Still vividly lighting up the austral sky at night

So galore stories (and dates) of the Aurora Australis (C8), radical surely retrieve it vividly, adjacent earlier Vivid tried to bargain immoderate thunder.

Col Nicholson of Hawks Nest “saw the aurora arsenic a superior schoolhouse lad astatine Coffs Harbour. It appeared arsenic a vivid pink/red glow crossed the confederate horizon. Can’t retrieve the nonstop year, but it would person been astir 1955”.

Denis Cartledge, present of Tenterfield, says: “In 1957 we were connected the formation astatine Halifax Park successful Port Stephens having a provender of caller caught food that we barbecued when, conscionable aft dusk (when we were expected to beryllium going home), we noticed the entity to the southbound changing colour. So for the adjacent hr oregon truthful we watched the shimmering colours, fascinated.” Hopefully, mum and dada were arsenic fascinated erstwhile you yet got home, Denis.

Claudia Bottrill, present of Watson (ACT) remembers “waking 1 greeting and noticing a vivid pinkish entity and surrounds. It was surreal. I was a kid successful Horningsea Park and my upstairs chamber gave maine a large view”.

Gwynn Boyd of Mosman writes: “In 1958, we surely had an aurora that was disposable successful Sydney. Indeed, the Herald reported adjacent greeting that it had been seen arsenic acold northbound arsenic Singapore.”

David Sallows of Ormiston (Qld) is definite helium saw the precise aforesaid aurora successful Brisbane arsenic a pinkish glow successful an arc debased successful the sky.

Now backmost to the dak dak. Lance Rainey of Rushforth remembers: “Not lone did aboriginal Volkswagens (C8) not person a substance gauge, they had astir nary modern instruments. Mine had lone a speedometer needle, a bluish precocious beam indicator light, a reddish lipid informing airy and an odometer. The precocious beam connected its six volt electrical strategy was laughably inadequate successful the Australian bush astatine night. By the clip you saw a roo, it was already swearing astatine you.”

Jennifer Tidey of Mudgee had an aged Beetle successful the 1970s that didn’t person reversing lights, “so I recovered different usage for the flashing hazard lights erstwhile reversing astatine night”.

Then breadstuff (C8), coeliac Angela Michaelis of Balmain wants to add: “I wonderment if cafe owners who complaint an other $3 for gluten-free breadstuff for a toasted sandwich oregon burger ever effort it first? Decent wholegrain GF breads exist, but the crumbly over-sweetened rubbish often served tin drain the flavour from adjacent the champion contents.”

Column8@smh.com.au

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