An Obvious Solution.

Dead kangaroo in Australian drought.

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Fitzroy River about to peak

 Australia and New Zealand: North Australia (Darwin), Australia Northern Territory, South-Eastern Australia (Sydney, New South Wales), South Australia (Melburn, Victoria), New Zealand: North Island, New Zealand: South Island;
 Antarctic: Antarctic Peninsula.
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/greatdividingrange/
http://mediacenter.dw-world.de/english/pictures/#!/4229/A_tunnel_under_the_Alps
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I was talking with a twelve-year-old neighour a couple of days ago. We were discussing the floods in my home country Australia.
"I don't understand, Ric why there is so much trouble with widespread floods and other times there are droughts that go on for years. Why can't they just keep the water somewhere?"Asked the young fellow.
"Well David," I answered..." they do dam up a lot of water but most of it runs out to sea by the coastal rivers. You see there's a  mountain range just in from the eastern coast and it runs all up and down the east coast blocking the rain  from reaching inland Australia, which suffers mostly from drought."
David thought for a few seconds.
"Yes," said David "by why don't they cut tunnels through the mountains and let all the surplus water run through to the inland. Wouldn't that fix the problem.?"
"It probably would fix the problem. But Australian governments are pretty dumb.
 What are you going to be when you grow up, David?"
"I think I would like to be an engineer."
I laughed. "You seem to be one already, mate."
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If The Swiss can do it, why can't the Aussies?

The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is a railway tunnel beneath the Alps inSwitzerland. With a route length of 57 km (35.4 mi) and a total of 151.84 km (94.3 mi) of tunnels, shafts and passages,^[1] it is the world's longest rail tunnel, surpassing the undersea Seikan Tunnel in Japan.

The project consists of two single track tunnels. It is part of the AlpTransit project, also known as the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA), which also includes the Lötschberg Base Tunnel between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It bypasses the 19th century Gotthardbahn, a winding mountain route across the Saint-Gotthard Massif, and establishes a direct route usable by high-speed rail and heavy freight trains.

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And the Chinese too.
Workers are seen in the world's longest water diversion tunnel in northeast China's Liaoning Province, on April 15, 2009.(Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

http://www.robbinstbm.com/case-study/the-yellow-river-water-diversion-project/................................................................................................................................................

Part of the Great Dividing Range, Australia.