This marks "Titik Nol IKN Nusantara" - or 'Zero Point' of Indonesia's new Capital City Territory called Nusantara - where representatives of all 34 provinces have brought symbols of land and water from their regions, marking a milestone in the development of this big national goal.
It is anticipated that the presidential palace, legislative buildings and key national government departments will be opened in the new capital, to be built within East Kalimantan province on Borneo Island, sometime before the next presidential handover in 2024.
During his historic pre-pandemic visit to Australia to address Australia's federal parliament in February 2020, Indonesia's President Jokowi visited sites around Canberra to get a vista of the Australian Capital Territory's creation in 1908, its opening in 1927 and its development over the next five decades.
Is any Australian expertise involved in Nusantara, Indonesia's own 'bush capital', being designed as a Smart Green City of the Jungle?