Comments on: Grand plans http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/ "The thinking Laborite would as lief be found in bed with a cobra as in a committee room armed with 'arguments' from the Tory press." --- Truth, Perth, 19 June 1915. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nic White http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8290 Nic White Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:19:59 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8290 Come on Rowen. When I was last in Sydney I LOVED Darling Harbour. Come on Rowen. When I was last in Sydney I LOVED Darling Harbour.

]]> By: mister z http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8278 mister z Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:33:04 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8278 bloody naysayers and carping lefties. The Big Canal is a concept up there in total awesomeness with The Big Pineapple, The Big Banana and The Big Prawn. How can WA expect to be competitive in the national, even global market of Big Stuff without it. Shit you could just build it to run exactly alongside the highway that goes north to the Kimberley and parents would be able to stop AT ANY MOMENT of the journey and take the whiny kids to see The Big Canal and buy a postcard. This alone would have tourists flocking from around the world. actually The Big Prawn is kind of crap I have to admit but the point stands. bloody naysayers and carping lefties. The Big Canal is a concept up there in total awesomeness with The Big Pineapple, The Big Banana and The Big Prawn. How can WA expect to be competitive in the national, even global market of Big Stuff without it. Shit you could just build it to run exactly alongside the highway that goes north to the Kimberley and parents would be able to stop AT ANY MOMENT of the journey and take the whiny kids to see The Big Canal and buy a postcard. This alone would have tourists flocking from around the world.

actually The Big Prawn is kind of crap I have to admit but the point stands.

]]> By: Hammy http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8274 Hammy Sat, 05 Feb 2005 07:57:34 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8274 Come on people, this is the 21st Century. So what does the world need now? That's right, Rocket Packs. Where's my bloody rocket pack!!! Come on people, this is the 21st Century. So what does the world need now? That’s right, Rocket Packs.

Where’s my bloody rocket pack!!!

]]> By: Robert http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8269 Robert Fri, 04 Feb 2005 23:21:36 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8269 Come on, Rowen, you're selling us short. What WA really needs is a Very Fast Monoral... to Sydney! As Colin Barnett would say, "The reason I made the decision to build it is because West Australia simply can't afford not to." Are you convinced? I know I am! Come on, Rowen, you’re selling us short. What WA really needs is a Very Fast Monoral… to Sydney!

As Colin Barnett would say, “The reason I made the decision to build it is because West Australia simply can’t afford not to.”

Are you convinced? I know I am!

]]> By: Rowen http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8268 Rowen Fri, 04 Feb 2005 22:46:38 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8268 While a Very Fast Train is always a great way to waste vast sums of money, it has the disadvantage of being potentially useful, especially if you happen to live somewhere it goes. A much better idea is a monorail. When Sydney wanted to waste money before the bicentennial year we linked Central and Town Hall railway stations (which were already linked by a railway) and shot it off to the stinky fishport of Darling Harbour. Now we have hideous blue tracks running all over the city and nobody goes on it because it costs $4 one way and it doesn't go anywhere useful (like down the guts of the city - who wants to go to Darling harbour anyway?). So my vote would be for a monorail, or some sort of paddle-pop stick skyscraper. While a Very Fast Train is always a great way to waste vast sums of money, it has the disadvantage of being potentially useful, especially if you happen to live somewhere it goes. A much better idea is a monorail. When Sydney wanted to waste money before the bicentennial year we linked Central and Town Hall railway stations (which were already linked by a railway) and shot it off to the stinky fishport of Darling Harbour. Now we have hideous blue tracks running all over the city and nobody goes on it because it costs $4 one way and it doesn’t go anywhere useful (like down the guts of the city – who wants to go to Darling harbour anyway?).

So my vote would be for a monorail, or some sort of paddle-pop stick skyscraper.

]]> By: anthony http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8266 anthony Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:41:58 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8266 <em>even if it means laying fibre-optic cables </em> Ha! Too late boyos, I got the last 200okm. even if it means laying fibre-optic cables

Ha! Too late boyos, I got the last 200okm.

]]> By: Nic White http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8265 Nic White Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:00:17 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8265 Im with Frank. Im with Frank.

]]> By: Frank Calabrese http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8264 Frank Calabrese Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:53:59 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8264 How about Free Unlimited Broadband for EVERYONE even if it means laying fibre-optic cables to EVERY house in the state. How about Free Unlimited Broadband for EVERYONE even if it means laying fibre-optic cables to EVERY house in the state.

]]> By: gassit http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8263 gassit Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:43:47 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8263 How about private schooling for all? How about private schooling for all?

]]> By: Natasha http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/comment-page-1/#comment-8262 Natasha Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:36:27 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/04/plans/#comment-8262 Tasteful application of shade-cloth. Over all of WA. Tasteful application of shade-cloth. Over all of WA.

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