It was like waking up from a reverie or witnessing a real life transformation into technicolor like in The Wizard Of Oz or to be more current, it was like playing with Instagram filters.

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This is rather more than just a few people whinging (as our friends from Oz would put it) about a small decline in battery life.

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The Australian approach to life can be summed up by the Sydney Harbour BridgeClimb: Oz is an outdoor country in love with risk.

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