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|hitch = from {{average}} to {{good<rating country='au' />|BW = AU}}}}In '''the coastal and “high”-density areas of Australia''' hitching is okay as anywhere else in Western culture, as long as you´re between from about [[Adelaide]] and to [[Brisbane]]/[[Cairns]], hitching is much the same as anywhere else in Western culture. Road lanes are wide with very often large emergency stopping lanes, so finding a good stop is not very difficult. In the outback[http://nomadwiki.org/en/Outback_(Australia) Outback], though, you´ll you may get more empty beer cans thrown on at you than rides; some hitchhikers, however, wouldn't agree with that, stating, that even hitchhiking through the desert can be pretty OKgood, especially with the many trucks and 'road trains' that are usually going long distances. I looped the entire country in 2016 with just 1$ starting from Melbourne and including smaller towns passed Sydney ; Brisbane; Cairns; Darwin; Broome; Perth- a single ride from 254 km Perth side of Norseman (last town West before Nullambor) potentially to Sydney but I got dropped at the turn off for MelbourneBecause distances are so huge, people are used to driving several hundred kilometers and you will find drivers quite often offering to make huge detours to take you somewhere. ==Australia-Specific Advice== Australia poses some interesting and unique challenges for hitchhikers. Distances between populated areas can be vast, by far the majority of Australians live near the sea, with the majority of those living in the state capital cities. Temperatures can exceed 45 degrees Celsius in summer and go well below freezing in winter. In many ways Australia is an extreme environment, with some pretty extreme pests, people and weather; when it rains, it pours, when it blows up a gale, it howls. But in saying this when Australia or Australians smile upon you, the heavens open up from above and you can find yourself taken in, taken home, and for all practical purposes adopted for life. As long as you remain on the main axes or smaller tourist roads you don't have to worry more than in other countries and you can hitchhike as you usually do. Only remember to '''carry more water than you think you need''', temperatures and distances can greatly exceed your expectations. You might find it hard to stay at the road if the sun in hot and there is no shade.Also, if you walk too far from towns as it may leave you somewhere very isolated. A single walker in the middle of nowhere might have a better chance to get picked up because people are surprised or impressed. But make sure that you have a back up plan and enough water to walk back if you don't get a lift especially if the traffic isn't reliable. Another tip that makes a bit more sense than for [[Europe]] for example, is to be very careful about not annoying your host. You could be thrown out of the vehicle by the irate driver 200km from the nearest town.

