I've arrived in Sydney

The plane had a LOT of turbulence owing to a sandstorm that swept over the city from South Australia overnight, so I got to the city this morning amongst windy haze and dust going into my eyes.  Niiiiiiiiiice.  Met a couple of Germans at my hostel so have wandered around with them for a couple of hours and shortly we're off to the Harbour, etc, to have a look around.