Couldn't forget Alby in a hurry. I was living in a small wheatbelt town about 280 kms SE of Perth when Alby struck.
The wind strength and continuity was amazing - but what was worse, was the dust!
The wind carried a pall of red dust from the Northern wheatbelt and Gascoyne, that smothered everything.
I once had a photo of our office inside the house (lost both in a fire), and the office desk was covered in a deep layer of red dust - as was everything else in the house.
What was more amazing was the fact that we had never seen Mulla-Mulla growing anywhere in the wheatbelt before Alby (Northern or Southern wheatbelt) - but after Alby, Mulla-Mulla bushes sprang up everywhere through the wheatbelt!
We were all mystified to its identity for a while until it was identified by someone who knew the plant.
The Mulla-Mulla seeds were obviously carried in the dust storm and didn't take long to germinate and establish a foothold.