This is unofficially the last day of autumn. I defied the threatening storm clouds and walked to work. A cold wind blew strongly at lunchtime. In fact, it was so cold outside that it required an effort just to speak.
The maximum temperature of just fourteen degrees Celsius means that Sydney has experienced its coldest day in May since 1956. Melbourne’s maximum of just eight delivers that city its coldest day in May for eighty years.
The Australian music series ‘Flashez’, presented by singer, Ray Burgess, may be viewed from 5.30 p.m., on ABC television, and is followed by ‘Last Of The Wild’, a documentary narrated by actor and recording artist, Lorne Greene. This evening’s edition screens from six o’clock and is entitled ‘Animals Of The Forest’. Lorne, who was born in Canada, in 1915, played Ben, the patriarch of the Cartwright family, in the perennial western series, ‘Bonanza’, from 1959 until 1973. In 1964, his recording, ‘Ringo’, spent three weeks atop the American charts.
‘A Gathering Of Eagles’, a film from 1963, is centred around life on an airforce base and stars Rock Hudson, Rod ‘Hong Kong’ Taylor and the English actress, Mary Peach. It is introduced by Bill Collins, from half past eight, on Channel Seven.
Former Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, survives a challenge to his leadership of the Federal Opposition when he receives thirty-two votes, from colleagues in the Labor Party, to Bill Hayden’s thirty.