Backyard Surprises: Sunday, 17th July, 1977

We awoke to the 5.00 a.m. alarm for the second time in three days. QF4, with Tiki’s parents on board, landed at six o’clock, but we did not arrive until twenty past the hour. The songstress, Renee Geyer, had already passed through customs and although she wandered around aimlessly for quite some time no one arrived to meet her, at least not whilst we were there. The last I saw of her, she was using a public telephone.

Once I had received the opportunity, I ventured into our backyard and began to pull up some of the mass of Wandering Jew that has enveloped its rear. In doing so I found a number of objects. These included an old golf ball, a number of plastic practice balls and even a plastic ice-cream container filled with cooked prawns, which were almost unbearably on the nose.

However, the most startling discovery was undoubtedly that of the two pig’s trotters which were contained inside a brown paper bag. Not knowing what to expect, when I opened it an involuntary chill ran down my spine for, at first glance, I thought for an instant that I’d unearthed some human remains.

Miss Trinidad and Tobago has been crowned Miss Universe, in Santo Domingo, ahead of Miss Austria and Miss Scotland.

Eastern Suburbs defeated Manly-Warringah by twelve points to nil, this afternoon. The latter, therefore, sits in fifth position in the competition.

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