NORTH Ballarat football manager Donald McDonald says the Kangaroos feel at home in Ballarat.Players are familiar with Eureka Stadium, thanks to a partial Victorian Football League alignment with North Ballarat and an increased club presence in town.This should play in their favour when they face the Western Bulldogs for a final NAB Challenge hit-out on Saturday.McDonald said it was well documented how the Kangaroos want to build close ties with Ballarat, as a secondary home base, and most of that stemmed from a strong partnership with the Roosters.“A lot of our guys play here in our alignment with North Ballarat and are comfortable here. North Ballarat is a great club with guys like Fitzy (Roosters coach Gerard FitzGerald) to work with,” McDonald said.“We’ve got Cam Richardson because of that relationship with the Roosters.“Cam has acquitted himself really well this pre-season, and that’s another reason why we want to keep working with a club like Ballarat.”McDonald said this was the last time North Melbourne could play in Ballarat until the end of the season and it was an important chance to build on the success of last month’s club community camp.The Kangaroos have held their AFL community camps in Ballarat for the past three years. This is the second consecutive year they will host a NAB Challenge match at Eureka Stadium.The Kangaroos will sport a near-full-strength team for the hit-out against the Western Bulldogs, who are also tipped to name a close-to-best line-up for the clash.McDonald said all the Kangaroos wanted to do was bring AFL to Ballarat, and he reinforced the club’s push to develop Eureka Stadium into a boutique AFL venue.McDonald said improved change rooms were a great start but the ground also needed to develop coaching facilities and media facilities before upgrading infrastructure to cater for an AFL crowd.A top practice match was a big step in the right direction, but Ballarat people had to also vote with their feet. “It all starts and finishes with Ballarat people,” he said.“If they could all support North Melbourne and what we’re doing in Ballarat, I think we really need that.”Gates open at 7.30am with curtain raisers before North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs hit the ground from 1pm.