Looking at Black Peak

This morning at Seniornet we had a very interesting talk about Robotic milking.  How amazing is that, no human involved at all in the milking of the cows.  The future is here!!

After lunch I still had to walk 8,000 steps, and take a blipfoto.  I headed to Bremner Bay, got this photo of Black Peak, and have nearly reached the 8,000, only about 200 to go.

Blip No. 1955

Year 1955

The Pulp and Paper Mill opened at Kawerau.  I can still remember the smell that came off it, even after all these years!!  
Uranium was found in the Lower Buller gorge on the West Coast.
The Rimutaka rail tunnel was opened.
Flights into Antarctica commenced.
The first landing of a ski plane on the Tasman Glacier.

Famour NZers born in 1955

Steve Sumner, soccer player  :  Tuheitia Paki, Maori King  :  Lorraine Moller, long distance athlete  :  Anne Audain middle and long distance athlete  :  Te Ururou Flavell, politician.

Pop Sings in 1955

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, Perez Prado  :  Rock Around the Clock, Bill Haley and His Comets  :  The Yellow Rose of Texas, Mitch Miller  :  The Ballad of Davey Crocket, Bill Hayes  :  Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford  :  Mr Sandman, Chordettes

World News 1955

Eisenhower was the first President to have a news conference filmed for TV.
Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance.
Tennessee William's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens.
Anthony Eden succeeds Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of the UK
Ray Kroc opens the first McDonald's fast food restaurant in Alabama.
Eisenhower appears on colour TV.
Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp is released.
Jesse Owens declared the all time track athlete.
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus to give her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama.
Barbra Streisand makes her first recording at the age of 13.

Famous people born in 1955

Bill Gates (61), entrepreneur  :  Steve Jobs, entrepreneur  :  Rowan Atkinson (62), Movie Actor  :  Bruce Willis, (62), Movie Actor  :  Whoopi Goldberg (61), Movie Actress  :  Kevin Costner, (62), Movie Actor