AFF Gatherings

[AIRwin]

Having returned from the 2020 gathering with fond memories, I thought I'll compile a list to remind myself of what I've missed out on previously:

2021 - ???
2020 - CBR (4 to 6 December)
2019 - SYD (18 to 20 October)
2018 - ADL (19 to 21 October)
2017 - DRW (7 to 9 July)
2016 - PER (11 to 13 November)
2015 - CNS (16 to 18 October)
2014 - MEL (24 to 26 October)
2013 - HBA (29 November to 1 December)
2012 - OOL (26 to 28 October)
2011 - CBR (7 to 9 October)
2010 - BNE (22 to 24 October)
2009 - SYD (23 to 25 October)
2008 - ADL (28 to 30 November)
2008 - MEL (1 to 3 August)

Tally so far:

Capital cities
ADL x2
BNE x1
CBR x2
DRW x1
HBA x1
MEL x2
PER x1
SYD x2

Regional cities
CNS x1
OOL x1

 

[support]

#	Location	Date Choice	Dinner Numbers	Dinner Price
1	Melbourne	1 - 3 Aug 2008	21	$40
2	Adelaide	28 - 30 Nov 2008	10	$50
3	Sydney	23 - 25 Oct 2009	23	$30
4	Brisbane	22 - 24 Oct 2010	31	$50
5	Canberra	7 - 9 Oct 2011	13	$25
6	Gold Coast	26 - 28 Oct 2012	30+	$78.5
7	Hobart	29 Nov - 1 Dec 2013	25	$75
8	Melbourne	24 - 26 Oct 2014	41	$60
9	Cairns	16 - 18 Oct 2015	44	$60
10	Perth	11 - 13 Nov 2016	41+	$80
11	Darwin	7 - 9 July 2017	10	$35
12	Adelaide	19 - 21 Oct 2018	35	$50
13	Sydney	18 - 20 Oct 2019	46	$80
14	Canberra	4 - 6 December 2020	49	$35

If you'd asked me I could have showed you this table I prepared earlier (had it for a few years )

I have naturally, removed a few columns but it's how I keep track of if something is good value or not. The dinner refers to the main dinner only, usually a Saturday but could happen on a Friday too I suppose.

 

[AIRwin]

Thanks @support ! Where is the dinner price derived from?

 

[support]

Thanks @support ! Where is the dinner price derived from?

Added to my original comment, but most dinners are a set menu, so we have a number in mind before anyone even arrives, drinks extra. Sometimes we have an open menu, like most recently in CBR, so I just took a higher priced dish, but I expect most paid less. I guess I could add a few tilde's but as that table is usually for my eyes only, I know what it means.

Value is interesting though, the Gold Coast was high compared to the previous 5 years, but if anyone can remember the dinner, it was at RACV's Videre restaurant (21st floor, view of the Gold Coast skyline) and I think was 5 courses. Several members ended up adding the wine match. Hobart was a lovely restaurant on the waterfront I think, and there were so many of us they set the tables up in an atrium I think. Perth I think we took over a whole restaurant, or at least the section we were in, several courses and included a glass of bubbles on arrival. It doesn't always have to be like that, but when you do pay more you expect to get more as well. We try to make sure that is what happens.