Tie me kangaroo down sport...

So, lovely people, I'm in the land of kangaroos and wallabies, where flipflops are called thongs and the sun always shines - except that today it's raining (go figure!).

As you may have gathered, my journey here from Argentina wasn't particularly pleasant, but I'm in one piece. And, yes, I am suffering from jetlag. I managed to stay awake for most of yesterday with only a two-hour snooze in the afternoon and I went to bed at 11pm local time last night. Trouble is, I was wide awake at 4am and have been up since then (it's 9:30am), so don't be surprised by the inanity of this post.

I am suffering from culture shock - I can understand everything on tv, read the newspapers (I read the Daily Express International Edition with lunch yesterday) and talk to absolutely anyone - although I think I've forgotten how to listen to native speaker English.

I plan on exploring Sydney today and tomorrow but what with it being Easter, I may not be able to do everything this time round - still I'll probably be coming back this way, if only to fly out!