Oops. Forgot to plan for those D checks or lease some new equipment. Talk about reactive planning.
Apart from the Olympics, it is also a Jubilee year. Historically travel to Britain has been well up in Jubilee years and the following year. And with the Aussie strong and the Pound very weak by almost any historical standard, why wouldn't you go back to the 'Mother Country' for a visit. [OK, my Mother isn't English but that's what everyone called it when I was a boy]. Maybe it's just a Catholic thing.