The Wallabies have returned home from their failed end-of-season tour of the northern hemisphere confident their preparations for the 2011 World Cup are back on track.
The Australians enjoyed mixed success on the seven-match trip.
They won tests against England and Wales and two midweek matches against Gloucester and Cardiff but lost to New Zealand and Scotland and drew with Ireland.
Coach Robbie Deans and his players have been heavily criticised, but he feels the positives greatly outweigh the negatives and is upbeat about the progress made by his younger players.
The Australians have been steadily rebuilding their stocks since the retirement of many of their more experienced players after the 2007 World Cup.
It has been slow progress with the Wallabies winning just one of six matches in this year's Tri-Nations but Deans says they're on a steep learning curve.
