Originally Posted by
dsg10715
I go there frequently and one option for you would be to SYD to JFK (or MIA) to CDG and then take the TGV from CDG direct to Cannes which is a couple of hours and quite pleasant to train it.
Going via the US to get to CDG would be worse than going via LHR. For the OP, the better options would be BNE-HKG-CDG on Cathay, or BNE-SIN-CDG on the QF codeshare with AF.