The first day of spring has been cold, overcast and just plain miserable, with quite a deal of drizzle. Still, with an average of seven and a half hours of sunshine per day, winter was one of the sunniest on record!
This morning, the supermarkets in Miranda were overcrowded because of the dispute that involves industrial packers. Nonetheless, there were still many items on the shelves. I had the tin of five litres, that came with our new lawn-mower, filled, at a B.P. petrol station, with B.P. ‘Zoom’ at a cost of one dollar and eleven cents.
Once again I alternated between watching Channels Nine and Ten from noon. “The Mike Walsh Show”, on the former, had the slender Brian Bury, who had come up from Melbourne, as its guest host. Minus his shirt, he performed physical exercises and attempted to adopt muscular poses alongside strongman, Paul Graham.
I vacuumed the house, after Tiki had rung to see how I was, then scrubbed that area of soiled carpet, in the second bedroom, with warm water and detergent.
“The Saint” and “Right On” followed successively, and, from half past five, “Flashez”, presented by Ray Burgess and the irritant, Mike Meade. The by far superior “Country Road” was this evening hosted by Johnny Chester and featured Don Williams singing “You’re My Best Friend” and the Canadian Gordon Lightfoot, “Sundown”.
“Willesee” preceded “Sergio Mendez And Brazil ’77”, and, at eight o’clock, “Peach’s Australia” centres upon the history of German settlement in South Australia. “The Islands Of Tragedy”, at half past eight, is another documentary by the award-winning, underwater film-maker, Ben Cropp. This one focuses upon the plight of turtles off the north coast of Queensland.