Right, Philip. So, we are talking split personality here. Figures.

ttbn Grow up, go back approx 3 months NNN posted a lot of very informative well written posts compare them to those written by Saltpetre approx same intellectual level.

I thought you did not care anyway.

Philip S

You take yourself too seriously. No need to get shirty.

ttbn - Quote "You take yourself too seriously." I would rather do that than be the village idiot (no implication that I consider you to be one).

Replying to something you did not care about anyway would be what a troll would do.

Hasbeen,

Yes, the geological strata extend all the way under the Torres Strait. But water leaks out into the sea, and very little water (or more likely, none at all) from PNG reaches mainland Australia. Scientists know enough about pressure and flow direction to completely refute the PNG origin hypothesis.

Most of the water in the Great Artesian Basin comes from the Great Dividing Range. The rest comes from other rock formations, mostly on the western side.

I suggest you download the Hydrogeological Atlas of the Great Artesian Basin from http://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/79790/79790_GAB_Atlas.pdf

Aidan,
That atlas is great ! Even if its accuracy were only 50% it still shows remarkable & interesting diagrams. I wonder how much change in the water levels occurs at those depths by the shifting of plates.
One thing it does show is that, flooding Lake Eyre would be beneficial all round. Seawater or freshwater. Again, it must be viewed with a long-term view. Short-term is not realistic, long-term is.
A diver mate told me a number of years ago that he once felt a kind of rush of cold water coming from a rocky cleft in Endeavour Strait. Having heard of PNG water flowing to cape York he took down a bottle & sure enough when he tasted it it was hardly salty. Even flying around the Torres Strait on calm, clear days one can see swirls of stirred-up sediment in isolated places which i assume are underwater springs.
High water demand industry must be seriously discouraged & the focus should be on sustainability of habitation of inland Australia to ease the pressure on the coastal environment. Population will continue to blow out for as long as religion is allowed to dictate against the environment & against common sense. Our education system should also change its direction & focus on opening peoples' eyes & include common sense in the curriculum. It would make us a more cohesive society free of the yoke of Superstition.