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'"''Sydney ''' is a city in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== South-West towards [[Melbourne]], [[Adelaide]] and [[Canberra]] via the [[Hume Highway]] ===
There is a detailed route description outlining the major service stations along the way on the [[Hume Highway]] page.
==== Option 1====
Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $3.40 Catch the a train to Glenfield station on the Cambelltown line and from there you can either walk down ''the private road Roy Watts Roadroad all the way to Cambelltown road and then turn right, a option which requires you to squeeze through a hole in a fence. This private road also has "no trespassing" signs at the start of it! Otherwise just walk down Glenfield road, it takes longer but has no fences to squeeze through or high fenced private property to traverse. At the end of Glenfield road turn left on to Cambelltown road and walk up to the truckstop called 'Uncle Leo's Roadhouse' . Its about 3km walk from the train station to the roadhouse. Ask drivers at this truckstop for roughly twenty minutes until a ride down the Hume Fwy, and try to get a ride that will take you at least to 'Pheasants Nest' which is the next large gas station about 60 kilometres down the road. If you get asked to leave the freewaygas station by the Uncle Leo's Roadhouse staff, or if you prefer to just thumb it, 100m further on down Cambelltown road there is good place for cars to pull over just after the traffic lights. There The road is busy here and the traffic moves fairly fast, but its easy to catch a truckstop as well as a fairly busy on-rampride.
====Option 2 ====
Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $4.50 Catch a train to to Macarthur Station at the end of the Campbelltown line to Macarthur Station, walk north to Narellan road and try to find a car there. If you want to increase traffic, follow Narellan Road to the intersection of Hume Hwyand try on the onramp. Note: don't try to cut through the university from the train station directly to the intersection of Hume and Narellan - unless you are happy to climb a fence.
=== South towards [[Melbourne]] via the coastal [[Princes Highway]] ===
==== Option 1 ==== '' Much slower than Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $3.40'' Take a train to Heathcote station on the Illawarra line. Cross the railway bridge and walk to the highway. There is a large petrol station on your left, Caltex I think. This is the last petrol station for quite a way so lots of cars heading south stop here. If you get tired of waiting at the petrol station then walk up the highway for 5 minutes heading south - past the caravan park there is a good spot with a stopping lane, and the Hume but more scenic cars are only just coming out of 50km speed limit here. ==== Option 2 ==== ''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $5.80'' Catch a train to Dapto station on the Woolongong line. It's about a 2 hour train ride and the highway is about 200m from the station. There's a shopping centre ("Dapto Mall") on the highway near the train station, if you walk about 600m south from there you'll find a bus stop with a long line of sight for drivers to see you, and room for them to pull over. === North towards [[Byron Bay]], [[Brisbane]] via the [https://hitchwiki.org/en/Pacific_Highway_(Australia) Pacific Highway] === There is a rough description outlining the major service stations along the way on the [https://hitchwiki.org/en/Pacific_Highway_(Australia) Pacific Highway] page.
==== Option 1 ====
==== Option 2 ====
''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $3.40'' Catch a train to Dapto Wahroonga station on the Woolongong Berowra line . Exit the station, walk south to the Pacific Highway, then turn right and walk west up the Pacific Hwy (A1) for about $5 concession600m. Just across a bridge over the Pacific Motorway you will see the onramp leading to the north down to the Motorway. Hitch at the onramp where there is a small but suitable space for cars to stop. The Pacific Motorway (M1), formally the "F3 Freeway", is the main roadway going North from Sydney, catering for a lot of traffic. It There isn't a lot of time for drivers to see you and most traffic follows the double lane righthand turn from the Pacific Hwy, but even so, you shouldnt wait long for a driver to stop despite the 'no stopping's about signs. If you are hitching to Gosford it should be very easy and quick to get a 2 hour train ride and . If you end want to go further north up an easy 200m walk from the highwaycoast (Byron Bay etc) make sure you do not take a ride offer to Gosford, there is no northbound onramp at the Grafton offramp! Instead make sure that your ride can get you to at least the next gas station about 20kms past the first Gosford turn off, at Ourimbah or preferably Wyong on the way to Doyalson or Morisset. There's Other options for getting a lift north up the M1: Catch a shopping centre train to Turramurra station ("Dapto Mall"$3.40) on the highway near Berowra line, exit the train station, if you walk to the west about 600m south from here 200m and you'll find arrive at the Pacific Highway. Cross the road and ask drivers filling up for a bus stop with lift north up the M1 at the 7-eleven service station there. This is the last servo heading up the Pacific Highway (A1) before the M1. Catch a long train to Thornleigh station ($3.40) on the Hornsby line , exit the station and walk north east up Pennants Hills road (A28). There are 3 service stations and a 24 hour McDonalds in the direction of the M1 within a kilometre walk from Thornleigh station. This road services a lot of sight for drivers to see youinterstate and heavy traffic, and room as these are the last fuel stops for them to pull overanyone headed North, most people stop here. Louisa and Liam waited here You could try asking drivers at any of these places for 15 minutes until they got a ride to Nowralift north up the M1. === West towards ''Bathurst'' via the ''Great Western Highway'' ===
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