Narrandjeri Stadium is at 281 Darebin Road, Thornbury VIC 3071, in John Cain Memorial Park. Darebin Council lists four indoor courts including a showcourt, four outdoor courts and a cafe. It's the home of the Darebin Phoenix, and Darebin Basketball also lists Darebin Community Sports Stadium in Reservoir and three schools as venues.
Written by Cameron James, founder and head coach at Liddicoat Basketball. Over a decade coaching junior basketball in Melbourne, including at Big V level, and rep teams from Under 12s through to Under 18s.
Last updated October 2026.
Darebin Basketball's venue list puts Narrandjeri Stadium first, at 281 Darebin Rd, Thornbury VIC 3071. Darebin Council describes it as located at John Cain Memorial Park in Thornbury, the new multi sports facility for women's sport and the wider Darebin community.
If you've searched for the Darebin basketball stadium, there are actually two council stadiums with Darebin teams in them, Narrandjeri in Thornbury and Darebin Community Sports Stadium in Reservoir. This page covers Narrandjeri, where Basketball Victoria has reported Phoenix home games, and the Reservoir stadium is covered further down.
Darebin Stadiums, which runs both venues, lists free parking on site at Narrandjeri, including electric vehicle charging. For public transport it lists bus routes 250, 250-251, 510 and 567, tram 86 on High Street, and Croxton station on the Mernda line or Fairfield and Ivanhoe on the Hurstbridge line.
Darebin Council lists four indoor courts, including a showcourt with more than 300 fixed seats and six universal access spaces, plus four outdoor competition courts, meeting rooms and an onsite cafe. The council's 2022 opening news described a 340 seat showcourt. The indoor courts are set up for basketball, netball, badminton, futsal and volleyball.
The council also lists player change rooms, public toilets, competition operations spaces, multi purpose rooms for hire, spectator facilities, and a car park with disabled parking and electric car charging. It was a 34 million dollar build, and the council announced its opening in 2022.
Darebin Stadiums says the venue is managed by Clublinks and has a Dr Dish basketball shooting machine, along with a recovery space with infrared saunas and a cold plunge.
Darebin Stadiums publishes its casual prices. It lists casual shooting at 5.40 dollars per person, the same in peak and off peak times. A half basketball court is 42 dollars an hour peak or 33.60 dollars off peak, and indoor full court hire is 70 dollars an hour peak or 56 dollars off peak. Casual bookings open seven days in advance.
Standard hours are 9am to 10pm on Monday, 6am to 10pm Tuesday to Friday, and 8am to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday. Darebin Stadiums notes opening hours are subject to bookings and public holiday hours and closures. The stadium's phone number is 03 9989 5800.
For a child who wants extra shots between training nights, casual shooting or a half court booking are the two published options. Both run on the same seven day booking window.
Darebin Basketball Association runs junior domestic, where teams play as the Darebin Giants, and the Phoenix representative program. Basketball Victoria has reported Phoenix teams playing home games at Narrandjeri Stadium.
The association lists five venues for its junior championship program and senior domestic competitions. Narrandjeri Stadium, 281 Darebin Rd, Thornbury. Darebin Community Sports Stadium, 857 Plenty Road, Reservoir. Thornbury High School, 238 Collins Street, Thornbury. Newlands Primary School, 2/26 Murphy Street, Preston West. Reservoir Primary School, 1 to 5 Duffy Street, Reservoir.
Darebin Community Sports Stadium is also a council stadium run by Darebin Stadiums, with indoor courts and five outdoor netball courts according to the council. Darebin Stadiums lists free parking on site, the same casual shooting price of 5.40 dollars per person, and the phone number 03 9471 4935. Its hours are 9am to 10.30pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 9pm Friday, 8am to 6.30pm Saturday and 9am to 8.30pm Sunday.
With five venues across Thornbury, Preston West and Reservoir, read the venue line on your fixture every week. Two of them are Thornbury addresses, so check the street as well as the suburb.
Darebin Basketball doesn't list a street address for its office. Its contact page gives a postal address, PO Box 387 Fairfield 3078, and a set of email addresses by area.
For junior domestic questions, the Giants contact is giants@darebinbasketball.com.au. General enquiries go to info@darebinbasketball.com.au, and administration is admin@darebinbasketball.com.au, staffed Monday to Friday.
Questions about the building itself, such as court bookings or lost property, are better directed to Darebin Stadiums than to the association. The association runs the competition, and the stadium operator runs the venue.
Darebin Basketball's first listed venue is Narrandjeri Stadium, 281 Darebin Rd, Thornbury VIC 3071. It also uses Darebin Community Sports Stadium, 857 Plenty Road, Reservoir.
Darebin Council lists four indoor courts, including a showcourt with more than 300 fixed seats, and four outdoor courts.
Darebin Stadiums lists casual shooting at 5.40 dollars per person, with casual bookings open seven days in advance.
Darebin Stadiums lists free parking on site, including electric vehicle charging.
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