The Otago Tramping Club was formed at a meeting in Dunedin on August 23, 1923 – exactly 100 years later we are celebrated this milestone with the ‘OTMC Annual Dinner’. Despite the date falling on a Wednesday, 31 people enjoyed an evening of pizza at ' the usual' place for the Annual Dinner, at Filadelphio's.
Being a Wednesday night, the place wasn't busy so we had the back room to ourselves which was perfect because we could move around and chat while waiting for our dinner to be cooked. Most people opted for pizza but there were other options such as pasta, burgers, wedges, etc. As there was no set tables, people chose where to sit when their food arrived and there was plenty of opportunity to move around during and after eating to be able to chat with different people.
There was a brief pause during evening for Antony to give a brief speech at 8pm about why we were here - to celebrate exactly 100 years of tramping by the OTC/OTMC with the very first club meeting starting at 8pm on 23 August 1923.. After dinner, it seemed most people were happy to continue chatting and were in no rush to go home - that is until it became obvious that we were the last ones left and the staff had most of the restaurant tidied for the night.
All in all a fun night for everyone who attended and the food was delicious!
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