From our international desk: It's like a big farm in North Sydney

Sydney's Daily Telegraph reports that one in four cars in parts of Sydney’s north are 4WDs, outstripping off-roader registrations in some typical farming areas. Ignoring soaring petrol prices and poor fuel economy, the newspaper says that one in every four Manly motorists now has a 4WD. In Mosman, Lane Cove, Willoughby and Hunters Hill the rate of 4WD ownership up to 23 per cent.