sport Archives - Planet Whitley

The MCG is Australia's largest sports stadium.

I walked to the MCG, then took a tour of Australia’s largest stadium

A review of what I found interesting on the tour of the Melbourne Cricket Ground - plus the practical details on how to book it yourself when visiting Melbourne. Yarra River walk and Birrarung Marr The walk along the Yarra River is considerably nicer than…

Australia, Melbourne, sport, stadiums, Victoria

Camels in training at Al Lisaili in Dubai.

Watching camels train for races in Dubai

Camel racing in Dubai offers a unique glimpse into Emirati culture, blending modern technology with Bedouin heritage. At Al Lisaili camel race track, dawn training sessions reveal this unusual sport in action. Dawn training at Al Lisaili camel race track Dawn breaks over Al Lisaili…

Dubai, sport, UAE, wildlife

19 great reasons to visit Munich, Bavaria

Munich, Germany, ranks among Europe's top destinations for overseas travellers. And it's justified. Here are just 19 reasons why... Englischer Garten: World class urban paradise An arguably unbeatable contender for the title of the world's greatest urban green space, Munich's primary natural lung is way…

adventure sports, architecture, Bavaria, beer, food, Germany, markets, Munich, museums, palaces, parks, shopping, sport, stadiums, World War II

The stained glass dome at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

How to get cheaper tickets to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto

For hard-to-explain reasons, it’s cheaper to book Hockey Hall of Fame tickets through a third party. To skip the explanation, and get Hockey Hall of Fame tickets without the processing fee, head this way. An investigation into ticket prices I really hadn’t intended to write…

Canada, museums, Ontario, sport, Toronto

The Bergisel ski jump in Innsbruck, Austria.

Is the Bergisel ski jump in Innsbruck worth the entry fee?

The Bergisel ski jump in Innsbruck is worth the entry fee – but it’s not one of the city’s must-sees. Is the Bergisel ski jump worth the entry fee? Summarised The Bergisel entry fee is €10. The views of Innsbruck and the Alps are spectacular.…

architecture, Austria, Innsbruck, sport

Selecting a bat at the Wood Bat Factory batting cages in Cooperstown, New York.

How much does a baseball hurt when it hits you?

In Cooperstown, New York, a quest to get into baseball ends up being beaten up in the Wood Bat Factory’s batting cage. Getting hit by a baseball Yeeeeeouch. It seems that baseball isn’t quite for complete wusses after all. The fastball crunches into my finger…

baseball, New York, sport, USA

The invention of baseball – and the Abner Doubleday myth

Desperately trying to get some kind of understanding of baseball, David Whitley heads to Boston’s Fenway Park and Cooperstown, where the game was supposedly invented. Hunched over the bar, faintly jet-lagged, the statistics blizzard fired past. I had, I quickly realised, no idea what any…

baseball, Boston, Massachusetts, museums, New York, sport, USA