"SG1" wrote in message
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P.S. Bradfield scheme, about the 20/30s I believe proposed the diversion
of coastal water to the inland.

What happened to that plan? The cycle of drought and flood seems obvious. A
system of irrigation pipes and reservoirs and aquaducts may be the thing for
it. Of course, by the time, they finish it - we might well be experiencing
record rainfall. lol.