Originally Posted by GibSpmuh
The consultant at travel.com.au is wrong unfortunately - the limitation referred to in the rules is to stop you doing (for instance) SYD-PER-BNE - but it would be perfectly fine to do SYD-PER-MEL - any long distance segments that aren't explicitly mentioned as being limited in the above rule is permitted (within the bounds of segment limitations etc).
That's how I understood the rule too - to prevent you from doing a combination of long distance segments that's explicitly mentioned in the rule, otherwise it should be ok. Thanks, GibSpmuh.