Melbourne to Sydney in 4hrs?

[VS 5.0]

Is that the dingo fence up the middle of the island? Longest continuous fence in the world?

That's a different one again at 5,531 kms.

 

[Fu Manchu]

 

[lmoengnr]

That's a different one again at 5,531 kms.

When does the cane toad fence get built?

 

[hademall]

Yeah loved that ad

 

[VS 5.0]

When does the cane toad fence get built?

I think it's nearly too late for that.

 

[Fu Manchu]

A fire ant fence. That’s what this country needs. It would be a tiny fence.

 

[Derekthetree]

MEL-SYD used to be second busiest air route, and is still 6th, so there is a good case for a high speed rail link. Depends if Australia wants to continue to grow its population and try to decentralise a bit.
I lived 220km from London, and could leave my house at 0630 and be in London meetings for 1000. People commute there from Leeds etc.

Elon reckons you could tunnel it more cheaply than conventional track which fixes the roo and high country problems.

 

[Fu Manchu]

If you joined Melbourne and Sydney with a tunnel, wouldn’t it just be a sewer?

 

[Derekthetree]

If you joined Melbourne and Sydney with a tunnel, wouldn’t it just be a sewer?

Flowing which way

 

[Immortality]

MEL-SYD used to be second busiest air route, and is still 6th, so there is a good case for a high speed rail link. Depends if Australia wants to continue to grow its population and try to decentralise a bit.
I lived 220km from London, and could leave my house at 0630 and be in London meetings for 1000. People commute there from Leeds etc.

That's true for a lot of Europe.