In Reply to: Thanks but I meant posted by Diddles on Thursday, 2. February 2012 at 13:15 Bali Time:
Try to book extra luggage before you leave, but if you are unable to do so, the best info I have read is to send it back to Australia by post. Considering excess baggage is $15.00 kg, it sounds much cheaper to post it back.
If you have allowance left in your check in, you can send odd shaped items through as "fragile". I have done this many times, and not had anything break, but I am a pretty good packer!!!!
I take flattened beer cartons & boxes over with me, buy a roll of masking tape & use anything I can find as padding.
Keep all the bags/packaging etc that you accumulate during your stay, and then dispose of whats left when you are leaving.