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Warburton Valley & Yarra Valley VICTORIA - Book B&B and Cottage Accommodation in Warburton, Events along Warburton Highway, Community & Tourist Info MAY 2012

Warburton Accommodation, Tourist, Business and Community Information Guide assisting visitors and locals in Warburton VICTORIA. Come visit the Yarra Valley and Upper Yarra Ranges in Autumn 2012. Tourist Info Ph 03 5966 9600.

Warburton accommodation, find information about local retail businesses, Warburton food, coffee, restaurants, nature tours for schools & groups.  Yarra Valley winery tours & Yarra Valley sightseeing. Warburton welcomes your conference, wedding or function. Give your international or interstate guests a treat and bring them to Warburton. See some of the things to do! Have a coffee, play golf, a river walk or head to Mt Donna Buang for magical water or to play in the snow.

 

  
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Warburton is a favourite weekend and camping holiday destination for people from Melbourne and beyond. Situated approx 65km to the east of Melbourne CBD, Warburton is a favourite destination for accommodation in the Yarra Valley.

Nestled in the Upper Yarra Valley, Warburton is a small community that has been a thriving timber centre, gold mining town and home of Weetbix.

The Seventh Day Adventist Church has now moved the Weetbix factory from Warburton with the location set to become an apartment accommodation and resort complex. Signs Publishing is still in operation near the old Weetbix factory at the La La end of town - not far from La La Falls

Warburton was largely built from the work of the Seventh Day Adventist church. This community established itself in Warburton in the early 1900s and was the backbone of industry and daily community life in this part of the valley for many years. Warburton has had a colourful history with local recessions and also boom times throughout the years. Many people may not remember that Warburton was once a favoured day trip via train from Melbourne in the 1930s. On most Sundays, three trains would leave back to Melbourne within the space of an hour. Late night balls, weekend university ski clubs and Mount Donna Buang provided the back drop for many parties and family weekends away

 

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Phone 03 5966 9600

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June 15 - 17 - 2012 Warburton Film Festival

June 12– Tuesday - 7.30 pm – OYSTER FARMER - Yarra Ranges Film Society Screening
 
Local Market dates 2012

Saturday May 20, 2012
St Mary's Community Market - Opp Tennis Club

Sunday June 3, 2012
Mechanics Hall at the Upper Yarra Arts Centre - 1st Sunday of the month

 

 

Warburton Event Guide Contact Paul by email re: getting your event a free listing!

May 12 - Smart Arts Kids' Club - UYAC
Saturdays 28th April, 12th & 26th May and 9th & 23rd June Join Visnja, talented local artist and musician, in the next series of Smart Arts Kid's Club. Fortnightly creative workshop for primary aged kids of any artistic ability who are interested in learning more about the arts and having fun....
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May 20 - The Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra - UYAC
Fourteen outstanding artists, playing with an energy driven by their passion for the unique music they create. The Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra specialises in recreating the sounds heard so often in the ballrooms of high society at the start of the last century - a dazzlingly original mix reminiscent of Viennese Operetta, Gypsy Mazurkas and Argentinian Tango....
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June 12- Tuesday - 7.30 pm – OYSTER FARMER - AUSTRALIA 2004 - Yarra Ranges Film Society Screening
The 2nd Tuesday every month. Upper Yarra Arts Centre, 3409 Warburton Highway, Warburton Victoria 3799. Ph 03 5966 5040...
www.yarrarangesfilmsociety.org.au
June 15 - 17 - 2012 Warburton Film Festival
The 'Show us your shorts' competition forms an important part of the Warburton Film Festival. Our aim is to showcase emerging filmmakers (Australia wide and in the Yarra Ranges) and encourage young people in our region to pick up a camera and tell creative and original moving image stories

Warburton Community and Social Groups

Koha Community Cafe - Thursday nights 6-8pm
3 course quality vegetarian meal and tea, coffee and chai - $10 adults and $5 children. Yarraburn Centre, Park Road, Yarra Junction...
The Warburton and Yarra Junction District Bus. PH Jeff Gill on 0437 095 327 or 5966 2373 (business hours). $30.00 per hour
Owned by the Upper Yarra Community - is available for hire. PH Jeff Gill on 0437 095 327 or 5966 2373 (business hours). $30.00 per hour....
Warburton Bowls Club - Ph 5966 2391
See website for more details. There is a weekly $10 dinner available - Saturday Nights 6pm - 8pm BUT ONLY DURING PENNANT SEASON. Advice is that will recommence sometime SEPT 2012. If anyone has an update on that - let me know. (Paul 0409 004 770)
"Catprint" Warburton Theatre Productions
(Members 18+) Welcoming & encouraging adult cast & crew for productions at the Upper Yarra Arts Centre in Warburton & Burrinja in Upwey. Currently planning three productions for the 2012 season

 

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With the rise of the motor car and the provision of new roads to Warburton, the trains stopped coming as patronage fell until it was no longer viable to bring the trains anymore. It is however on the same ground that the trains once travelled that is now found the popular 'Warburton Trail' which runs for around 32km from Melbourne's East, starting in Lilydale. It is indeed this trail that is largely responsible for bringing tourists back to Warburton. It is not uncommon to see hundreds of bikes and their lycra clad riders enjoying a coffee at our cafes and an ice cream by the river.