AUSTRALIA'S swim team will have the rock star treatment without the rock star -behaviour when they arrive at the Rio Olympics via a $300,000 private charter 737 jet on Sunday evening. 
As the Dolphins take their perfect preparation mantra to the point of paying for their own exclusive travel from Atlanta to Rio with the help of a secret -benefactor, the swimmers themselves are focused on returning Australia to the No.1 world ranking at these Olympics, built on a renewed framework of "respectful, professional and enjoyable" values.
Backstroker Belinda Hocking said the team atmosphere was certainly more harmonious than in London, even if not everyone is "holding hands singing lovey dovey songs".
"But as long as the respect is there that is all that matters," she said. "There were some mistakes made in 2012 by the Australian swimming team, but I think we live and we learn.
"Everyone does count the gold medals and medal tally we get, but no matter what, as long as we respect ourselves, respect our country and the fact we're representing our country, I think everyone will be happy." High performance manager Wayne Lomas, one of the few executives left in the Swimming Australia hierarchy after the squad's infamous "toxic" London Olympic Games four years ago, said the team had made huge strides in and out of the pool and recently met with Melbourne AFL coach Paul Roos to continue their development.
"He affirmed for us some stuff we'd been putting in place, but gave us some ideas," Lomas said.
Lomas revealed the sport's stated ambition "to be No.1 by 2020" had been shelved in favour of respect, but knows that their out-of-pool transformation faces its real acid test in Rio."We've moved our language away from that (No.1 ranking) to Australia being -respected in and out of the pool," Lomas said.