Andrew Chan has spent four precious hours with his fiancee, who was turned away from Kerobokan jail in tears on the dramatic morning of his departure.
Febyanti Herewila, known as Feby, arrived at Cilacap port on Wednesday morning with Chan's mother Helen and two close family friends.
Feby tried to see Chan, who proposed to her last month, on the morning he was removed from his Bali cell for Nusakambangan island, but was turned away along with his brother Michael.
Chan's fellow Bali Nine member Myuran Sukumaran had another welcome visit from mother Raji, brother Chintu, sister Brintha and a cousin on Wednesday.
Chintu says the family remains hopeful the Indonesian president will see the work his brother has done to rehabilitate inmates in Kerobokan jail and have mercy on him and Chan.
"We're grateful to the Indonesian justice system for this and all we ask is that they be able to spend the rest of their life in prison and not be executed," he told reporters at the port of Cilacap.
It's the second family visit for the condemned Australians since they arrived at Nusakambangan, where they and seven other drug felons are awaiting execution.
They still have no idea when that may be.
A tenth inmate, Filipino Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, is yet to be incarcerated on "Indonesia's Alcatraz" and Jakarta has indicated it's waiting on a Supreme Court decision on her judicial review before setting an execution date.
French prisoner Serge Areski Atlaoui had a judicial review hearing on Wednesday, with his case adjourned until March 25.
It's uncertain whether Jakarta will wait for his case to be resolved before the executions. The prisoners will get at least 72 hours' notice before the firing squad.
Lawyers for the Australians will return to court on Thursday with their latest appeal effort, arguing President Joko Widodo failed to assess their circumstances, or give reasons for rejecting their clemency.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott meanwhile has asked for another phone call with Mr Joko to make the case for clemency personally.
Mr Abbott wouldn't respond to comments by Indonesia's Co-ordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Tedjo Edhy Purdijanto, who said of the executions: "If Canberra is acting funny, Jakarta can surely let the immigrants go to Australia."
Noting there were more than 10,000 asylum seekers and refugees staying in Indonesia due to Australia's asylum boat policy, he said: "If they're let to go to Australia, it is sure to be like a human tsunami."
Mr Abbott said he wanted to find a constructive solution for the death row men.
"I'm not in the business of picking fights with anyone," he said.
Mr Abbott said he shared the Indonesian government's desire to crack down on drug crime.
"But these two individuals, because they're reformed, have now become an asset in Indonesia's fight against drug crime and that's why I think it would be counter-productive to execute them."
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