well if some of you don't already know I live in western Australia we call it the nannie state or la la land and some times the hey you cant do that state.
I live in Armadale 22 miles south of the state capitol Perth. the link below gives the population and the area of WA.
https://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=howbig+is+western&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4JENT_en-GBAU718AU718&q=how+big+is+western+australia+&gs_l=hp..0.0i22i30l5.0.0.0.13156...........0.2jucFPv3fVg&gws_rd=ssl
Bernie 
Thanks Bernie!
As for myself I live in Central Washington, in the Columbia Basin, in a small town called "Moses Lake".
It is truly an oasis in the middle of what was once a empty desert.
The entire area is now Irrigated by Grand Coulee Dam...Grand Coulee Dam construction started in 1933 and first produced electricity in 1941.
(Folk singers during the Great Depression, like Woodie Guthrie, were inspired by the Columbia River, the great Dam, and the working man of the Great Depression era.)
"Grand Coulee Dam is the largest concrete structure ever built. Several other dams in the world are larger, but they include earthen berms (when completed 2009, the Three Gorges Dam in China will be roughly three times the size of Grand Coulee). Grand Coulee is 450-500 feet thick at its base and 30 feet thick at the top, and it contains 11,975,521 cubic yards (9,155,944 cubic meters) of concrete, three times as much as Hoover Dam".
When it comes to the little town itself, I found this in Wikipedia:
"The City of Moses Lake, Moses Lake and Moses Coulee, were named for Columbia-Sinkiuse tribal leader Chief Moses (1829-1899). For centuries the tribal peoples camped along the shores of Moses Lake collecting roots and the eggs of waterfowl. With the arrival of white settlers competition for access to natural waterways created an uneasy tension in the basin surrounding Moses Lake. Traditional Native lands gave way to livestock range. Not long after that, private irrigation replaced grazing lands with a patchwork of orchards.
Moses Lake, originally platted as Neppel in 1911, gave birth to a highly profitable lakeside orchard industry. However, growth of the tiny town was limited by battles over water rights and the withering effects of the Great Depression. As the apple market crashed the orchards were pulled up and replaced by fields of potatoes and onions. A carp seining operation, cheese factory and several other private enterprises were also abandoned during the slump." I live on what is known as "The Peninsula"...The Lake itself is a bit over 7 miles long and about 3/4 Mile wide, with another, much larger lake, know as "Potholes" at the Southern spillway of Moses Lake.....both are a part of the Columbia Basin Irrigation System.
An aerial view of the surrounding area today would reveal many "Crop Circles", many covering as much as 200 to 300 acres in volume....the once desert area of the 1920's and 1930's is now seen as one more "World Bread Basket" with crops flourishing, and planting going on year round.
Here are some pictures, courtesy of our local Chamber of Commerce.
An Aerial view of "Potholes Lake" and a part of Moses Lake.....Interstate I-90 runs across the late, and a part of "The Penninsula", where I live.
This is a partial view of 7 mile long Moses Lake, with Potholes Lake to the South and not in this photo.
From Moses Lake, looking toward the town itself, and Interstate I-90....to the right of the picture is the Boat Launch, a Swimming area, and since 2014, a 120' Public Fishing Pier, donated to the City by the Columbia Basin Walleye Club.
There is even a place for weddings......
And, a place on the lake for kids to play.....
A typical "Welcome" sign, to our many out of town visitors.
I moved here in 2006. This was to be my retirement home, mostly because I dearly love to hunt and fish.
Several of our members have been to my house to visit, and for many of them I have tried to show what is really here, but for those just passing through on the Interstate, they never get to know everything this little town has to offer...That was me years ago. I came here to fish, and park my RV on the Lake.
I had no idea, until I actually lived here for a year or so, but this little podunk town in the middle of the desert has plenty to offer, with snow capped mountains all around us and about one hour away, it gives my wife and I the best of both worlds.
Welcome to Moses Lake!
Uncle Russ...
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