To the west of Sydney are many areas of low lying land and most of it used to be market gardens. Property developers saw all the nice level land, bought it up,

To the west of Sydney are many areas of low lying land and most of it used to be market gardens. Property developers saw all the nice level land, bought it up, sub-divided it and built thousands of homes. Now they are getting flooded ... d'huuh! Instead of rebuilding in the flood plain, which has copped 4 once in a 100 year floods in 18 months, the government should open up land on higher ground and exchange them for flood affected properties. Then do what the Dutch did, drain the land properly and use it for agriculture.