I signed a blank cheque so that Tiki could fill in the remainder of it when she purchased our new lawn-mower from Gillespie’s in Rockdale. “Dad” had noticed the store’s advertisement in the local paper last Saturday and had drawn our attention to it.
In the meantime I bought a weighty, grey crowbar from Nock and Kirby, in Miranda Fair, at a cost of nine dollars and fifty cents. I had already made the decision to carry it home and as I descended the pedestrian ramp an elderly gentleman commented, “That’s hard work, mate!”
He certainly wasn’t wrong! For after I had given the earth around the tree stump I intended to remove, about forty stout blows the sum of my progress was the creation of a blister on the lower section of my right thumb.
Having perused a repetition of the British series, “The Saint”, I turned the dial to Channel Ten and the local pop show, “Right On”. It is hosted by the young, buxom Kobe Steele. Today’s edition included footage of veteran rock star Cliff Richard singing “My Kinda Life”, from his current LP, ‘Every Face Tells A Story’. Kobe remarked on how ‘brilliant’ and ‘professional’ Cliff’s recent Australian concerts were this year. Smokie performed “Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone”, and The Electric Light Orchestra, “Telephone Line”: an outstanding sound, which is reminiscent of the 1960s.
“Dad” and Tiki arrived in his red ute, which contained our new Victa ‘Contessa’. It had cost us one hundred and sixty-nine dollars.
“Flashez”, another Australian pop show, hosted by the singer, Ray Burgess, airs for half an hour from half past five on the ABC-TV’s Channel Two. Today’s programme features the extremely popular local band, Sherbet, performing its current hit, “Magazine Madonna”.
James “Maverick” Garner appears as the private investigator, Jim Rockford, in the series, “The Rockford Files”, from half past seven. Swedish actress, Camilla Sparv is a guest star in this evening’s edition in which the task is to determine which statuettes of the cormorant are genuine. Jim Rockford’s home is that of a caravan at the beach.
Having washed the dishes, I decided to retire early at half past eight. Sydney’s maximum temperature reached a pleasantly mild twenty-two degrees Celsius.