By Nick, 15 October 2021
An experience filled with
30% tramp
15% formal
25% history
70% botanical Rave
120% $1000 bar tab
All really make for a really really nice night.
It was the centenary, we had speakers from every decade dating back to the 1950s. Most were old, some were fun, few were young and very little unfun. There were tails of the legendary carkeek hut and its address, the history of our sheep and its journey from the crevasse to the summit and some ball-trippingly good bush raves. Ben did an amazing job of managing the oldies who turned 5 minutes into 10, Kieren received a very nice looking lifetime membership and Mariano Mclean pulled off a very daring tartan toga ;) . Once the bar tab was spent the party transported. I appeared in the botanical gardens surrounded by Alex's sick beats, fairy lights, and good chats with, to name a few, Luke, Michael, and this guy whose name starts with A. Vomit was vomited, that annoying Aussie Felix stole my drinks (JK luv u bb), new couples were formed and I realized how amazing our club, its people and its history really is. It acts as a 'figure yourself out' club where you end up doing all sorts of things you ordinarily wouldn’t do on your own, resulting in belonging, community, a splash of serotonin/adrenalin, vitamin D, an irresponsibly spent student loan, some cool mates, some even cooler mates, Boozie nights, plenty of tacos and a whole lotta juicy goss.
Back to the party.
It transported again, Nathan and Hamish were climbing up the inside of a tornado-shaped sculpture, Felix stole my upper clothing - I was shirtless in the night, two randos asked for a lighter - 2AM - none were found, Mariano was vibing, Grace was vibing, Helena was vibing, Xanthe was vibing, Dougal had left at this point and Patrick was blasting sum tunes with his saxophone. We danced, we sang and finally Alex in his older age became weary, he could not outlast the party souls of the youth. So at 4AM the music died and with the silence, the uni students returned to their slumber dreaming of stealing the Carkeek st sign in Seddon and painting pen creek, and that is a summary of the centenary
- Anonymous
Published at 1:00AM in Whakatane
many errors
little cares
open to edits
thank you cheers.