Walhalla Cricket Ground
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The Walhalla Cricket Ground is a landmark in Walhalla, Victoria, Australia. Linked by a walking track from Walhalla Road, the cricket ground is perched at the top of a hill, because that was the only flat land that the early townsfolk could find for sporting activities.1 It is claimed that the half-hour climb up the hill to reach the ground, in conjunction with the long trip to Walhalla itself, ensured a home advantage.2
The ground was used for organised sporting events in the heyday of Walhalla's goldmining era, but after large-scale mining stopped in 1910, the ground has largely been a tourist destination and curiosity, apart from occasional social cricket matches and the like. It is referenced in Weddings Parties Anything's song The Ghosts of Walhalla.
[edit] References
- Walhalla & Mountain Rivers Trail. Gippsland and Beyond. Retrieved on October 26, 2005.
- Walhalla. The Sydney Morning Herald: Travel. Retrieved on October 26, 2005.
