Update on Australia and New ZealandAmongst major projects completed by end-2008 in Australia are the Gold Coast desalination plant with 2 x 3.4 m x 1.5 km outfalls bored by 2 off Herrenknecht TBMs by John Holland/Veolia some 40 m below the seabed, visit www.johnholland.com.au, and the 1.9 km Sydney Haymarket to City North cable tunnel completed by Thiess, visit www.thiess.com.au. Underway in 2009 is the Northern Diversion Sewerage project in Melbourne using a Lovat TBM, visit www.johnholland.com.au or see tunnelbuilder archive au/25.Three projects dominate in Brisbane. They are the 6.8 km North-South bypass motorway with 4.7 km-long twin tunnels under Brisbane River awarded to RiverCity, a jv of Leighton Contractors, Baulderstone Hornibrook and Bilfinger Berger for completion in 2010 under a concession period of 45 years. Both tunnels broke through at Kangaroo Point in late-2008 at approximately halfway through their respective runs, having passed 60 m-deep low point. Visit www.leightoncontractors.com.au or see au/21. Read more. 04/09.