NewsBite

Bali

Advertisement
SmartGate

‘Bali is more seamless’: The passport processing headache greeting Australian travellers

Long queues are forming at Australia’s airports thanks to a digital processing system that is riddled with faults.

  • Eryk Bagshaw

Latest

The February 8 Edition

When your child dies overseas: one mother’s torment| Australia’s most mysterious bird | Outpacing the fitness gender gap | Curtis Stone on foodie nasties

The Sari Club site last month. The sign says the land is now owned by the Badung Regency local government.

After years of bad blood, there’s finally action at Bali’s desolate Sari Club site

Years of efforts by Australian and Indonesian families to transform the Bali bombing site into something befitting its significance have come to naught – until now.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
On Bali, the velocity of change can be bewildering.

I’ve been visiting Bali for 31 years – it has become worse every year

In three decades, the destination has been transformed from a tropical paradise into a centre of mass tourism.

  • Ryan Ver Berkmoes
Courtney Mills.

‘Hardest loss’: Melbourne DJ who died in Bali mourned

Courtney Mills, a 37-year-old from Frankston, was found critically injured after a fall from a hotel balcony in Kuta last Friday.

  • Lachlan Abbott, Melissa Cunningham and Amilia Rosa
The shadow of Mount Agung looms over Amed.

I found the Bali of my dreams (and it was only $45 a night)

You won’t see multi-storey hotels, corporate logos lining streets or Lycra-clad influencers in this quiet village.

  • Julia D'Orazio
Advertisement
It’s better to drink beer or premixed drinks in cans from well-known brands.

My advice on drinking cheap spirits in Bali? Just don’t

Recent incidents in Laos and Fiji have stirred fears about alcohol safety in Bali, which has its own history of bar poisonings.

  • Jenny Hewett
Tourists flee as tree branches fall at the monkey forest in Ubud, Bali.

Two tourists killed by falling branches at Bali tourist hotspot

Indonesian authorities have confirmed the fatalities at the monkey forest in Ubud, popular with Australian visitors.

  • Amilia Rosa and Zach Hope
The five remaining incarcerated members of the Bali Nine (from left) Martin Stephens, Si-Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Matthew Norman and Scott Rush.

Philippines and Indonesia set precedent for Bali Five return

An Indonesian minister says the Philippines has agreed to the same prisoner transfer proposal submitted to Australia.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Boats at the pier, Menjangan Island.

Ten beautiful parts of Bali you won’t find crowds (or bogans)

Bali is on track to have its busiest tourism year on record, but 70 per cent of visitors flock to the hot spots of Canggu, Seminyak, Uluwatu and Nusa Dua.

  • Penny Watson

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/bali-hof