Past studies have shown that early risers are more likely to be thin than late-to-bed types.

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Early risers can waste no time in immersing themselves in Sydney's cultural highlights.

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Obviously the early risers have zeroed in on the headline numbers, which appear as pretty as a Coach Julia handbag.

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Each country enriched early risers who peered through the haze of risks and recognised a dawning blue sky of opportunity.

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There were even 100 priests here to hear confessions from the early risers, part of a total of 1, 300 priests, 250 bishops and 14 cardinals attending Mass.

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Early risers can head over to the hilltop clearing known as the FarmStead to watch the milking of the farm's sheep or get in some daybreak fly-fishing (with Orvis-endorsed guides) on Hesse Creek.

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