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Survivors will mark the anniversary by praying together at a memorial which now stands where the Sari Club used to be.

The Bali bombings turned a celebratory end-of-season trip into a nightmare for one country NSW rugby club. After 20 years, players remain determined to keep their mates' memories alive.

An hour before midnight, 20 years ago, a young Indonesian man walked into Paddy’s Pub, a nightclub in the heart of Bali’s party district of Kuta, and detonated a backpack laden with explosives. Seconds later, a massive car bomb exploded outside the Sari Club across the road.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians – our largest single loss of life from an act of terror.

In this oral history, we hear from Australian and Balinese survivors, former and current Australian Federal Police officers, a journalist and a terrorism expert. Together they tell the story of the Bali bombings, the single-largest loss of Australian life from an act of terror.

Survivors of the Bali bombing, alongside families and friends of the victims, prayed and laid wreaths on Wednesday to mark the 20-year anniversary of the attacks, joining gatherings held near the site of the blasts in Indonesia and across Australia.

Memorial services to be held across Australia including at Parliament House and in Perth, where many victims were sent for treatment

The nation is remembering the 202 people, including 88 Australians, killed in the Bali bombings two decades ago.

Danny Hanley has travelled to Bali almost every year on the anniversary of the bombings which claimed the lives of his two daughters Renae and Simone.