And the beat goes on... Although the MEL/SYD/AKL fare has expired, MH have loaded another sale fare LHR-PER/ADL at GBP1700 until end of Feb (there may also be other options).
If staying less than a month on a simple return, you can include a hotel for one night on ebookers to bring the price down to GBP1500.
Note the flights aren't as good as SYD/MEL, for example ADL is only 4 days per week and the return has a 9 hour layover, although stops and side trips are allowed. But I need a >2 month stay so the base fare is good for me.
Also LHR-KUL in F, KUL-PER/ADL in J is GBP2700.
Thanks to henkybaby and Ausriver for highlighting the original sale (
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premi...-1999-gbp.html).