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=== Northeast towards [[Sydney]] via the [[Hume Highway]] ===
There is a detailed route description outlining the major service stations along the way on the [[Hume Highway]] page.
For a lift to Sydney via the [[Hume Highway]] (M31) catch a suburban train to Craigieburn (which is also the last stop on the line of the same name) Walk north down Hothlyn Drive and Walters Street about 10mins, until you get to a nice set of traffic lights with an onramp to the Hume Hwy. Here the cars must slow down for the lights and there is a lane for traffic to pull over.
==== Option 1 ====
Take a train to Officer Station (on the Pakenham line), exit the station and walk south down Officer South Road, turn right at the roundabout and walk (or hitch) west down Rix Road about 1km, then turn left and walk south to the end of Stephens Road North. You should find yourself facing the Princes Freeway with a large wall leading away from you to the right. Follow this wall on the freeway side for about 500m and you will come to the BP Service Station (Officer) on the freeway. It is very easy to get a ride east from here by ask drivers filling up with petrol or in the carpark, its not unusual to get a ride within the first few people you ask. The walk from Officer station to the BP service station takes about 30 minutes.*''(Last Verified: April 2016January 2017)''
==== Option 2====
== Food, public transport, sleep ==
===Food===
Trashwiki link: [[trash:Melbourne]]
[https://www.facebook.com/groups/foodnotbombsmelbourne/ Food Not Bombs Melbourne] cooks and serves vegan lunch and dinner on Mondays, and Dinner on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
===Regional Trains===
Regional Victorian V/Line trains have conductors that check myki cards and paper tickets on the train, and because of this blackriding is not so easy. However, there is a way to take vline trains with a full fare myki for $7. If you want to take a train to just say Traralgon for example, which normally costs about $20 offpeak and $30 peak full fare, just buy a new myki card and put $1 credit on it, touch on and jump on the train. When the conductor scans your myki card on the train, they don't care how much credit is on the card, they are just checking that the balance is not zero or negative, and that you have touched on. As long as there is some credit on the card there should be no problem. If the conductor comments on your low credit, just tell them you were running late for the train and didn't have time to top it up and that you will top it up when you get to your destination. When you do arrive, if there are security watching people touch off, just touch off as normal which will make the balance go to about -$13 if you traveled during offpeak period, or -$23 for peak, and then just throw the card away.
Just make sure the station you want to get off at is a station you can travel to with myki. The solid purple line on this [https://static.ptv.vic.gov.au/PDFs/Maps/Network-maps/1485494075/PTV_Regional-Train-Coach_Network_Map_2017.pdf V/Line Map] is where you can go with a myki card.
===Urban Camping===
It is possible to find hidden bush places to urban camp in Studley Park, and along Merri Creek or Yarra River. Be aware camping in these areas is probably not permitted by the council, but travelers and homeless do sometimes camp in those areas.
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