Does anyone know the name of the fishing trawler that was washed up at Little Beach on the central coast during this storm I understand it was a brand new 70ft timber fishing trawler which broke moring at newcastle as was blown down the coast to Little Beach (macmasters) tahnks allan davis
Where the Sygna wreck is today(nearly completely rusted away), is about 3-quarters-to-a-mile south of where Lavis Lane ends at the beachside after branching off from Nelson Bay Road. It would be just a short distance north of where a new housing estate has been established at Fullerton Cove on the eastern side of Nelson Bay Road.
@@neilforbes416 actually it happened on the 25th according to my cousin who lived in Newcastle at the time Newcastle Herald reported it on the 26th I have seen photos the damage and she dated the 25th of may she said to me recently anyone who keeps referring it as the 26th they're wrong
Another of your uploads on the Stockton Bridge building had comments turned off. I wanted to leave a comment that I was in the crowd for the opening ceremony on that day, 1st November, 1971. I was 16 years and 3 days shy of seven months old at the time. I freeze-framed the video to see if I could see myself in the crowd but, unfortunately, neither the documentary maker's camera, nor the cameras of Station NBN-Newcastle's news crew picked me up.
I have no idea why the comments would have been turned off on that video, unless I may have selected the "Made For Kids" option, which does sometimes turn the comments section off. Sorry about that.
@@newcastlethehuntervalley It can be a trap for the unwary. But as I explained, I was at that opening ceremony. Pity the doco maker's cameras and those of Station NBN-Newcastle didn't pick up that 16-year-old kid(me) in the crowd. I hoofed it all the way up there from where I lived in Roxburgh Street(roughly half-way between Pembroke and Cardigan Streets). A PMG line depot used to occupy half the block bounded by Roxburgh Street, Fullerton Street, Ross Street and Cardigan Street, with Housing Commission bed-sits occupying the other half(northern half, that is) of that block.
@@Mediawatcher2023 I was about two rows back, somewhere right of middle in that row(but my recollection is a bit hazy. As for comments being turned off, that was RU-vid's doing, not mine.
@@neilforbes416 comments turned off here's the reason Video uploads that are aimed at children (like sing-a-longs and cartoons) as well as videos featuring children may have comments disabled as per RU-vid's policy. This is to avoid predatory comments and maintain overall digital safety on the platform. A video that is marked as For Kids will have comments disabled.
4:39 Martin DeLaunay Electronics Warehouse. I remember going for a job interview there in 1971 or 1972(I didn't get the job). Today the building hosts Finnegan's Irish Pub. Out of shot to the right was the AWA showrooms.
@@Mediawatcher2023 When I left school, we were still using the *Proper* method of counting Infants/Primary School years as Kindergarten 1 & 2, then Grade 1 to 6, then when you transitioned from being an Infants/Primary School *Pupil* to being a High School *Student,* it was First to Fourth Year(or First to Sixth Year, depending on the school).
@@neilforbes416 These days you don't get to high school until you turn 16 (yes in year nine) as you have to get through middle school. But in my opinion the old system was better.
It'll be 50 years next year(2024) since this event happened. I'd not long earlier turned 19(4th April) in the year this happened. Where's the narration by the Station NBN-Newcastle reporter and the voiceover by Murray Finlay?
@@neilforbes416 The storm happened on the morning of 25th of May The Newcastle (Morning) Hearld reported it on the following day the 26th the historians got that date wrong it was remembered the night Newcastle will never forget it was described as a hurricane but these days it would have been an east coast low the reason why it wasn't forecast it just came out of nowhere without warning. But These days with modern technology you would know in less seven days.
