I recently took that flight (and just got off this afternoon's SYD-DFW flight) and I can't usually sleep worth a darn on planes. But the day I left, I was up at 6 AM as usual for work and managed to fall asleep with the help of some Tylenol PM about halfway through the flight, and think I got about 5 or 6 hours of sleep, and I was able to make it through the day in Sydney with relative ease and eventually crashed around 9 or 10 at night.
Of course, YMMV will vary, jet lag affects everyone differently. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've been up for over the past 24 hours traveling back from Oz and am about to fall asleep on my keyboarsg0hnAE)}GT8HNAgpt0]iu8zg