In Reply to: the best option posted by dennisc on Sunday, 24. May 2009 at 10:41 Bali Time:
Just a 60 day tourist visa - it's the same visa number anyway (211) just a different purpose. Social visa is really for when you want to stay longer and need to extend in country under your husband's sponsorship.
You can get the tourist visa at home before you go, it costs $60 as well, but less paperwork. You can then go through with your husband in the same line.
If you are in Perth, you go through the consulate in Adelaide terrace, not Canberra. As far as I can determine, all other states go through Canberra.