Waverley College

Because I went to a school that played rugby, so I tended to play rugby on Saturday for the school, and most of our Bondi United games were on Sunday.

But a lot of the Waverley guys, Waverley College guys, played as well.

Not many of them for United.

They played for the Colts and...

And yet on the night in question, there was no staff member rostered on inside.

Five boys from Waverley College had been hanging out together since that morning.

They'd played their Saturday rugby in the under-12s and 13s, gone to mass at St Mary Magdalene's in Rose Bay, and then caught the 324 bus down a circular quay and a ferry across the water.

From out on the harbour, the giant face of Luna Park is the first thing that you can see.

But if it's true though, it does seem like an awfully strange thing to say about a fire caused by faulty wiring.

The park was closed and a federal investigation began.

And on the 15th of June, six days after the fire, Waverley College held a memorial service for the boys.

Somewhere between three and four thousand people stood inside and thousands more stood along the streets as the cars went past.

fit, right? And so as I left school, went to university, running my business while I was at university.

Where'd you go to school, sorry? Waverley College.

Nice.

You're a local boy.

Last question for the week.

It's always a who am I? Who am I? Born in Sydney in November 1962, I grew up in the beachside suburb of Bondi and attended Waverley College.

At my father's suggestion at the age of 18, I began a four-year carpentry apprenticeship working for my older brother, Brad.

In my early 20s, I travelled around Australia and took on remote carpentry jobs and occasional boat building.

There you go.

But obviously he can still play for New Zealand, but he went to Waverley College, so he's a Rooster junior.

Yeah.

Does that mean that Joseph Soali is a Parramatta junior because he went to King's? Yeah.