Day two in the big brutha owse... Hostel room is ok. Had to make my bed on the top bunk which was an effort after an 11 hour flight. There was a pub crawl last night but I chickened out; feeling that I shouldn't have. But I was a little ill last night, I'd been up for 22 hours with only 2 hours poor sleep at home the night before. It was like going out at 4am and not sure I would have lasted or my jet lag would've thanked me. I'm in USA hostel, 711 post street...

Day one in the big brutha owse... Well, all very eventful so far...it all started with some big news...more on that another time. In true Julie style, despite having the entire bag laid out for over a week. It was only packed at midnight last night. So, the hundreds of blogs and travel guidance websites I've read over the last 12 weeks advised packing approx 3 shorts, 3 t-shirts, 2 dresses, a pair of thongs (flip flops for the non-aussies) and a pair of walking...