"Its all in the same facility, in the same complex, the meeting rooms, training facilities, its all on our doorsteps.

"It makes it easier, you literally just get changed and walk out on the training pitch rather than spend half an hour travelling...its nice and chilled rather than 4.30pm here, then 5pm train ... We can work in our own time. You have got our rooms, social rooms for chilling, standard stuff," Luongo said.

Sometime skipper Trent Sainsbury said the venue reminded him of his earliest days with national teams.

"It reminds me a lot of Canberra, the AIS, where I had some of my fondest memories at.

"I’m well at home here . I’m enjoying it because I’m with the boys pretty much 24/7 and one of the things I look forward to when I come into camp is hanging around with the boys as much as possible."

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Goalkeeper Mat Ryan added: "It’s got everything that we need here and much more.

“Facilities for training purposes are great and its always nice when you don’t have to travel form the training facilities. You’ve got the recovery centre, the chill-out room. Everything is in great order and everything is running smoothly.

“It brings a sense of calmness and comfort to it, the thought of not having to travel so far, getting on the bus. The more homely you can make it and stuff you have to keep yourself occupied, its what your looking for," Ryan said.