The Socceroos are having to call Qatar home for a World Cup qualifier against China on Friday morning (AEST) but will benefit from playing in an air-conditioned venue.
Graham Arnold's side were unable to secure a return to Australia this month due to the COVID-19 situation in Australia.
As a result they've opted to take the game to the Khalifa International Stadium where they'll avoid the sweltering conditions thanks to the venue's air conditioning.
The stadium, located in Doha, was opened in 1976 before renovations between 2014 and 2017 saw it land significant upgrades leading up to the 2022 World Cup.
Arnold noted he expects the temperature to float around 21-22 degrees Celsius at kick-off thanks to state-of-the-art cooling facilities at the ground and revealed Football Australia did look into the possibility of playing the game in Europe.
"It's an exciting occasion. We're going to be playing in a beautiful, air-conditioned, World Cup stadium and I expect that once they put that yellow shirt on then the adrenaline will kick in and the energy will go through the roof," Arnold said at a press conference on Wednesday.
"We reached out to the AFC (Asian Football Conderation) to see if we could play in Europe but you can't do it because it's outside of the confederation. For friendlies it's possible, but for World Cup qualifiers you have to play here in Asia and the confederation.
"For me, the most important thing was we didn't play in East Asia this game, it was more about taking China away from East Asia and bringing them over here.
"I have to be honest, we feel comfortable here. We played Kuwait here. We had the Asian Cup here in the UAE. We've played a big number of games here so we feel quite comfortable here in the Middle East."
The Socceroos are chasing their ninth straight win when they take on China with the game to be shown live on Network 10 and 10 Play from 3.30am (AEST).
Australian football's new broadcaster has brought back Simon Hill to commentate the match with another qualifier against Vietnam awaiting the green and gold next Tuesday night.