They should have left the Federation Capital in Melbourne – Merge Canberra with Melbourne!
- Lack of natural light
- No natural insulation – beaches, mountains etc …
- Inhospitable weather (& extreme weather) – shocking weather
- Frost, fog, hail, dryness – conditions not present in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin etc … burning sun
- Therefore not energy efficient!
- A compromise solution by Politicians not City Planners!
- Analogous to using the correct Data Structure in Computer Science
- Breathe flies
- Also not enough ‘natural’ water
- The trip from Melbourne to Albury is the most boring in Australia – trees, shrubs, grass, hills and rocks
- 7 degrees to 45 degrees – 50 degree temperature range
- A surreal environment
Sydney and Melbourne would then be …
- Connected by a high speed rail link (including freight)
- Connected by toll road (all the way – along the Coast – between $20 - $100 to travel the whole way)
- Connected by high speed Internet
- Many more flights between Sydney & Melbourne
- Etc …
Preference Development along Coastal High Speed Rail Link
- Population Growth will preference along the coast (around Sydney & Melbourne)
- That is preference development in Central Coast, Newcastle, Wollongong etc .. over Goulburn etc …
Comparative Advantages of Sydney v Melbourne
- Sydney (being the landing spot of the First Fleet) should also be the: Transportation, Port, Logistics etc …
- Sydney is the Financial Capital, Media Capital
- Melbourne is the Administrative Capital
- Sydney – Melbourne duopoly runs Australia
- Government Agencies could be divided between Sydney and Melbourne
- e.g. Fair Work Ombudsman (Department of Employment) spans both Administration & Business
Remember the reason anyone ever goes to or lives in Canberra …
- Not for the bush lifestyle or bush capital …
- Even Darwin (even the way it is now) is probably a better city!
- Why is Canberra the Capital of Australia?
- More Canberra history check the NCA: https://www.nca.gov.au/
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