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''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $5.80''
Catch a train to Hexham station on the Hunter line, it brings you about 200 kms north of Sydney where the Pacific Highway begins. This train journey takes does take 3 hours, so if you prefer to start closer to Sydney and probably hitch faster than the train would take to get to Hexham, then follow Option 2 below.
To get to Hexham catch a train on the Newscastle and Central coast line and get off at Hamilton Station to switch trains to the Hunter line for the last few stops til Hexham. From the station cross the foot bridge and hitch near the bus stop. The traffic is fast moving but there is room for people to pull over. [[User:Peacehead|Peacehead]] got a ride from a truckie all the way to Byron from here. [[User:Blink0|Blink0]] (CET) got offered several rides from here, and finally accepted a ride going with a German backpacker all the way to Byron Bay on a 2 day roadtrip
=== North-West towards ''Bathurst'' via the ''Great Western Highway'' ===
== Food, public transport, sleep == Trashwiki SydneyLink: [[trash:Sydney]] It is possible to wild camp near to the hitch spot at the onramp to the Pacific Motorway. Directly across the Pacific Highway from the start of the onramp is a thin nature strip of forest following the Pacific Motorway. [[User:Falcor|Falcor]] has camped here a few times on their way hitching from Melbourne to Mullumbimbi. It is possible to hitch from Melbourne to Sydney in one day, take a Sydney metro train to Wahroonga station, dumpster some bread at the back the Brumbies in Wahroonga, then camp at this spot, ready to wake up bright and early to hitch north on the M1 first thing in the morning. This way it is possible to hitch Melbourne to Byron/Mullum/Nimbin or even Brisbane in 2 days.
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