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OUR stunning Ashes success has been built from the rubble of a 4-0 loss in India earlier this year.
To lose a Test is painful - to lose every match of a series is one of the toughest things I have experienced in cricket.
The low of that tour has given us the drive to want to turn it around.
To follow the Indian tour with a 3-0 loss in England made it nine Tests in a row without a win and we became fed-up with losing.
We've gone out of our way to do extra to make sure we had success. We were sick and tired of not performing.
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That is why there is still so much drive in this team, why we're so keen to win 5-0 in Sydney and why we were so desperate to win the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne when a lot of people thought we would be complacent after regaining the Ashes in Perth.
Experiencing the highs and lows has made us stronger as a team and that's why you see everyone so excited when we've won, because we have been through such a long, lean patch. It is certainly a nice change.
But our celebrations have been measured. They certainly haven't been over the top because we know what life's like on the other side.
Inevitably there will come a time when we're not going to win. We've got some tough tours and opponents coming up over the next year or so, starting with South Africa in February.
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It's about enjoying the good times but not getting carried away because it's a tough game.
It's like when you are struggling for runs. When you do make that next hundred it feels even more special because you've experienced the tough times.
I can relate to that in my own career. As much as I hate taking myself back to it, I think my career turned around the day I got dropped.
It made me realise how hard you had to work to stay in the Australian team and what was required to be good enough to make that level.
Most of all it makes you realise how much you cherish every game you play for Australia and how much it means every time you win.
You never think about being 4-0 up. Of course you want to win every Test you play so I'm not going to say I'm surprised. That's always our mindset. But you never consider what may happen down the track.
There's no point. Many a player, including me, has slipped up worrying about what might be instead of concentrating on the here and now. You can't play international cricket any other way.
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One of the things which gives us most pleasure is being able to reward everyone who has supported us through the tough times by winning back the Ashes.
This success is as much for the fans as it is for the players. We never take that support for granted and are delighted to see how many people have been following us this summer.
We have loved playing in front of near full grounds around the country and look forward to doing it again in Sydney over the coming week in what is one of the great Test matches for all of us.
We are also delighted to see that Channel Nine has been rating up to three million on some days and grateful to all those who tune in to watch us play.
It's a great time for cricket in Australia and we are desperate to ensure that continues at the SCG in the coming days.
So thanks everyone for your support and have a happy and safe New Year.
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