"Fire, air and water... these are the elements of Sydney," wrote Australian author Donald Horne in his seminal 1964 book "The Lucky Country". "Sydney dreams of surfing, fishing, sailing, swimming in calm bays, lying stretched out in the sun, absorbing heat into the marrow." When I arrived in the city for the first time almost 60 years lateras a breaking news editor for Reuters, much about its people and culture had changed, but not its central essence. The city’s residents, known as Sydneysiders, were emergingfrompandemic-related lockdowns, enjoying the ocean breezes, boundless sunshine and beaches that make it one of the world’s most desirable places to live. Sydney, which sprawls some 50 miles (80 km) out to the scenic Blue Mountains in the west, is also one of the world's most diver...
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