Here's a team that is back at the pinnacle of world cricket, barely 4 months after the possibly the most tragic event ever in Australian cricket, the death of Phil Hughes. Michael Clarke, who was inconsolable at Hughes' funeral dedicated the World Cup to his fallen comrade, but when it came to the mantra to follow on the field, there would be no compromise.
Clarke himself said at the post match press conference, "It was going to be skill, not emotion that won us the World Cup. It's taken amazing discipline from all the players, a lot of hard work, and it's a fitting reward, for the pain everyone has gone through."
They won seven of the eighth matches they played this World Cup, almost defended 151 against the Kiwis in away conditions and outplayed the likes of Sri Lanka, England, Pakistan, India and New Zealand en route to their fifth World title.
Clarke was given a fitting farewell.
The party understandably will be wild, but chances are the plans for the title defence four years later would have already begun in the minds of those whose job it is to make sure the future of Australian cricket is in good hands.
Slowing down, is not an option. Not for the Aussies.