It’s hard to fall back to sleep at 5 a.m. with the Gypsy Moth Chopper overhead. Counting the passes of the spray bird is not like counting sheep. But at shortly after sun-up this morning the job was completed, fearful children notwithstanding. On a couple of sweeps it sounded as if the chopper was coming right through the bedroom window. By our count the helicopter made eight passes across Moore Park. It seemed to be at pretty much tree-top level in the ravine. Elsewhere perhaps, a little higher altitude was taken. Let’s hope the spray works and we can put the Gypsy Moths away for another few years.
