Eek! I'm packed...I think

I've never been a fan of packing..I think I pushed this fact far to the back of my head when I was thinking about this trip.


I've been putting it off forever but finally got my rucksack packed today..I'm sure I've left out lots of important stuff, and packed lots of crap! This photo shows the final product of many, many hours of:

"do I need this?"
"maybe"
"if it's a maybe then it's out - I don't need it"
"but, but, but, but..what if.."

In the end a lot of stuff got cut because I ran out of space. I reckon I need to unpack it all again tomorrow and be even more ruthless with that's in there. The thing on my mind at the moment is that I have visions of all my photos being of me wearing the same clothes...not good for 5 months worth of shots - I swear I do have more than one tshirt in the bag!!

We'll see how I fare on the road and how much of the bag contents are still with me when I make it to Sydney! Amazingly the only chargers I'm taking are for my camera battery (because the USB/car charger unit was €50 and I don't really need it), a battery charger and laptop charger..everything else can be charged with my super-duper gift from Lolly, a power-chimp..pocket sized charger that'll do my phone, & ipod. A genius invention!

My carry-on bag hasn't been packed yet..reckon it'll be heavier than I'd hoped because I'll have books etc in there. Will lose them along the way though so should be ok for airline restrictions! That's tomorrow's challenge...baby steps!