All at sea.

On December 17, 1967, Australian Prime Minister, Harold Holt, disappeared off Cheviot Beach in Victoria whilst indulging in his favourite pastime of snorkelling. Naturally this generated an enormous media storm, and the little town of Portsea was suddenly the focus of the world.

The thing is, the media was informed of the Prime Minister's disappearance some four-and-a-half hours before the general public, but were subject to a D notice which prevented them from spreading the news. Plus it was December, Australia's Summer, and the day was hot and windy. So conditions were just right for someone to step on a verbal banana peel.

The gaffe was admitted by the culprit himself, non other than Geoff Raymond. Reflecting on his long career, he said the worst moment was a live report from Cheviot Beach, reporting the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt. The broadcast went on for ages. Concluding his report, he said: "So at this stage the search has come to a dead halt."

Must have been all that sea air.