http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/maps/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/map-locations-for-a-new-city/ As Tory wrote yesterday The Punch conducted a survey on attitudes to population growth last week. One question we asked was what people thought of the idea of building a new city, and 70 per cent said yes. So given there’s probably broad support for building a new city, the next question is: where should it be? There are some suggestions in already but we’d like to hear your thoughts in the comments - some of the initial suggestions are in this map and we’ll add to it as your ideas come in. View Location for a new Australian city? in a larger map Have a click around the map: zoom in and check out the various icons - there’s a little summary with each location and why they might work - or you can see a full-size version of the map here. But be bold and make your own suggestions in the comments below and we’ll keep building the map out. Don’t miss: Get The Punch in your inbox every day Get The Punch on Facebook feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/map-locations-for-a-new-city/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/map-locations-for-a-new-city/#item2867 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 So the other night a friend and I were trying to suss out some directions using Google.  My aim was to get from my home, in Erskineville, in Sydney, to Orange, NSW. So I typed in From: Erskineville. To: Orange. Seems Google thought I meant directions to Orange, California. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/google-is-so-amazing/ So the other night a friend and I were trying to suss out some directions using Google.  My aim was to get from my home, in Erskineville, in Sydney, to Orange, NSW. So I typed in From: Erskineville. To: Orange. Seems Google thought I meant directions to Orange, California. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/google-is-so-amazing/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/google-is-so-amazing/#item298 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 So the other night a friend and I were trying to suss out some directions using Google.  My aim was to get from my home, in Erskineville, in Sydney, to Orange, NSW. So I typed in From: Erskineville. To: Orange. Seems Google thought I meant directions to Orange, California.