Before her maiden selection in Australia's Asia Cup side, Launceston Tornado Keely Froling knew "nothing at all" about the host country.
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Flying out to Middle Eastern country Jordan next week, the 25-year-old admitted to some quick research once her spot was confirmed.
"I did a little big of Googling and I'm excited to head over there," she said.
"I haven't been to that part of the world, so I'm excited to tick that off the list.
"It looks like there's some really great things to do over there, I'm not sure how much we will be able to do because we will probably be in a bubble but hopefully we can do a bit of a bus trip around and look out the window."
Named the Tornadoes' most valuable player earlier this week, Froling has not played competitively since the side's penultimate NBL1 game on July 10.
She described the break from playing as "hard" but was able to put it into perspective when comparing it to her mainland teammates.
"It's been hard but it's been really great here, I've got a good support system around me and the girls are still working out and we are still doing as much on-court fitness as we can and on-court sessions.
"It's always hard when you can't play games but I think we've got the best of what we can without those games.
"I think about the girls in Victoria and NSW who don't have any of that access, so I can't really complain."
The Australian 3x3 representative is one of several Opals debutants in the 12-player squad but despite the freshness of the outfit, the team is well aware of each other.
Froling said she knows all of her teammates through either junior national representation or WNBL and NBL1 play and is looking forward to taking on her role.
"It's really just about getting over there and showing that I can play at that level defensively and doing my bit on offence as well.
"Obviously in the Opals, it's a bit more of a scoring spread than it would be here [at the Tornadoes] but I'm just going to be doing my part for the team and trying to really cement spot in the team coming into worlds next year in Sydney, which will be really exciting to play in front of a home crowd."
With the Opals' Asia Cup campaign getting underway on September 27, the Australians are in a group with China, the Philippines and Chinese Taipei.
Australia finished third in the 2019 bi-annual event, which they've been competing at since 2017 when Oceania teams were accepted.
The tournament will also see Froling reunite with her Canberra Capitals coach of five years Paul Gorris after the forward left Canberra for the Shane Heal-coached Sydney Flames in May.