But visiting BOM and KHI minimizes travel enjoyment (they are hellish airports, and HKI can cause problems in later years if combined with some unusual travel patterns).
I would do SYD-PER-ADL-AKL-HKG-DPS-HKG-NRT, nice flights and some chance of 3-class 744 sold as 2 class on CX for DPS. But that avoids QF international, and upgrades on CX are difficult at best.