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==Travel==
===Highways & Hitchhiking===
* The Southern Outlet ('''A6''') which heads south to the Houn Valley and the Channel area. Hitching is best achieved from the start of the outlet at the end of Davey Street, which is a twenty minute walk from the CBD.
* The Tasman Highway (also known as the Eastern Outlet) ('''A3''') which heads east to the airport and the east coast. It is hard to start hitch-hiking somewhere near the city, as there is no proper side-road suitable for stopping cars. One of the options is to take a bus #652 or #662 to Warrane and get out at "Shackleton Street", or you may ask the driver to drop you off closest to the motorway explaining him/her you are intending to hitch-hike. Finally, walk to the highway and get a ride there.
===Public Transport===Within * The Southern Outlet ('''A6''') which heads south to the Huon Valley, the CBD Channel area and suburbsBruny Island (via ferry at Kettering). Hitching is best achieved from the start of the outlet at the end of Davey Street, [http://www.metrotas.com.au Metro Tasmania] provides which is a wonderful weekday servicetwenty minute walk from the CBD. It * The Tasman Highway (also known as the Eastern Outlet) ('''A3''s also cheap, by international standards') which heads east to the airport and the east coast. HoweverPrecisely because of the Tasman Bridge crossing the Derwent just at the beginning of the highway, do not rely on it on weekendsis hard to start hitch-hiking somewhere near the city, as there is no proper side-road suitable for stopping cars before the service becomes intermittent and unreliablebridge. To travel One of the options is to reach the country second highway entry at Warrane by taking bus #654, #655, #664 or intercity, services such as Hobart Coaches #665 (owned by Metrothere are often a whole bunch of numbers for the same line) getting out at "Shackleton Street" or "Stop nb 27" on Cambridge road, [http:or you may ask the driver to drop you off closest to the motorway explaining him//wwwher you are intending to hitch-hike.redlinecoachesFinally, walk to the highway and get a ride there.comAs there aren't so many buses on weekends and as enough drivers coming from the Southern Outlet will just pass through the CBD, another valuable option is to start hitching before the CBD on Davey Street.au/ Redline] ==To and from the airport== The Hobart Airport is more a big taxi dropping you at your hostel than a real bus, or [http://wwwand it will cost you at least 15$.tigerline.com.au/ Tigerline] A bit of hitching will be your friendssave you that money : take the bus to Warrane or Mornington to cross the Derwent and then hitch at the entry of the Tasman Highway for a 6km lift. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}
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'''Hobart''' is the capital of the [[Australia]]n island [[Tasmania]]. Tasmanians are lovely people , with a strong island community feeling, welcoming foreigners - hitching is possible even on small roads. <!-- I who? :) --> Someone hitched to a town of a 100 people.As there are only 500 000 inhabitants on the whole island, don't be surprised to meet some people twice !Until recently, tourism was not really developped in Tasmania, so you will meet less tourists, and everything would be more relaxed than on the mainland. == Hitchiking Out== === Highways ===
There are three main highways out of the Hobart area:
* The Brooker Highway ('''1'''), which heads north and splits into the Midlands Highway ('''1''') which heads north, and the Lyell Highway ('''A10''') which heads west. The intersection of these highways at the Bridgewater Bridge is one of the best places to hitch from to travel north or west, since cars have to slow down to 60km/h to travel through the intersection and the bridge. You'll probably need a ride to get you there though.
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