Going to Australia?!?

Got an email on a Friday morning: "You need to be in Australia next week for a proposal, for two or three weeks. When can you leave." Or something heart-stopping like that. My first reaction was No way, I don't know anything about that proposal and I don't want to travel all that way to walk in cold to a new assignment. However, after I learned the details of the task (which I can't divulge) I realized it was a perfect assignment for me and my attitude changed to YES Way! I'm going to Australia! Then all I had to do was .. well, I had to do a shitload of stuff to get ready in three days for a two or three week stay in AUSTRALIA, where its still WINTER!!!