The World Cup squad, boosted by their 1-1 warm-up draw with Netherlands on Sunday, touched down at Stuttgart International Airport.
The pilot unfurled a green and gold Australian flag which was raised above the cockpit as their jumbo jet taxied down the runway to a swarm of media, including reporters, photographers and television crews from Europe, Asia and South America.
Dutch coach Guus Hiddink led the players, dressed in dark suits and ties, down the gangway and on to the tarmac where they were greeted by the Australian High
Commissioner.
The squad then posed for photographs against the backdrop of their team bus, emblazoned with the slogan "Australia's Socceroos, Bound For Glory", before heading off to their rural hideaway in Friedrichsruhe in Germany's far north.
Australia, making their first World Cup appearance for 32 years, are given little hope of winning the trophy and are in one of the toughest groups, alongside Brazil,
Croatia and Japan.
They qualified in dramatic fashion, beating twice former champions Uruguay in a penalty shootout at Sydney's Olympic stadium last year, and beat European champions Greece 11 days ago before holding the Dutch.