Some of "Orama"s passengers organised together to keep themselves entertained on the six-week voyage between Tilbury and Australia. On one voyage at the beginning of 1914 they elected a sports committee, complete with chairman, secretary and treasurer, which organised sports and games for every day of the voyage. One member of the committee also acted as master of ceremonies for several concerts, dances and card parties during the voyage. A prominent war correspondent gave a talk on "The Recent Balkan Campaign".