Thanks to the “good ones”
It’s always nice to receive a reminder of the potential for human kindness.
A motorist took to Facebook with a thank-you following a windfall in Mount Evelyn.
“My card wouldn’t work so I went to my car to find my other card to pay for my fuel,” she explained.
“A guy came up to my car and said he had paid for my fuel and to have a nice day.
“If you’re reading this you’ve made my whole week and I can’t thank you enough!
“Nice to know there is still good ones out there.”
Reminiscing
A family group were overheard in the Warburton Walhalla Boot Shop Museum talking about the guesthouses of the area and asking if there were any photos of Green Gables from the 1950s.
It turns out that one of the group came to Warburton shortly after arriving in Australia when her family migrated from Holland.
“After the boat arrived at Station Pier, we got on a train that took us to the migrant camp in Bonegilla,” she said.
“We were only there for a few days and they sent us to Warburton, because there was work there for all of us and we could stay together.
“We lived and worked at Green Gables Guest House and all had different jobs.
“My mum was in the kitchen, my dad and brother worked in the gardens and I cleaned rooms and did some other jobs.
“I remember the gardens were beautiful and there were lots of guest houses all around the town.
“We stayed there for quite a while before my dad got another job in Gippsland and that’s where we all went to live and I still do.
“We came up to Warburton today to show my daughter and granddaughter where we started off in Australia and it’s been beautiful.”
Royal rumours
Another story from the Warburton Walhalla Museum is from 1954 when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip stayed at the Board of Works Chalet in East Warburton. The story tells of the newlyweds getting into a flaming row that ended with the Prince calling the chauffeur to take him to a local pub, leaving Her Majesty behind.
In the hit TV series The Crown, this rumoured tiff is depicted as happening in Africa but it seems that those who should know are pretty certain the scene is all about the not-so-smooth royal time in the Warburton hills.
