I was the lucky recipient of a conditional firm pass on Qantas to fly from LAX to SYD rt. I am assuming that this is space available and am wondering how mid October might be for travel. I am planning on flying out on Thursday October 18th and back on Saturday November 2nd. Anyone with experience non revving LAX-SYD? Is October a good time to non rev?

I am going to try and cram in as much as I can, 3 nights in SYD, then off to AKL for 2 nights. From there down to CHC for 4 nights, then back to AKL for 1 night. From there to MEL for 3 nights then back to SYD for 1 night and then back to LAX. I want to buy confirmed seats on all but what the passes cover and have found some good prices on Tiger and Jetstar and have miles to use for the SYD-AKL-MEL segments. Any recommendations on places to stay, things to do in these areas? Does this trip sound doable or am I trying to get too much in?

Any suggestions/information would be appreciated
Thanks