The last book in the Harry Potter series came out in 2006, and the final film in the franchise was released more than two years ago.
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The mass hysteria surrounding author J.K.Rowling's teen wizard may have subsided, but a dedication to the magic of Hogwarts is still very much alive in a group of Canberra fans.
The ANU Harry Potter Club meets to practise quidditch every Tuesday evening on the university lawns.
In the Harry Potter books quidditch is played on flying broomsticks, but the local players operate under a set of rules for ''muggle,'' or non-magical players, first established in the US.
Made up of students from ANU and other universities including the University of Canberra, club members mount broomsticks and take on the roles of chasers, beaters, keepers and seekers.
In the books and films the snitch is a small flying golden ball, but in the human version it is played by a person wearing a snitch tail, which the seekers grab.
The ANU Harry Potter Club will hold its final quidditch tournament of the year on Sunday at 12.30, and will be serving ''butter beer'' - made out of apple juice - to those who come along to watch. Spectators younger than 18 will be invited to have a go at the sport in a game of ''kidditch''.
ANU quidditch Co-ordinator Nic Radoll said he had read the Harry Potter books more times than he could count and always tried to see the films within days of their release.
The second-year resource and environmental management student who lives on campus said when he started university he decided to join a club to meet new people.
While Harry Potter was the focus of the club the members had other things in common, he said.
''There are people talking about current things like Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, and Sherlock. It's people who know each other and have a lot of common interests,'' he said.
Mr Radoll said quidditch was the most fun sport he had ever played.
''[People with] any sort of fitness can play quidditch, there's no need to be fit, super strong … you don't need any of it, from nerds to jocks it can be anybody.''
A representative of Bloomsbury, publisher of the Harry Potter books, said 450 million of the books had been sold worldwide, but could not provide recent Australian book sale figures.
