If we'd arrived earlier and downed the first while the stragglers were making their way to the rendezvous, a second may well have been on offer.
The briefing covered most of the obvious bases. It contained a fair bit of promotion regarding The Ghan and associated trips operated by Great Southern Rail, but it was over just after seven.
With no further freebies on offer, we were on the edge of a group that had seemingly settled well in for the next hour.
So it was back to the cabin and an assault on the Travelogue backlog before they called us for dinner at eight.
Eight had passed, and we were about to check things out when the announcement arrived, so while the vanguard beat us to the Club Car, we were among the first seated at the Tucker Trough.
Menus came with extreme rapidity as introduction were made across our table.