I'm a Celebrity... has gripped the viewing public and media since the minor celebrities were dropped off in the middle of the Australian Outback in the name of charity.

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What follows is an untraditional love story, in which Lucinda, determined to transport a church made of glass from Britain to the Australian outback, bets Oscar her inheritance that he can't accomplish such a daunting feat.

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The toll surpasses what was believed by ballooning experts to be the deadliest accident in the sport's 200-year history: In 1989, 13 people were killed when their hot air balloon collided with another over the Australian outback near the town of Alice Springs.

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Lexus unveiled its LF-LC Concept last month in Sydney, since its blue opal color is inspired by the blue opal found in the Australian Outback, but this week in Los Angeles is the first time Americans will have a chance to see the 500-horsepower hybrid up close.

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Their ranks were swelled by football teams from Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, the Gold Coast in Queensland and Forbes, an outback town in New South Wales, celebrating the end of the Australian football season.

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That is around the time Les Wheaton's great-grandfather was embarking on an Australian way of outback life that is now coming to an end.

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