Walhalla Cricket Ground

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. [cite web|url=http://www.gippslandinfo.com.au/Walhalla/|title=Walhalla & Mountain Rivers Trail |work=Gippsland and Beyond|accessdate=October 26|accessyear=2005] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Walhalla/2005/02/17/1108500207549.html|title=Walhalla|work=The Sydney Morning Herald: Travel|accessdate=October 26|accessyear=2005]

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".

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* [http://www.walhalla.org.au/p2.htm#WCG Walhalla Cricket Ground — Where is it and how long will it take me to get there?]