Bali Phone Tips & Time Zone

* The time zone in Bali is GMT +08:00 This is the same as Perth Western Australia which is GMT +8 hours (Western Standard Time WST). Perth does not have daylight saving. Other Australian time zones that may be of interest are to be found on this link * World Time * which gives the current time for each Australian state including any daylight saving.

* Land line phone calls. The sounds that the phone makes when dialing Bali is different to ours and there is a time delay before the phone connects so wait a bit for the connection. There is a time delay while talking to the other party so allow for that or you will talk over each other.

* To ring a land line in Bali from Australia dial: 0011 + 62 + area code + telephone number. Example: To ring the All Seasons Resort Legian, the area code for Bali is 361 and the hotel phone number is 756203, making the dial number 0011 62 361 756203.

To ring a land line number from a land line in Bali i will use the hotel as a example. You dial the area code + telephone number. That makes the number 361 756203. To ring a mobile from a land line in Bali just ring the number as is. I use G’days number as a example 081338760074.

To ring a land line in Australia from Bali using a land line dial: 001 + 61 + area code + telephone number. Here we run into problems because the ring out code in Indonesia could be 001 or 008, { try both or if you use a hotel phone ask them } the area codes in Aus start with a zero, Western Australia is 08 , NSW 02 , QLD 07 : etc – you need to drop the zero. Example: to phone Western Australia dial 001 61 8 12345678 or to phone NSW dial 001 61 2 12345678. (If you are behind a switchboard you may have to dial ’0′ or ’9′ (or another number) to get an external line.)

* Mobile phone calls. If you want to ring Bali from a mobile phone you can ring the same number as the land line or you can change the 0011 to the plus sign + { the plus sign replaces 0011 } thus making the All Seasons Resort Legian hotel number . I can not tell you the codes to ring Aus from Bali as i could not get my mobile to work with the local sim card, i think that as my phone was a older Nokia it was not suitable. It is cheaper to ring Aus with a Bali sim card so take a unlocked phone with you or buy one over there. In some places you will need your passport to get a phone or a sim card. Click on this link for a web blog on mobile phones in Bali and what type. * Mobile Phone Link *

Do not pay to much for a sim card, when i went to the Maharaja shopping center to get one the sellers in their little kiosks wanted 400,000.00 rupiah about Aus $40.00, i got my driver Mickey to go and get one and he paid 150,000.00 rupiah. If you pay to much for a sim card you may as well take you own phone and do not use it very much. Do not forget to activate international roaming. When buying a sim card get the salesman to fit it to your phone and activate it, have him ring from his phone to test and get the dial out codes from him.

Do you wish to phone Aus mobile to Aus mobile whilst in Bali? don’t do it! It means you are phoning Australia first and then the person you are phoning pays for the call from Aus to Bali! You pay double whammy and calls to Aus are hugely expensive from Bali. If you need to contact someone on an Aus phone in Bali – send an sms, don’t phone. If you have to do this then dial +61 etc. Click the link for all * International Phone Codes *

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