Give Bali a break:Nine amazing places you should visit instead

Give Bali a break:Nine amazing places you should visit instead

There are plenty of beach getaways that offer far more than the island we have all loved too much.

  • byCraig Tansley

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You’ll need a holiday after tackling Bali’s nightmare airport queues

You’ll need a holiday after tackling Bali’s nightmare airport queues

Planeloads of people all ahead of you in lines,wandering bewildered or hopping from queue to shuffling queue,questioning “Am I in the right line?” Who knows?

  • byJohn Borthwick
Drugs allegedly mailed to Australian in Bali were gift in toothpaste tube:lawyer

Drugs allegedly mailed to Australian in Bali were gift in toothpaste tube:lawyer

Australian Troy Smith was holidaying with his wife in Bali when he was allegedly caught with methamphetamine.

  • byZach Hope
The Bali town every Australian knows,but few ever actually visit

The Bali town every Australian knows,but few ever actually visit

No one would ever mistake Bali’s capital for a pretty town,but it offers its own unexpected charms.

  • byMichael Veitch
A drunk Australian ran ‘amok’ in Bali. Locals locked him in a mini-mart

A drunk Australian ran ‘amok’ in Bali. Locals locked him in a mini-mart

After allegedly attacking a local,the Australian had to be kept safe from an angry mob at about 3.30am near the Potato Head Beach Club in North Kuta.

  • byZach Hope andKaruni Rompies
Rupert spent two weeks in Bali without drinking. He’s not alone

Rupert spent two weeks in Bali without drinking. He’s not alone

They’re calling it The Next Big Dry – young Australian travellers overseas turning their back on alcohol-fuelled partying and instead opting for high sobriety.

  • bySue Williams
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Ten things we will never understand about Bali

Ten things we will never understand about Bali

It’s one of our most popular destinations,but there are still things about Bali that make us wonder if we really get what it’s all about.

  • byBrian Johnston
Malaysian prisoners plead guilty to conspiring in Bali bombing

Malaysian prisoners plead guilty to conspiring in Bali bombing

The pleas are the first step in a slowly unfolding proceeding that began when the Guantanamo Bay inmates men were charged in 2021,18 years after their capture.

  • byCarol Rosenberg
Forget Bali’s beach clubs,this ‘jungle club’ is all the rage
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Forget Bali’s beach clubs,this ‘jungle club’ is all the rage

K-Club boldly claims to host Bali’s best “jungle club” within its lush and luxurious confines. And who are we to disagree.

  • byChristine Retschlag
To avoid getting sick overseas,follow these key rules

To avoid getting sick overseas,follow these key rules

It may go by amusing names such as Delhi belly,Bali belly,the backyard trots or Montezuma’s revenge,but there’s nothing entertaining about traveller’s diarrhoea.

  • byBrian Johnston
Six of the best adults-only resorts in Bali

Six of the best adults-only resorts in Bali

Hear that? It’s the sound of sweet,unadulterated silence... Bali is especially good value for families-at-full-decibel,but it offers exclusivity for adults,too.

  • byJenny Hewett