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Itinerary4.5 based on 10 reviews
Adelaide Oval has the reputation for being Australia's most most beautiful stadium. Rather than being a coloseum like the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), it resembles an English county cricket ground. Its main functions are to host Test cricket and Australian Football League (AFL) matches. Following the recent upgrade, it is certainly more attractive for spectators. This year, the Oval will host an Ashes Test with England, amongst other games. By the way, the scoreboard is a well-known feature of the Oval. Entering the ground may take longer than previously due to Covid precautions.
Wonderful and beautiful stadium. Small groups which was good. 2 lovely ladies as the guides. We was there to see the cricket. Saw the old score boards which I love. Went inside the old stand.( Make my day) Found my favourite player name we took a photo of that. (I was over the moon). My husband did the roof climb had a Fab time. Loads of photo's . More AFL items. Couldn't sit in stadium. Didnt stop for toilet break
I have been playing or watching cricket for around 60 year and I have lived in Victoria, NSW & Queensland so the G, the SCG and the Gabba have been my local grounds. I have been to the cricket at Adelaide a couple of times and with the opportunity to do a tour of the stadium, ground etc as part of the Indian Pacific train crossing I took the tour. First stop on the tour right inside the entrance was the - Bradman Collection. Most all people from the worlds cricket playing countries will know who The Don is - my dear wife included. There are lots of his personal collectables, all his records but also many videos, interviews and other memorabilia. On we go through the Score Board. For those of us who are from an era 'pre- electronics' and like the 'relic' cricket scoreboards a tour through here to see how they operate all the numbers and lights is absolutely fascinating. The SCG and the Adelaide Oval scoreboards are constructed and operate pretty much the same. They were built using 'stuff' that was available at the time, e.g bike chains, sprockets, gears etc to change rotate the score and ordinary light globes to indicate the batsman on strike, bowler, fielder etc. At Adelaide 8 scoreboard operators spent all day (in the summer heat) in the confines of the scoreboard keeping thousands of cricket patrons informed as to everything that was going on out on the ground. Even the commentators relied on the scoreboard to know who had fielded the ball etc. As we toured the stands we learned about the now household names who have played cricket, football here over the past 120 years. Then for breakfast in the chairman's lounge - great way to end the tour before we were bussed back to the Indian Pacific. Great Tour - well worth the visit - and many were NOT cricket fans.
A very interesting & informative tour well worth the small cost of $25. High light was the old iconic score board it is amazing to see it is fully functional. Our guide knew his facts & made the journey more relevant with his knowledge of the history of the oval
All other stadiums I have toured in Australia wevisited the change rooms of both football teams znd the cricket team change room if applicable. On tbjs tour we just looked through the glass windows and only visited the "away" team rooms. We did not see the coaches box and only saw the newspaper media room which was disappointing. I do not recall seeing the Bradman collection. Very disappointing tour. If we were restricted because of covid 19 then we should have been advised of this prior to booking.
Really enjoyed tour. Had a very good tour guide who was very informative. Loved the old score board and how it works. It was very interesting to see the change rooms and behind scene areas. Also the hallways with their honour boards and photos etc. Donald Bradman museum was also worth seeing. Would highly recommend tour
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