After a slow beginning, O-Week swung into action yesterday with close to 1000 students (and a few Toolies) converging on Clubs and Societies Day at the Ref Steps to celebrate the new Uni year.

When O-Week kicked off on Monday, the Re-Union party suffered from typically poor Tasmanian weather with only a few braving the wet and cold to re-unite for the first day of Uni for 2010.

The turnout was similar on Tuesday for Beer ‘n’ Beats at the Hunter Street Arts School, but students were attracted to Societies Day with the promise of cheap drinks, loud beats and sunshine on Wednesday.

The Law Society were doing a decent trade positioned in prime real estate on the Uni bar roof and utilised a megaphone to attract students, while the Business Society got the body paint out and bikinis on to advertise their drinks.

Lisa Singh made an appearance for Young Labor, while the Liberals attempted to drum up support (unsuccessfully) by flashing a billboard of Will Hodgman around the crowd.

The Dance Music Society ensured there was plenty of electro, house and dupstep beats to keep the punters happy in the tight space provided.

Each Society did their best to decorate their stalls, with the Camping Club draping theirs, and themselves, in all manner of climbing equipment, while the Nursing Society sported some interesting nurse outfits and the Med Society literally scrubbed up.

By 6pm the crowds slowly and reluctantly dispersed and most Hobart night spots experienced an influx of well-watered Uni students for the evening. 

As the clean up commenced, there was a realisation that O-Week had well and truly landed.

BRING ON FRIDAY!

What did you think of the day? Let us know in the comment section below!

By Julius Ross