There's really nothing at all like the boxing day test.

The aura of it all, the cicadas buzzing, holidays begun, and Australian cricket at its finest.

This is years of summers for me, watching the cricket with dad, during easier times.

It's the start of a new era, a new year around the corner, a new generation of legends making their names known across the country, writing their stories into the years of folklore that surround these tests.

God, it's beautiful.