Dreamtime: Australian Continental Water Chains and City Megachains
Summary We engineered a continent where water flows uphill. Australia possesses the engineering capability, the resource endowment, and the geographic conditions to transform its arid interior through managed water infrastructure. The only missing component is a governance architecture capable of authorising decisions with 50–200 year return horizons. The continent where water flows uphill. The first engine is the Rama Reservoir Chain — 16 nodes stepping 400 km south along the Gawler Craton, one proven node at a time. The city is Rama — growing along every kilometre of the chain. And beyond Rama, if the geology earns it, is Thanda One — the dead lake brought back to life. ...