Arrival

After more than 24 hours of traveling, I made it to Sydney! The plane ride was great though very long. I met 2 Texans (one originally from Australia) on the way to L.A. We walked together to find the Qantas plane which was not marked nor on the screens. Thankfully we found the plane. It was weird because we flew west, so the sun never set. I think it finally got dark outside after midnight (central time).
On the 747 which has 2 levels and TVs in each seat (with about 15 channels), I met 6 other people around my age who are coming to do the same thing as me. We all exchanged emails and plan to hang out. One of the guys (from DC) is in the same program as me, so we were able to find our orientation office together.
I got to the hostel in central Sydney (downtown) a little before midnight. I shared a room with 3 other guys, one who snored really loud. They gave me breakfast this morning and now I am about to go to orientation.
Thanks for everyone's comments.

Everyone here really does say g'day mate!