Originally Posted by
Henry III
You could also look at splitting up into 2 tickets going the 'other way' - i.e., via Australia or New Zealand. You could get Qantas to Sydney then some other (Garuda?) from there to Bali, for example.
Travelling via North America or Europe will almost inevitably involve two connections.
-- Henry
That is indeed true and a very pleasant place to stop, and while flights ex-Oz are often expensive, they can be dirt cheap to Bali (more likely on low cost airlines such as Jetstar than QF proper though).