But the most unique aspect of hitching in Australia is the challenge of the Outback. There you can say that you are off the beaten track, which gives a great feeling of emptiness. However some basic survival rules have to be observed as you might get stuck for some reason.For some, hitchhiking throughout the outback is easy. The people can be friendly, especially the aboriginal folks who might have six people already jammed in a little car and still squeeze you in. When going to the outback go to truck stops and talk to them the “truckies” there. It is a good option as they are driving huge distances at once in places where not many cars pass by. Make sure the town you're going to HAS a truck stop, or you may be in trouble if you are dropped in the middle of the outback, which is similar to the middle of nowhere. ===What to be careful with in the Outback=== It is written in its own name! The outback is far from everything and "cities" can be very far from each other. What look to be a large town on the map can actually be a village with a dozen or fewer houses. Some parts of the outback are so remote that you do not want to get stuck out therehitchhiking! Make absolutely sure you are carrying enough water AT ALL TIMES (3 liters per person/per day would be a minimum). It is very easy to get dehydrated under the Australian sun. If you can get decent water, all the better, but don't bank on it. Most bores are quite brackish tasting and roadhouse taps are heavily chlorinated -- here's to a good liter of fresh rainwater on a sunny 45 degree day! Be aware that phone coverage has a lot high chance of being nonexistent. (Telstra has the best chance of truck companies working by far.) Letting someone know where you are heading and how long till they should next expect to hear from you can be a good idea. If you're in the tropics, be careful where you swim (crocodiles and deadly jellyfish) but don't allow anyone worry too much about the other wildlife. Australia has dangerous wildlife in terms of spiders and snakes so keep it in mind but generally speaking, if you leave it alone, it will leave you alone. Very very few people die each year so don't stress too much either! ===Personal experience=== ''I managed from Broome through to Kununurra, Katherine up to Darwin and down to Alice. The only time I had to wait more than a half-hour was when I was dropped off on the turn off to Batchelor, which while on the main highway, is a real bad spot with nothing and no one for a long way. Anyway, give it a go.'' (Amory Tarr) ''I have had some great lifts with road trains, Australia Post trucks etc etc, though they seem less and less common. In fact my first go at driving a road train was on a hitch across the Nullabor Desert, a truly mad but memorable experience of driving 50 tonnes of rolling monster across the midnight plains.'' (Dave Hodgkin) ==Hitchhiking with “truckies”== Quite a few truck drivers give a first impression of being a bear, but are usually gentlemen in their own way. As roads are quite wide, it is not rare that they manage to stop for you! With a truck of course not going as fast as a car, you can easily make more than 500 or 1000km at once given the distances between the cities. A lot of truck companies (but not all) have rules against drivers carrying passengers in their trucks but if . If you talk to the truckies at stops they are much more likely to wave ignore that rule. The only time truckies truly cannot give you a lift is when they are operating under a dangerous goods license and then, by law they are not allowed to have another passenger in the vehicle. For example petrol tankers, transporting more than one trailer of gas, etc. Not all companies have rules against taking passengers. The truckies Truckies will often take you long distances, from especially if you are willing to stay awake, and help the driver pass the time through conversation. Routes such as [[Adelaide]]/[[Port AugustaPerth]] all the way to [[Darwin]] or , [[Port Augusta]] to Perth, Darwin to [[Townsville]], are frequented by trucks, but if you want to get off the main road, then be prepared to wait awhile. In the eastern states (QLD, NSW, VIC, SA) more than the west (WA & NT), recent changes to insurance costs throughout the western world, have meant that trucks face stricter and stricter insurance limitations, one of which is that they are commonly not allowed to have any unlisted passengers in their vehicles. These rules are normally enforced by larger companies, where all riders sign in at the depot prior to the trucks' departure. If you personally know a driver it is often possible for them to sign you in and take you along to help keep them awake. These rules don't really apply to owner/operators, unless on long term contract to a particular company. Unfortunately it's hard for you to know which trucks it will or won't apply to, though you can be confident that with trucks for the big name companies like Australia Post, Woolworths etc this is absolutely the case. All of this does not mean you can't get a ride in a truck. What it does mean is that our global fear of strangers has gone up here as much as elsewhere, and the amount of trucks picking up 'strangers' is greatly diminished.I found the most likely truckies to pick up hitchhikers to be the less conservative Aussies and truckies who owned their own company..and of course the "crazy" ones- but they're more fun anyway, right..? I can't count the times I was told "I'd love to take youBUT"... In my own experiences it'll s much more likely NOT to be a trucky that takes you the longest distances == Police & Law == Searching in the Australian law database, Hitchwiki contributors have been able to find two distinct law texts. The first one features in the Australian Road Rules and has come up in searches for Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and Northern Territory, the second one concerns Western Australia only. In theory, the laws say that in most places you're not allowed to hitchhike from a shoulder, in practice however police rarely cares. === Australian Road Rules === All the following has been taken from [http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/ntctlarrr2006947/sch1.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=hitchhike this website].  236 Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction:(4) A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road--::(b) to hitchhike [...]:(7) In this rule: road includes any shoulder of the road, and any median strip, painted island or traffic island, but does not include any other road-related area. The definition of "road-related area" here is<br> 13 What is a road-related area<br>:(1) A road-related area is any of the following::(a) an area that divides a road;::(b) a footpath or nature strip adjacent to a road;::(c) an area that is not a road and that is open to the public and designated for use by cyclists or animals;::(d) an area that is not a road and that is open to or used by the public for driving, riding or parking vehicles. The definiton of "shoulder" here is:12 What is a road :(3) The shoulder of the road includes any part of the road that is not designed to be used by motor vehicles in travelling along the road, and includes:::(a) for a kerbed road -- any part of the kerb; and::(b) for a sealed road -- any unsealed part of the road, and any sealed part of the road outside an edge line on the road '''As a conclusion:''' It is very clearly regulated where you can stand as a hitchhiker and where you cannot. You can't stand on a shoulder, but you can stand on most other kinds of surface next to the road. === Particular to wait awhile Western Australia === 259. Selling papers and cars, hitch&#8209;hiking etc.:(1) A person shall not, while on a carriageway or median strip::(a) solicit contributions, employment or a ride from an occupant of a vehicle [...] The carriageway is here defined as following: "carriageway" means a portion of a road that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, and includes the shoulders, and areas, including embayments, at the side or centre of the carriageway, used for the stopping or parking of vehicles [...] In conclusion: in WA, it's illegal to stand on the shoulder of the highway; however you may hitchhike from a footpath or off the shoulder. A law enforcement officer might not be aware of this, though. The source is to be found in [http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/legis/wa/consol_reg/rtc2000113/s259.html?query=hitch%20hike this website]. === Practical Situation === In practice, Australian police are fairly relaxed about hitchhikers. Zenit has hitchhiked some 13000km in all states except WA and Tasmania and has never been bothered; he has heard stories about police in WA being more touchy, however. Keep in mind that it is also illegal to incite a vehicle to stop in a non stopping zone. Such zones include bridges and 30 odd meters either side, road edges with an unbroken white or yellow line, spots within 30 meters of an intersection, etc. In any event choose your hitching site carefully so not to place yourself or others in danger; as always look for somewhere well lit, with plenty of room for approaching vehicles to see you well in advance and room for them to pull on to the shoulder without blocking traffic. It should be noted that most freeways and motorways (as opposed to highways)have limited-access rules barring pedestrians or bicycles from entering them.  === Feedbacks === ''It is illegal but I've had police stop twice, once to tell me go back to town and catch a bus (but left me alone besides telling to do that) and the second time the cop gave me a lift about 40 or 50km to the border of Victoria/South Australia.''

