Snapped

We experienced a 'Weather Event' last night, which included gale force winds and torrential rain.  My house came through unscathed, with no flooding or damage done.  I walked down to the lake, and hey presto, this poplar tree snapped off at the base, while another one down the line was left with it's roots in the air.  Wanaka is lucky in that the lake has been very low, so the water had somewhere to go.  Our famous tree still isn't back in the lake!

Blip No. 1971

NZ news 1971  (extra 1)

The Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter starts production.
The nations first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opens in Auckland.
The Manapouri Power Station, the country's largest hydroelectric facility is completed.
The Christchurch to Dunedin overnight express becomes the last revenue steam locomotive hauled train service.  NZ Railways completes dieselisation.
The Melbourne Cup was the first live international broadcast in November.
A TV fee was set at NZ$20 per year.

Famous NZers born in 1971

Adam Parore, cricketer  :  Cory Hutchings, surf lifesaving and ironman competitor  :  Julie Seymour, netball player  :  Hamish Carter, triathlete  :  Mark Richardson, cricketer and TV presenter  :  Josh Kronfeld, rugby union player, and TV presenter  :  Nathan Astle, cricketer  :  Todd Blackadder, rugby union player and coach  :  Marc Ellis, rugby union and rugby league player, TV personality  :  Phil Tataurangi, golfer  :  Dion Nash, cricketer  :  

Pop songs 1971

Maggie May, Rod Stewart  :  Take Me Home Country Roads, John Denver  :  Knock Three Times, Tony Orlando and Dawn  :  Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin  :  The Night they Drove old Dixie Down, Joan Baez  :  

World news 1971  

Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House.
Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15.
The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes.
Australian Open, Ken Rosewall beats Arthus Ashe in tennis.
Tom Jones 'She's a Lady' goes gold.
Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches.
Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Premier buried in Moscow.
Nobel prize for literature awarded to Pablo Neruda.  (when my daughter and I were in Chile we visited some of his homes which are now museums, and open to the public.)
Eisenhower dollar put into circulation.

Famous people born in 1971

David Williams, (45), comidian  :  Justin Trudeau, (45), Canadian P.M.  :  Ewan McGregor (45), Movie Actor  :  Marco Rubio, (45), Politician  :  

I am heading out to Luggate now, as the family is having a get together.
To my NZ friends, 'Stay warm and dry".