As a resident from Bendigo holidaying in Mildura over the last week, I chanced to read the letter from John Irwin about an elastic border and was intrigued.

Far too often we are blind to the obvious. John Irwin’s insight and “blueprint” made me think that there is one inescapable fact –  Geography. 

As there is only one road into Mildura from Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, res...