My own experience does not quite agree with the above comment... Recent changes ''It's illegal to Insurance costs throughout the western world, have meant that trucks face stricter and stricter insurance limitations, one of which is that they are commonly not allowed to have any unlisted passengers hitch in their vehicles. These rules are normally enforced by larger companies, where all riders sign in at the depot prior to the trucks departure. If you personally know a driver no-pedestrian zones like freeways but other places it is often possible for them seems to sign you in and take you along vary state to help keep them awakestate. These rules I don't really apply to owner/operators, unless on long term contract to a particular company. Unfortunately think it's hard for you to know which trucks it will or wont apply to, though you can be confident that against the big name trucks like Australia Post, Woolworths etc this is absolutely the case. All of this does not mean you canlaw at all in most places and I't get a ride ve never had any trouble anywhere in a truck in Austhe eastern states. What it does mean is that our global fear of strangers has gone up here as much as elsewhere, and the amount of trucks picking up 'strangers' is greatly diminished. I have had some great lifts with road trains, Australia Post trucks etc etc, though they seem less and less common. In fact my first go at driving a road train was on a hitch across the Nullabor Desert, a truly mad but memorable experience of driving 50tonnes of rolling monster across the midnight plains (Dave Hodgkin)

==Police==Laws regarding hitchhiking come under State not Federal jurisdiction, I have been arrested and charged ''Wait at petrol stations or truck stops for a ride. This way you won't get into trouble with hitchhiking in Queenslandthe police, though chargers were later dropped (long story). Throughout Australia, it is however illegal to incite can ask people for a vehicle lift and you're close to stop in water, food and a non stopping zonetoilet. Such zones include bridges (and 30 odd meters either sideSome service stations don't like hitchhikers hanging around, road edges with an unbroken white or yellow line, spots within 30 meters of an intersection, etc. As a rule of thumb remember that Australian Police are fairly relaxed, more though so in be careful they don't call the country than the city, but they will get toey if they believe your actions are placing yourself or others in danger. Choose your hitching site carefully, as always look for somewhere well lit, with plenty of room to for approaching vehicles to see police on you well in advance and room for them to pull on to the shoulder with out blocking traffic.''

