Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"The waters around the Port of Darwin (Arafura Sea) are shallow and are not suitable for submarine operations. Also, the Northern coastline of Australia experience very large tidal changes which involve different docking requirements. Cyclones also present another issue."
You're also a very long way from significant technical resources and staff
Is Perth any better in those respects?
Have to say, from a national policy perspective, it sure would make sense to have Perth as a West coast counterpart to all the current East coast infrastructure..