Tasmania's Highest Formal Dinner Party

The date 20th February 2005. Gil Hays led an assault by four men, four women and their butlers on Cradle Mountain.  Their aim - the summit. Their motive - Tasmania's highest formal dinner party. White knuckle adventure (well not quite!); white glove etiquette: even white anglo-saxon morality. [Gil was undoubtedly inspired by Chris Darwin, (great grandson of Charles Darwin), who led a group of four men, four women and their butler for the world's highest dinner party on Mt. Huascaran 22,604ft, the second highest mountain in the Andes.]
 

For the record the menu was as follows:

Starters
Prawn Cocktails
Chicken, Salad, Dinner Rolls
Melon Balls in Stones Ginger Wine
Champagne and White Wine

 

The climbers assemble prior to leaving the carpark at 8.10am

 

 A toast to a special occasion

Jen and Stuart

 

 The candelabra made by Stuart

The ladies from left: Carol, Dawn, Leanne and Jennifer

 

The men from left: Gil, Ian, Stuart and Vaughn

The view from the table

 

 The table layout

Believe it or not everything was carried from the carpark up to the summit without the aid of a helicopter.

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