Jarrod,

We went there on our honeymoon, but to a different part that MQ's going. We did Coron bay, heaps of wrecks, and good viz, think you saw some of the pics. Food is great and the local rum is AU$1.70 a bottle in the stores, tastes good too. In fact if you go you better bring us a bottle back?

We've been getting them through our spam filter at work too, and we have a pretty good system apparently. So i think they're everywhere.

Yeah, and then capture the exhaust of the compressor, and convert it back to water so the net result on the water level of the cave is neutral. all without costing anything for fuel.

And perhaps all these compressors should be powered by water?   

Does anyone think that people believe that crap??

If anyones remotely interested, there's a short video of part of it on the Nova site

http://www.nova919.com.au/site/shows/the_nova_top_10.aspx

Thanks Craig.

There is also another plant planned by Aquasol to be built near Pt Augusta.

http://www.solardesalination.com.au/

This is to be a solar powered plant.

I haven't been able to read all the posts on this ever expanding forum, but one concern which people have raised about the upper gulf proposals is that the tidal movement will not be sufficient to dispurse the brine when it is deposited back into the sea.

It's the AFL Grand final and a man makes his way to his seat right on the wing. He sits down, noticing that the seat next to him is empty.

He leans over and asks his neighbour if someone will be sitting there.

'No,' says the neighbour. 'The seat is empty.' This is incredible', said the man.
'Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for AFL Grand final and not use it?'

The neighbour says 'Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first   AFL Grand final we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967.'

'Oh .... I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else, a friend or relative, or even a neighbour to take the   seat?'

The man shakes his head 'No, they're all at the funeral.'

Yep..... it did.

So this post should take me to the next level 

Hey Ian,
I'm not trying to make an argument, just stating  I think it is likely that desal plants will be common. We are getting one at Pt Stanvac, Perth has one and another one proposed, Sydney is getting one, there are a few small ones around supplying remote communities already.

When does it start?

I'm pretty sure the plant which was going to supply Whyalla is the one planned by BHP to supply water to it's "Proposed" F...n huge expansion at Olympic Dam instead of them pulling more water from the Artesian Basin.

YAY, now I have a big one.

And I didn't need nasal delivery, apart from the night air rushing up my nose as steph nearly dropped off the back

Hi Ian,

I don't know the answer to your question, but I would say Desal plants are definitely going to be a lot more common in future in the southern states.