In Reply to: Karratha to Bali posted by Fun Trecker on Friday, 18. March 2011 at 06:12 Bali Time:
We drive to Hedland and fly with Skywest (we tried to go the cheaper Strategic and they cancelled our flights and now no longer operate out of Hedland to Bali)
It takes approx two hours to drive to Pt Hedland, two hour wait for flight then a two hour flight. Our cost for the flights this May was $450 per person but have paid $630 return in the past.
Even at $630 return though it works out cheaper than flying to Perth than Bali as I think the cheapest flights return Karratha to Perth are $360 so by the time you add Bali Perth return flights the Pt Hedland route is cheaper( unless you got those Air Asia cheapies) and its quicker (1 hr wait to fly to Perth- 1hr to transfer to International, 2 hr minimum for flight then 3 hr flight and only if you can get the flights to all line up!) Family did the KArratha- Perth - Bali and had to stay in Perth overnight.
Hope that answers it all for you- oh also Skywest offers free parking in a fenced secure yard at the Pt Hedland airport
Cheers, Jas