Bali Peace Park Project was founded in 2003 by Australian Dallas Finn in the lead up to the first Anniversary of the first Bali bombing Mr Finn worked tirelessly implementing a grassroots campaign to establish support within the Balinese community from 2003 to 2008 with no support from the current board or previous Australian Associates . In this time Mr Finn received numerous death threats and abuse from several Australian family members but continued to fight . In 2008 the new Association was formed the board consisted mainly of couples none of them had lived or worked in Indonesia so had no real understanding of the political and culture issues that Mr Finn had faced along the journey . Mr Finn stood his ground on key issues and due to the ignorance of board members was sacked via a text message . From 2003 to 2008 Mr Finn solely funded this project from proceeds from the sale of his apartment and to this day has never been reimbursed for his expenses which nearly bankrupted him . Mr Finn flew to Jakarta to meet with the land owner and his brother in-law in 2005 after organising an appraisal thru Jones Lang and Lasalle , at the meeting which was held at the Hotel Sari they quoted a price of 3 million USD . Mr Finn returned to Bali and made a counter offer of 1.8 million USD Which the owner turned down . Mr Finn then met with key Balinese stake holders and was discussed to do a land swap . A number of weeks later Mr Finn again met with the Brother in law of the land owner to show 2 parcels of land on Sunset Road they were both vetoed by the land owner . The Bali Peace Park Association Inc ( BPPAI ) based in Perth , Western Australia , was incorporated in September 2008 . The Association consists of survivors of the 2002 and 2005 terrorist attacks in Bali , as well as their friends , relatives and supporters
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