Right now we have VA and DJ LAX-MEL-PER arriving on Tuesday and will get a return when the awards open up. The eastbound connections with DL codeshares all involve a 550AM or a redeye from PER, and since I do not want to spoil a nice weekend with that sort of nonsense, it is likely that we will leave mid-day Monday and spend a day or two after the OzFest in Sydney or Melbourne.
Things could be worse.