In Reply to: air asia tip for perth travellers!! posted by aussiegirl on Friday, 28. September 2012 at 11:46 Bali Time:
Have done that for years, often using different airlines. It can be cheaper from wherever in Oz to book separate flights to & from Bali, or anywhere else for that matter. For example, at present going from Perth to Bali in May '13 is cheapest on Jetstar ($139 plus baggage etc) but coming back a few weeks later is cheapest with Air Asia (under $100 plus baggage etc).
It's just a matter of spending some time on the comp looking at the various airlines' prices.