Why is there no ferry from Bali to Darwin ?

Everyone knows that flying damages the environment. Everyone knows Australia is wishing to rerduce the co2 produced and therefore why not do something positive.
A daily passenger ferry boat from Bali to Brisbane would save a lot of air travel and make visiting OZ much easier so it would be good for tourism.
So why no ferry boat from Bali to Darwin, it is such a small distance to Kupang and already there are ferry boats to the whole of Indonesia.
If anyone knows of a boat, please let me know, because I would like to return to OZ.
Travelling from UK but I no longer fly, because it is very damaging to the environment.
Thanks !






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Pretty much everything Ozmaniac said is correct, but Darwin isn't actually all that far away from other capital cities. The reason that many people don't get to Darwin even once in their lives is because of the amount of prejudice that Southerners have against it. And for the half of the year that the wet season takes up, it's not plagued by cyclones. The weather usually only gets really bad once or twice in the season, and it doesn't last. It's not like houses get ripped up daily.






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I've heard of a few boats but they get you to Christmas Island LOL..

I cannot see that boat route to be economically viable because most people still do choose to fly and the international flights will never stop whether you take up one seat on an airplane or not. ALL transport contributes to carbon emissions. Considering the amount of people a large airplain carries compared to all the people driving their cars with one person in i doubt the air traffic is so bad. You cannot make a difference by yourself, the governments have to make big changes in the infrastructure to move towards a low-carbon lifestyle, and they will have to in the next 30ish years. The main reason to cut down on carbon emissions is the current global warming, but the governments do have a few decades on them to make big changes and still avoid a disaster.






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What an utterly impractical suggestion!

Among many other negatives, it would be much too far. The distance by air between Bali and Brisbane is over 4500km. By sea, it would be at least 5500km and probably closer to 6000km. Bit far for a ferry don't you think? You would also be looking a a fare several times the cost of an airfare - how much demand do you imagine there would be at those prices?

If the ferry only went between Bali and Darwin, how do you imagine travellers would get to the east coast and rest of Australia which is where nearly all of them would would want to go? Most Australians never get to Darwin even once in their lives - it's simply too far from everywhere else and very difficult to get to by road.

A ferry would also have to navigate some of the most treacherous waters in the world (hint - Great Barrier Reef!) if it were to stay close to the coast. Otherwise, it would have to stay well out to sea i.e. different type of vessel required and much further to travel.

And do you have any idea how bad the weather is up there for 5 or 6 months of the year? In cyclone season, it would often be impossible to sail for a week or more at a time between November and April.