But I found myself ignoring the objectives of the game, and simply flying around the landscape, looping around trees and under bridges.

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Because the Land of Oz exists outside our reality, even the most ersatz effects -- butterfly trees and flowers that toll like bells -- are fair game.

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At one stage the game was held up to find a new ball after Hussey sent a lofted off-drive into the trees outside the ground.

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