I can well remember the very full 747s flying in from Japan every second day or so, IIRC it was Sydney for the Opera House, then Ayres Rock, and then Cairns for the Barrier Reef trip and then home. Whatever happened to them? I was in Cairns for a few days when that was going on and I do recall a number of jewellery shops with little signs on their doors saying they were open for Japanese tourists only, so perhaps they were tired of being ripped off?
