Water projects in Australia

Water projects in Australia? I'm transferring internally with my employer to Australia, my background is civil/water engineering and Im doing environronmental management MSc in England. any tips on where the driest/biggest water and env projects in australia are? also, if you're an Aussie, which city would you think is the most enjoyable to live in? (Syd, brisbane, Melbourne, QL) Other - Australia - 3 Answers Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions : 1 there are some massive projects underway in the south east queensland and gold coast areas for coping with the current water shortage but i think they might be nearly finished, most of the big projects are on the east coast anyway. as to which city it depends on what you want. Melbourne has the best shopping and will have the closest climate to what your used to, but doesn't have much in the line of non shopping type activities. Sydney is very central to everything and i hear it has the best night life, but i hear you have to be a native to the city to figure out its maze of roads and the traffic is horrid and it gets a lot of bush fires. as to brisbane its a sleepy little town type of city thats centrally located to the Gold coast for nightclubs and surfing, the sunshine coast for relaxing beaches and the Ipswich area for some really great hidey hole restaurants and a bit of outback style culture. it does get very hot in brisbane though and for a Brit it is extreme heat until you get used to it 2 I think the biggest water project in Australia would be the Murray River project. The Murray which is part of Australia's largest river system (the Murray-Darling) is in dire straits due to a combination of drought and over allocation of water to irrigation projects. There are major salination and other environmental problems and at most times, no water actually gets to the sea in SA. The Commonwealth government, in conjunction with Victoria, South Australia and NSW is committing 10 billion+ to saving the Murray though it's bound to take much more over time. I'm not sure where the politics are at at present as there has been a lot of bickering about it, but it will definitely happen - it must! The Snowy River (feeds into the Murray) is also in major trouble and I think there's a project happening there as well. Queensland is setting up a very expensive water grid to transfer water from one place to another and a couple of very unpopular new dams are on the drawing board and there are other projects happening all over the country - should be plenty of work around for someone like you! I live in Brisbane and love it here, but really, my favourite city is Melbourne. Brisbane's weather is better and we have a great outdoors lifestyle, but Melbourne is a more enjoyable city with a far greater range of cultural and other activities. Fantastic restaurants, nightlife, live theatre, shopping, the CBD has an amazing atmosphere, it's the sporting capital of Oz and the list goes on. Pity about the weather. It's very changeable (it's accurately said to have four seasons in a day), the winters can be miserable and some summer days can be unbearable but the other attractions make up for it for many people. 3 there is a water project going on at the moment i think. they are building pipes from tasmania to transfer water to melbourne. and melbourne would probably be the best. though i live in burnie(tasmanias smallest actual city) and i love it

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