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Protective netting which was caught up in a freak twister
at Gibbston's Hawkshead Vineyard on Tuesday conjures up a
figure reminiscent of a surrealist painting. Photo
supplied.
A freak twister or "willy waugh" conjured up a figure
reminiscent of a Salvador Dali painting on Tuesday at
Gibbston's Hawkshead Vineyard.
Hawkshead owner Denis Marshall said vineyard owners were
laying out new nets over a Pinot Gris block when the wind
sprang up from nowhere.
"We were taking a break at about 3pm on a stunningly
beautiful day with not a breath of wind when suddenly the
nets lifted high above the vineyard and started dancing in
the sky.
"It [the wind] also caught hold of about six big green bags
we had taken the nets out of, and one of them went about 500m
straight up into the sky and disappeared in the direction of
Mt Rosa, while the others hovered about 150m above us like
parapentes.
"It was pretty scary but the effect was amazing," Mr Marshall
said.
The whole event was over in a few minutes, but it was long
enough for a photo to be taken.
Mr Marshall said fortunately there was no damage to the nets,
which were expensive and provided protection against birds.
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