I can't think of a better way to spend the Australia Day weekend than on the roof of Australia. With Australia Day falling on a Thursday this year, Andrew and I decided to take the Friday off. A road trip beckoned and we decided to cross "Climb Mt Kosciuszko" off our "Things to do before we die" list.

On our four day weekend, we played Taboo, Poker and Round the World Table tennis with the Forsyth Crew on Australia Day, on Friday we drove to Jindabyne, we climbed Mount Kosciuszko on Saturday, and on Sunday we browsed through the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. (photos)

Things we learnt on our weekend:

	From weakest to strongest, the ranking of Texas hold 'em poker hands is: high card, one pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush, royal flush.
	As the highest mountain in Australia, Mt Kosciuszko is one of the 7 summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. However, at only 2,228m (7,310 ft) it's more of a hill than a mountain. Some argue that Kosciuszko should be replaced with Carstensz Pyramid (4,884m / 16,023 ft) in Indonesia. Carstensz is the highest mountain in Oceania.
	The spelling of Kosciuszko was changed in 1997 from Kosciusko. Imagine how many signs they would have had to correct!
	Jerrabomberra is NOT pronounced jer-rah-BOM-ber-rah. Andrew spent his teenage years in the Southern Highlands and loves to laugh at my pronunciation of the towns in the area.
	There are 51 "big" things in Australia according to the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. This includes the Big Merino in Goulburn.
	During WWII, Vegemite was rationed to ensure that there was enough to send to the troops. Back home, Australians were asked to deny themselves the yummy, black stuff, "unless you required it medicinally". If so, you could get a prescription from your doctor. Who needs Vegemite medicinally?
	Andrew said I had to say that "I've taken my frisbee playing to new heights". Yes, we carried a disc up to the top of Mt Kosciuszko. We are dags...