And, because it's in Melbourne, it's somewhat variable in weather conditions.
Earlier in the week it was baking hot, on Friday morning it was really cold, with a biting wind sweeping through.
Assistant coach Alan Richardson said that made for some differences between the sessions.
"We were really pleased with the session in fairly trying conditions," he said.
"We've gone from 40 degree heat two days ago to a hurricane out here today, and fairly chilly, not that the temperature is an issue, but it was pretty blowy.
"It's fairly open out here at La Trobe, but we thought the boys were very good.
"Our focus, given the conditions, was to make sure that the intensity was up, and that we were pretty good on the tidy-up, and they were really impressive.
"The reality is that we might get those conditions on gameday, although with arenas these days you don't often get too much wind.
"But we don't change the exercises – there'll be slightly different focuses, the reality is that the ball is going to hit the deck a bit more and so there might be a greater focus on cleaning the ball up, but once again, that was pretty impressive today."
Not too many fans braved the challenging conditions, but those who did saw Mark McVeigh moving well in the rehab group as he played catch with a golf ball while evergreen defender Dustin Fletcher continues to look like a gawky colt – until he starts to motor – despite being in his 33rd year and about to enter his 16th season.
Leroy Jetta and Alwyn Davey engaged in some sort of strange shadow-boxing/evasion game.
Even carpooling for the 14km trek out to Bundoora, rather than just training at Windy Hill – which has been taken over for the cricket season – is a positive, Richardson said.
"There's been really no negative, in fact it's probably a bit of a bonding experience for the boys to travel out in their cars together, and then head back to do their weights or recovery."
