Really, it just consists of a football oval surrounded by farmland.
However, this is the oval on which Sydney Swans’ Adam Schneider spent years honing the skills that put him on the path to a professional AFL career.
When Schneider wasn’t lending his dad a hand on their sheep, cattle and wheat farm, he was usually to be found at the footy ground. But he believes that his sporting talent isn’t the only thing nurtured by his country upbringing.
“Coming from the country, you don’t worry too much about what you look like because you’re not going to see too many people,” Schneider says.
“But blokes like Jude Bolton are more worried about their hair most of the time. Jude loves making sure his hair is in perfect place.
“Adam Goodes also likes to use a bit of wax. Then there’s Jarrad McVeigh, who wishes he could worry about his but he doesn’t have much hair … he’s running short at the moment. That’s the main difference I notice between country and city people.”
The 23-year-old insists he has not been dragged into any such hair-product infatuations.
“I’ve been here six years and I might be starting to change slightly. But you know what they say: you can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy.”
When he wasn’t playing football as a youngster, Schneider was working with his dad on the farm.
His time off field these days is dominated by 199 Ask Me, an SMS service that he set up with his brother, Leigh.
People can text in any question and get a rapid response. Schneider says there haven’t been too many tricky football related queries, but there have been a few dubious requests.
“We get a lot of texts from people at trivia nights, looking for some answers so they can cheat. There have been a few Swans-related questions, but nothing personal, a lot of strange questions and the occasional rude one, but you’ve just got to have a bit of fun with that,” he laughs.
Schneider feels his form has been up and down, much like the Swans’ season so far.
He was sent back to the reserves for round 13 but since returning has been part of victories against Fremantle and Carlton, and he bagged four goals against the Blues at the SCG on Sunday.
“Roosy [Paul Roos] wanted me to get back to what made me a good footballer and that was getting my confidence back and getting the ball and using it like I used to do when I was younger,” Schneider says.
“I’ve sort of been lacking that a bit this year and I’ve been a bit inconsistent.
“Mentally, a lot of things go through your head [when sent back to the reserves]. You’re not sure what to think or what to expect or what Roosy thinks. You do get down on yourself a lot, but you’ve got to take the positives out of it. I just went back there and did what I had to do and had a good time with my mates in the twos and made sure I got my confidence back up. Luckily enough I was back in the senior team after one week.”
Now Schneider’s focus is firmly on a renewal of the Swans’ great rivalry with West Coast this weekend. And he, for one, hopes that Ben Cousins plays for the Eagles this weekend.
“We’re quite happy for Ben to play because we’d rather play against the best team they’ve got to test ourselves. We think it’s good that he’s able to come back and play. We’ll really see where we’re at with our form at the moment.”
