Re: Fast train to Mildura?

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

Barry Campbell <campblbm@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> MarkBau1 wrote in message
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> >Like we don't already have enough "high speed train" proposals that get
> trotted
> >out at election time.
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> >OTOH, it makes as much sense as the Darwin dream, both Mildura and Darwin
> have
> >very shallow water ports!
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> But Darwin is a deep water port at high tide <g>. (Max 8m tidal range!!)
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> Barry Campbell
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Thats right!!

Whats 8m in real talk? About 26 feet?

As you suggest thats not alot, what happens to the 150,000 container ship
when the tide runs out? Does it just sit there upright or does it lay on its
side till the next high tide?

I guess it would make it easy to off load some of the boxes?

Bob.