Tonight I watched the thirteenth and final episode of Against the Wind.
This show was aired on Australian television in 1978. I was five. I have memories of watching it on tv as it aired. At least I thought I had memories of it. I thought I watched it and enjoyed it, but when I think about what my bed time would have been back then I just don't know. Maybe Mum might remember?
Anyway, I certainly remember it being on, and I remembered the theme song.
Recently I was scanning Dad's slides of our trip to Old Sydney Town, and it must have been that that triggered the memories of the series. So I Googled that crap. Some kind soul has uploaded the whole series onto YouTube! So over the past few weeks I've been watching through it all.
As it turns out, the series is, in fact, awesome! I really enjoyed watching through it all again. Although as I've said previously I did quite often get distracted looking up the people and events depicted. Maybe I got taught some of this crap in school, but I certainly didn't remember it. Did you know Bligh of Mutiny on the Bounty fame was governer of New South Wales for a time? Until he was ousted in Australia's only military coup. Must have been a bit of deja vu for him!
Brilliant series, go watch it!
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