I just found your question on Google, do hope this reply takes as I'm not a member of this forum. I'm an Australian, came home last Tuesday after 17 days in Indonesia: Yogyakarta, West Java and Bali (based in Ubud) This was my thirteenth trip to Indonesa and I felt just as safe, just as happy as every other time. I took a friend's 17-year-old daughter with me, to practise her Indonesian language. We did a mini-language course in Yogya, stayed with friends in West Java, holidayed in Bali. No problems, much enjoyment. The Australian government is wildly over-reacting and unfairly scaring the Australian public; by staying away we are depriving ourselves of getting to know our complex and fascinating neighbour and depriving the Indonesian travel industry. Go, and enjoy! It's a wonderful place with wonderful, friendly people - and I feel safer there than I do in my own Victorian country city. There were many other Aussie tourists there; the travel warnings are being treated as they deserve to be treated.
Best wishes,
Ruth Black