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Once in a blues balloon

he hot air balloon lifts silently above mist rising from the dams and the farms and outhouses below, which begin to look like Legoland. It’s freezing cold and I’m grateful for my gloves and cap, but as we watch the sun come up, the balloon rises higher and higher, and so does the temperature. We are inside Queensland’s stunning Scenic Rim near the town of Beaudesert. To the south are

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