MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 30: Mitchell Starc of Australia celebrates bowling Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan during day five of the Second Test match between Australia and Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 30, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)
After beating Pakistan in Sydney on the final day of the Test to sweep the tourists 3-0, it rounded out an up-and-down summer of Test cricket for the Australian side.
Two big losses at the hands of South Africa in November saw Australian cricket at the crossroads, but a third Test win over the Proteas coupled with three straight victories over Pakistan has Darren Lehmann's side looking strong once again.
Here at Zero Wicket we've reviewed Australia's entire Test summer, and we've come up with our top five stories from the series' against South Africa and Pakistan.
It was the lowest moment of Australia's summer by far, but that Test shaped the rest of the summer for the Aussies in a good way.
The hosts were bowled out for just 85 - Steve Smith accounted for more than half the runs with 48* - and were smashed by South Africa, who went on to bowl Australia out for 161 in the second innings, and record a victory by an innings and 80 runs.
In the post-match press conference, Steve Smith said he was "embarrassed to be sitting here" after that performance and the selectors agreed, as Joe Burns, Adam Voges, Callum Ferguson, Peter Nevill and Joe Mennie were all axed from the side, and Rod Marsh also stepped down as the head of selectors.
Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb have become the inclusions of the summer, as the pair were selected for the third Test against South Africa after the horror show in Hobart.
Renshaw made 10 and 34* in the second Test alongside Handscomb with a maiden half century and scores of 54 and 1*, as the pair used that win to kick start their fantastic individual series' against Pakistan.
Handscomb made two centuries (105 and 110) throughout the series, and became the first player in Test history to go through their first seven innings and not be dismissed on a score under 50.
The 20-year-old opener went one better and registered the highest individual score of the summer by an Aussie, with an impressive 184 against Pakistan in Sydney.
These two are ready for long careers in the baggy green.
After an amazing summer with the ball in hand, Josh Hazlewood is now the world's most feared paceman.
32 wickets at 20.91 against both South Africa and Pakistan has rocketed Hazlewood to third on the ICC bowling chart behind Indian pair Ravi Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, but Hazlewood moved past Proteas bowler Dale Steyn to become the best Test paceman on the planet.
His partnership with Mitchell Starc has been one of the highlights of the summer, although Hazlewood has well and truly established himself now as Australia's best bowler.
David Warner plays Test cricket like few others, and his century in the third Test in Sydney against Pakistan was something no one had done before.
He became the first ever player to score a ton before lunch on day one of a Test in Australia, and was the first player to achieve the feat since Majid Khan did it for Pakistan against New Zealand in 1976.
The innings was arguably one of the finest of the summer in Australia by any side that played here, and further cemented Warner's status as a one of a kind opener.
At the start of day five of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc were at the crease, and Australia led by just 22 runs in their first innings.
What followed was nothing short of miraculous, as the hosts powered themselves to a 181-run lead four overs before lunch, and sent Pakistan in before takin the wicket of Sami Aslam in the second over.
Four wickets followed during the middle session, and when Jackson Bird caught Yasir Shah late in the final session for the fifth wicket of the afternoon, Australia had completed one of the best wins in recent memory, and the best moment of the Australian Test summer.