Why Japanese logistics still constrain an advance on Australia

If Japan won Midway after sinking three US carriers, could it advance on Australia?

It might reach Darwin, but logistics would likely prevent a sustained advance much farther into Australia.

A more favorable outcome at Midway would remove American carriers without creating the shipping, escorts, and supply capacity Japan needed for a continental advance. Japanese resources were already near their limit. A force might reach Darwin, but distance and the burden of maintaining the route would prevent a sustained movement much farther into Australia. Success in a carrier battle would not create the logistical system required to exploit it across an enormous theatre.