hey mate i am in the middle of a similar trip.
I'm from perth and am headed for cambodia/laos.
my route so far has been perth - darwin - east timor - lindonesia (island hopping til Bali) - Singapore where i am at the moment.
i shipped my bike from darwin to dili with perkins freight ($400) and flew with air north ($250) as you cant go on the boat with your bike unfortunately. perkins were a decent company to work with and it was all pretty straight forward
yeah you will need a carnet, mine cost me $950 of which i get 250 back. is was pretty easy to get from the RAC.
i havn't camped at all since oz and sent my camping stuff home from bali.
once you are in indonesia it is pretty simple to get around with the ferries between the islands
when i got to Bali i put my bike on a ship and flew to singapore. (do not use nominasi cargo under any circumstances)
regarding your choice of bike my opinion is that a 650 would be to big. I am on a CT 110 postie due to funds but i think the right bike to take would be a 250 road/trail such as maybye a xt250 or similar.
good luck with the planning and hopefully i might have some more usefull info when i come home in mid Jan.
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