AN Australian man who was critically injured in a motorcycle crash in Bali has arrived safely in Melbourne and is receiving hospital treatment.
There were concerns Nicho White, who has not roused from an induced coma, would not survive his medivac flight from Indonesia.
"Nicho has arrived safely after a very long and tedious medivac flight," Ian McGill, Mr White's stepfather, told AAP from Bali late on Thursday.
"A specialist friend of ours said there was a likelihood he wouldn't survive the flight, so surviving the flight is a big step."
His plane, carrying life support equipment and a medical team, had to fly at low altitude and at low speed.
It touched down at a Melbourne airport shortly before 8pm and Mr White was then taken by ambulance to The Alfred Hospital.
The 43-year-old suffered massive head and other injuries when his motorbike collided with a 4WD vehicle in Bali last week.
Mr White did not have medical insurance and a fundraising campaign has covered the massive cost of returning him to Australia.
"It goes without saying we're incredibly grateful for the generosity of everyone ... We're overwhelmed," Mr McGill said.
"We don't really know what we're up for financially, to be honest, but we have raised enough to cover the medivac which was about $90,000."
The fundraising campaign had support from high-profile friends in fashion, music and sport - including band The Cat Empire and swimmer Michael Klim.
Mr White's mother, Lyn McGill, was also flying to Melbourne on a domestic flight and will touch down late on Thursday.
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