Steve Smith says the next six months can shape his generation's long-term legacy, with Australia's men able to enter the conversation over the nation's finest ever Test teams.
The side will depart for India next week ahead of a marathon stint abroad, with some multi-format players set for up to 34 weeks on the road this year.
The likes of Cameron Green and David Warner will go straight from the team's tour of India into the IPL, before heading to England for the Ashes.
A white-ball series follows in South Africa, before a one-day World Cup back in India caps a monster year overseas.
But it is in Test cricket where Australia will have the biggest chance to leave their mark.
Australia have not won in India since Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting led them to victory in 2004. Before that, the drought stretched back to 1969.
It has also been 22 years since Australia last won a Test series in England. They retained the Ashes in 2019 but failed to wrap up the series.
The difficult path ahead is highlighted by the fact India have not lost a series at home since 2012, while England have been toppled just once on their own turf since 2014.
Such is the rarity of success overseas, only the Australian team of the early 2000s and the side from the late 1960s and early 1970s have had joy in both countries.
It leaves the current group eyeing off their most difficult year on the road, with Warner, Usman Khawaja and Smith headlining a group of nine players aged over 30.
Asked if success in India and England could put the team in the conversation for Australia's finest, Smith said it was not his place to determine "who is great and who is not".
"They are the two biggest hurdles," he said. "So if we do win (in India) and in England, it will go a long way to saying we are a very good cricket team."
The team's year abroad is also likely to include a shot at a maiden World Test Championship title, with one foot already in the final at The Oval in June.
Regardless, Khawaja said Australia's current group should not be judged solely on 2023.
Instead, he pointed to the side's rise to No.1 with a Test series win in Asia last year against Pakistan and retaining the Ashes in England in 2019.
"Win, lose or draw we've played some amazing cricket," Khawaja said.
"We are the world No.1 team at the moment, have been for the last year. We've got some terrific players in this team.
"One of the best Test cricket batsmen I've seen in Steve Smith. We've got some amazing bowlers, too.
"It's probably the best team I've been a part of."
