Yes, but that was NOT their scheduled destination.
airsupport
How do you know. Were you one of the crew.It appears they had a scheduled destination of Melbourne but what was their flight planned destination?
Maybe they planned to Brisbane knowing that the winds were against them with the idea of recalculating abeam Brisbane.
Or don't they teach recalculating abeam these days.
US-bound plane diverts after fuel problem
United Airlines
A Los Angeles-bound flight was forced to land in Brisbane because it was low on fuel.
By the way, which way WAS it going?