http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko
I was spending the Apr11-12 weekend in Australia's capital city, Canberra, attending my beloved Melbourne Football Club's game. But when they blew a 33-point lead and lost by 45 points, I made a sudden decision to leave town. I drove south to Jindabyne for Saturday night and drove on the next morning to the mid-year ski resort Thredbo. I took the chairlift part-way up Australia's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, and walked 6.5Km (4 miles) to the summit 2228m (7310ft) above sea level. Only about 1% of the mountain had snow. Later that day, I drove to Charlotte Pass (location of Australia's coldest-ever temperature, -23.0degC or -9.4degF), returned to Canberra and flew home. The whole out-of-Canberra thing was done on a whim and, if it wasn't for a Brisbane stranger, I wouldn't have a photo from the summit!