Introduction The selected strategy is crop evapotranspiration irrigation. This irrigation strategy is based on the ability of crops to use water and lose the water to the atmosphere (evapotranspiration) as they grow (Hao 2006). Crop evapotranspiration is calculated by determining the crop factor and collecting climatic data. Crop factor involves consideration of development stages, variety, and crop type since these influence water intake rate of a crop. Moreover, crop water use is also influenced by climatic factors such as radiation, humidity, wind speed, and temperature. This enables the use of climatic data. The data obtained from crop factor and climatic conditions are fed to an irrigation control program in the form of millimetres (mm) of water usage. Such information is essential in triggering the occurrence of an irrigation event at a pre-set limit. This irrigation strategy helps in effective monitoring of rainfall events and soil moisture depletion. The selected strategy has the advantages of ensuring a higher degree of uniformity in terms of water application (Hao 2006). This ensures that crops have an even uptake of water in the whole irrigation area. Further, the strategy ensures that the control of water application is effective. This limits instances of having under or over-irrigation of the land area. This occurs along having a higher distribution rate in comparison with other irrigation methods like surface and sprinkler irrigation. Moreover, the high rate of irrigation provides an opportunity for ensuring that soil moisture content is maintained at optimum levels within the root zone. This contributes towards the elimination of soil fluctuation, which is associated with inducing stress to crops. In addition, this irrigation strategy requires smaller lateral and mains diameters, lower pressures, and low flow rates. This aids in saving energy, which would be used in the process of irrigation. These benefits prevail at all weather conditions. As such, wind conditions do not limit the strategy its ability to achieve the desired performance level. Furthermore, crop evapotranspiration irrigation is applicable to a range of different paddock shapes and sizes. Nevertheless, this strategy has inherent limitations. One of these limitations is emitter clogging, which may develop because of insufficient water filtration, chemical injection or lateral flushing (Sharma, & Irmak 2012). Salt accumulation is another limitation when saline water is used for irrigation purposes. Salt accumulates at the laterals and results in hindering effective crop growth. Finally, soil structure is affected while using this strategy. This is evidenced in cases where clay content increases, magnesium: calcium ration changes, and sodium percentage increases. This needs periodic monitoring of the soil nutrient composition to ensure that the soil nutrient level is within the anticipated range. Irrigation System The irrigation system, which is to, be used for Melbourne has a structure as shown in figure 1. This system will comprise of five components, which are interlinked in order to perform the task of irrigating the land. These include pumping station, field application, and distribution, conveyance, and drainage systems. The pumping station acts as the intake point for water from a river or reservoir to the irrigation system (Hao 2006). The water then flows to a conveyance system, which transports water to ditches that act as the distribution sy