour...people just dont know how to drive in the rain.

You are suggesting most know how to drive properly when it is not raining?

 

[anat0l]

You are suggesting most know how to drive properly when it is not raining?

"One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand, four one-thousand..."

 

[Denali]

My commute to work is approx 4.5klms and 2 of those days per week, I walk.

I admit it, Ive become a bit of a coughpy driver because I just dont drive much anymore. A very rare sydney city drive last month resulted in hubby and I having a bit of a yelling match (we dont yell but get very stroppy with each other).

Im trying to be better but getting older doesnt help.

 

[blackcat20]

You are suggesting most know how to drive properly when it is not raining?

Well true. It just gets worse

 

[beefarmer]

The Australian dollar has risen more than half a US cent as the greenback fell on disappointing US retail sales numbers, dousing market expectations of an imminent US rate rise.At 0700 AEST on Friday, the local unit was trading at 75.18 US cents, up from 74.56 cents on Thursday.

now this is good news for those who were wondering what will happen to our market.
incidentally our own stock exchange company has had a good rise this day to about 48bucks. that was at about 12.30 I think.

so what does this mean. it means that the us fed will be cautious about an increase rate rise. Simple. the dow should strengthen till the next bit of economic advice.

all of these things would drive you nuts and we all love tom petrovski explaining it for us. volatile is the word, and although I am not a total fan of terry McCann the economist, he did say 2016 was the year of volatility.

I think less so to be honest. its all a game.,

 

[straitman]

Looking forward to tomorrow morning at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook.

The official unveiling of the Museum Spitfire.

I can hardly wait.

This is an exact replica of a Spitfire Mk VIII and is made of plastic and composites. The a/c is mounted on 27,000kg of concrete.


To complete the dedication Matt Hall arrived in a real Mk8 Spitfire and gave us a handling demonstration.

 

[Pushka]

Did I just see the real Buzzard on TV about his flooded house?

 

[JohnK]

Sitting in BKK airport drinking cheap Archa beer and missing my daughter in Chiang Mak heaps.

I never imagined in my wildest dreams that my life could change so much. And seriously thinking about not taking golf clubs for 6 day trip end September/October but wife says I can still play golf.

Tough choice and I never thought it could possibly be so tough.

 

[love_the_life]

And this is just the beginning JohnK.

 

[love_the_life]

Did I just see the real Buzzard on TV about his flooded house?

Where was it?

 

[Pushka]

Sitting in BKK airport drinking cheap Archa beer and missing my daughter in Chiang Mak heaps.

I never imagined in my wildest dreams that my life could change so much. And seriously thinking about not taking golf clubs for 6 day trip end September/October but wife says I can still play golf.

Tough choice and I never thought it could possibly be so tough.

Some might say it is an easy choice

Where was it?

Waterfall Gully. Just into the foothills past Burnside.

 

[whatmeworry]

sure, but at least in that case the money didn't directly come out of households via water bills - needlessly - as per the thread string.

Because of the overnight zoning changes, it means now the state will now have to pay 340 million dollars more for land for things like parks to make fishermen's bend to work, just because the then planning minister on a "whim" before an election.

The state government could be forced to spend up to $340 million buying private land to turn into public parks at vastly inflated prices in light of a major planning blunder in the new inner city suburb of Fishermans Bend.

Government faces $340 million bill over planning blunder

With the stroke of a pen, and with no warning, he changed the largely commercial and industrial land to a Capital City zoning.

Power to South Melbourne landlord after rezoning of electricity substation

Last week The Sunday Age revealed how senior Liberal party members and donors including the party's honorary federal treasurer Andrew Burnes, were among those to reap huge paper profits from one stroke of Matthew Guy's pen.

Matthew Guy shunned warnings of 'suboptimal' Fishermans Bend

 

[serfty]

That's all very well.

Who owns Aquasure?

 

[JessicaTam]

Ah the joys of eating down the freezer before the move.

Tonight's special was green chicken curry and chips.

 

[JohnK]

Some might say it is an easy choice

Give up golf? No need for drastic sacrifices just yet.