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Like many wild and wacky ideas, it all started down at the pub. "I was literally looking out the window at that intersection and thought, 'What if we put in a beach volleyball court and play a competition?' "On a tar road. In the middle of a town 400km from the nearest beach," Simon Sutherland, 51, says. He wanted to bring the party vibe of Bali's Kuta – a popular island holiday spot for many Australians – to his hometown of Cootamundra. And so that night he went home and drew up plans for

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