Peter Hitchener reads the news with Melbourne’s cityscape live, behind him as usual, when the rather Hitchcock-like profile of the seemingly mammoth bird appeared. “I was reading away, and it was a serious story, and I suddenly thought, ‘Oh my gosh that seagulls back again’, because we had bit of a problem last
night,”Hitchener said. “About 50 seconds to 6 o’clock this seagull arrived and started pecking at the camera and it had the beadiest huge eyes you’ve ever seen in your life.” He may well qualify for an award for his professional stoicism,
later telling 3AW radio that the cameramen were hiding behind their cameras to hide their laughter.