There was a belief, for a short time, that there was no call for 747's to operate out of Tulla. Even on QF, one had to travel to SYD on a 707 to connect to the 747 operating the Kangaroo Route.
Spent a lot of time talking to Vic back in the day when he was allocating INTL gates. Worth a read...
https://www.theage.com.au/national/v...30-p557ns.html