South Africa continues to speak hopefully about a New Dawn. However, Australia, which shares some similar characteristics with South Africa – from mining and weather to sporting appetites – recently marked what could arguably be described as a long dawn. The country recently recorded its twenty-seventh straight recession-free year. Pictured is a surfer walking along the water's edge on Bondi Beach, Sydney. The early morning shot was taken on July 30, Australia’s official fiscal year-end.