By Callum Ludwig
146 past and present residents of Warburton made their way from near and far to the Upper Yarra RSL on Sunday 30 April for the annual Warburton reunion.
Largely consisting of those who lived in the town through the 1950s and ’60s, everyone reminisced over old photos and memories.
Co-organiser Wayne Herring said a lot of people hadn’t seen each other since their school days, some 50 to 60 years ago now.
“We were pleasantly surprised with our age that there was so many still around and able to be mobile enough to get there, Warburton is a bit out of the way after all, it’s not as easy to get to as the city,” he said.
“Remembering our times as youth and teenagers and all that jazz was pleasant, everyone enjoyed themselves and had a good day out, especially as it has been a bit rough over the last few years.”
It was the third Warburton reunion, accounting for the break for Covid, with the event having grown each year and certainly set to continue going forward.
Mr Herring said often someone would say or mention something that jogged an old memory.
“There were a lot of sporting achievements, and a lot of people brought photos up.There was a few who went to the Upper Yarra Secondary College and brought along some of the early magazines looking for themselves,” he said.
“We’d like to give our thanks to the venue as well, they conducted themselves very well, everything was timely and I think Peter [Molloy] is already making plans to go back next year.”
