Duric joined the Mariners in August from Serbian club Vojvodina.

The attacking midfielder has scored two goals in just two A-League appearances, finding the back of the net against both the Wanderers and the Jets.

Duric has played across Europe in Poland, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Azerbaijan during his career. But the 32-year-old has always wanted to come to Australia.

"I had an offer from the Mariners and from other clubs, but maybe this time if I don't come then I never see Australia," he explained to FTBL.

"That's one of the reasons, I wanted to see this country. It's a good country to live in and I have some friends here, I speak with them about Australia and they told me all the best about it.

"So far so good. I'm enjoying it."

Central Coast have had a loss and a draw from their first two games of the season.

"It's been a very good start but if we had more points it would be better," Duric said. "I hope we are improving."

Duric has been impressed with the up-tempo brand of football in the A-League.

"Here it's played so fast," he admits. "In other countries at times you go easy, you take time, but here you go the same - all 90 minutes.

"Maybe I need a little bit of time to adapt to this, but until now it's been good."

While not a noted goalscorer before, with just 45 goals from 14 previous seasons, the number 10 has caught the eye with his strikes in the A-League.

Duric is hoping to keep his scoring run going.

"I'm really happy about this," he said. "I will try to continue in the other games and get better game by game."

The Mariners head west this weekend to take on Perth Glory.

Duric admits he knows little about Glory, but is expecting a difficult encounter against last season's Grand Finalists.

"I don't know too much about them, but we've watched some videos on them," he said. "This is a team that wants to play and have some experienced players.

"This is a really good team."