But head inland into Queensland and into the outback and the contrast cannot get sharper: Giant excavators, three stories high and weighing hundreds of tonnes, work at mines of Brobdingnagian proportions.
Squat and black, like some evil shoebox, the machine weighs a Brobdingnagian 8 pounds, not only heavier than the other game consoles but probably most VCRs and DVD players as well.