Here is one for the meteor watchers (Mars is good at this time too)
If you can brave the morning winter chill the The perseid meteor shower hits its peak this friday morning.
Best seen by those of you in the northern part of Australia, this can be one of the best meteor showers of the year, for those willing to get up at 4 am.
I watched it last year & was suitably impressed, with the many bright meteors with long "trains", some covering 90deg of the sky.
Check it out at
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors...erseidobs.html