Driving
through the
Any number
of things give you this sign; mixing with the constantly changing flora
and fauna,
trucks bound for the east coast all clean and determined, bakeries and
burger
stops, farm shops and for sale signs.
Merredin is technically
the entrance to the great Wheat Belt of the
south-west WA.
It is a
major stop on this vast plateau.
The major
domestic
optic fibre cable to the
east of
Ultimately
this cable relies upon relay points powered by batteries, without the
technology of wind and solar this would not be possible.
The natural
conditions they are exposed to and the fact that it takes sometimes 13
hours to
get to the locations makes reliable battery-solar applications vital.
Real men
and women travel these vast distances risking flood and dust, dangerous
fauna,
long days and weariness at the wheel.
The OTC
Earth Station of Perth, Gnangara and the solid
submarine and
domestic optic fibre cables have WA
in great stead for the future which I
believe is why the present federal government’s program for a
national
fibre
network is within
a far easier gradient with these vital communications networks already
in
place.
The area of
Merredin; being
on the physical cusp and aligned with a major communications
thorough-way, will
be a centre for major agricultural influences and communications.
The
dream of awakening and re-invigorating the Great Australian deserts
could be
closer than we think. It is 2010 now and we are only just experiencing
the
upgraded industrial capability of the 90-00s inventions. With greater
communications band-widths in rural areas it could make an explosive
century
for