Although I live in Jindabyne and my closest airport is CBR, I prefer to fly via MEL because I can at least walk between the terminals. The bus transfer in SYD is positively third world! But for heading East (Canada, US, Santiago) QF does not make it easy...

Sob sob... Having just read your review of the QF lounge at Pudong I suddenly remembered seeing this review (I am in Shanghai, flying back to SYD tomorrow) and was excited until... "Qantas and SriLankan Airlines depart from Terminal 1"