The first day of autumn is as bad as the last day of summer! Torrential rain has drenched Sydney, with two inches falling in one period of fifteen minutes. Although the maximum was nineteen degrees Celsius, this evening it has fallen to fifteen, which is eight degrees below the seasonal average. The rain continues to fall.
“The Dick Emery Show” screened on Channel Seven, from 7.30 p.m., followed by “Love Thy Neighbour”, at eight o’clock. Bill Collins introduced the film, “The Heist” (1971), from half past eight. It is set in Hamburg and stars Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Frobe and Scott Brady ( I laughed when his character drank L.S.D. and died. Not because I’m a sadist but because his acting, at that moment, triggered amusement in me).
Australia won the Second and final Test, at Eden Park, in Auckland, by ten wickets and the series by one win to nil.