Captain Michael Clarke said Australia must begin its rebuilding to world number one status on next months tour to Sri Lanka.
Clarke, who replaced Ricky Ponting as Test skipper in March, leads Australia in five one-dayers and three Tests in Sri Lanka, as well as Twenty20 internationals.
Australia is going through a painful transition period since being the leading Test and one-day nation and has lost its last two Test series against England and India and six of its last eight Tests.
Clarke said he was excited by the challenge of leading Australia into a new cricketing age.
"Ive really enjoyed the last couple of months, to be able to help, with the support of Cricket Australia and our coach Tim Nielsen, to try and set up some strategies and plans for our future," he said.
"Ive always said weve got a lot of talent in the Australian squad and we continually see that in domestic cricket in Australia.
"I certainly dont see any reason why we cant improve and I think we need to start in Sri Lanka.
"We know we need to do a lot of work. Every day we get out of bed our goal is to try and get better and weve started that.
"Weve had a couple of camps up in Brisbane at the Centre of Excellence that have been fantastic, we know its just the start, but were looking forward to what lies ahead."
After the Sri Lanka tour, the Australians travel to South Africa and face visits by New Zealand and India in the Southern Hemisphere summer.
The Australian T20 squad will leave for Sri Lanka on July 30 while ODI-only players depart on August 5 and Test-only players leave on August 16.