Most ''[[User:Bernhard|Bernhard]] had a chat with a crime prevention officer from the Queensland police officers won't harass you, but and the officer said the following: "The hitch hiking legislation in Queensland says that a person can not stand on the roadway to solicit a ride. Meaning that if they stand on the footpath or away from the roadway they are not comitting an offence. One of the main reasons we do stop people standing on the road hitching a ride is for their own safety and the safety of the motorists driving. So some cops might tell roads are very busy and its an offence to stand on the roadway and solicit a ride and it is a 40 dollar fine if the policeman chooses to give you a infringement notice for that offence." He also said that it's illegal is possible to hitchhike in Australia. Don't show your thumb stand on the footpath and hitch a ride, when you see there is enough space for a cop carto pull over. Police may stop a hitchhiker and ask for an ID, mostly to check on his records and WHY he is hitching a ride (is he running away from a crime? Is he in trouble? Does he need help?). Police officers want to know who is going through their area, so if they stop, just tell them that you're waiting for a hitchhiker is on the footpath and not soliciting a ride share that should have showed up at a lot earlierdangerous spot, they will question him about his story but then let him go.''

:''It ==When you are really stuck...=====For a ride===[[Train hopping]] is also still possible in Australia although this is illegal but I've had police stop twice, once an option to tell me go back consider with extreme care.The three day journey from Mt Isa to town the coast on the coal trains (pick up a Beanbag, a tarp and catch a bus (but left me alone besides telling to do that) and shade cloth from the second time Op-shop in town, few things beat spending the cop gave me night on a lift about 40 or 50km to pile of coal at 20km/h under the desert stars :)The cargo train across the border Nullarbor, a trip of a lifetime, certainly one of Victoria/South Australiathose life-changing adventures.''

:''It's illegal to hitch in no-pedestrian zones like freeways but other places it seems to vary state to state. I However, don't think it's against be stupid and jump off when the trains are moving too quickly. One hitchhiker had the terrible experience of seeing a teenager jump off a train which came from Brisbane to the law at all Sunshine Coast in most places Queensland and I've never had any troubles anywhere in that did not end up well. That boy lost his life simply to save the eastern statescost of a short trip. What a waste.''

:''Wait on gas stations or truck stops for a ride. This way If you won't get into trouble with the police, can ask people for a lift and do jump onto rail services just make sure you're close to water, food and a toiletuse some common sense.''

Exact legislation can be found at Austlii;===For water===[http:First, make sure you have enough water (3 liters/day/wwwperson).austliiRemember that you can survive more than a month without food but that you will die without water in a few days.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/legis/wa/consol_reg/rtc2000113/s259.html?query=hitch%20hike WA]But if you get really stuck for water, you can still survive ;)[http://wwwFirst stop moving to keep your energy and relax as much as you can.austliiFind a spot with shadow next to the road and as soon as you hear a car coming from either direction stand up and show you are here.eduDestination doesn't matter, you just need to reach the first town.auYou can even have a “help” sign and look as innocent/cgi-binunarmed/disp.plhelpless/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/rr2008104/s236etc as you can, but mostly cars will stop or at least slow down.html?query=Road%20Rules%202008%20REG%20236 NSW]

Find more information on Nomadwiki on how to [http://nomadwiki.org/en/Outback_(Australia)#How_to_survive_in_the_Outback.3F find water] and to [http://nomadwiki.org/en/Purifying_water clean it]!===For a place to stay or for food===See [http://nomadwiki.org/en/Australia Particular AdviceNomadwiki] as it is more relevant for this website.== Personal experience ==''I have hitched the entire coastline of Australia poses some interesting , and unique challengers for hitchhikers, distances although there are sometimes long waits between populated areas can be vastrides, by far the majority I have met some of Australians live next to the sea, with the majority of those living in the state capital cities. Temperatures in inland Australia can exceed 50 degrees Celsius in summer most generous and go well below freezing in winter. In many ways Australia is an extreme environment, with some pretty extreme pests, welcoming people and weather, when it rains it pours, when it blows up a gale, it howls. But in saying this when Australia or Australians smile on Make sure youget to the edge of the towns, just where the heavens open up highways start or turn from above and you can find yourselfa 70 into a 100 km/h zone, taken in, taken home and for all practical purposes adopted for lifeor similar.'' - Author unknown

==When you're really stuck for a place to stay...==You know you're off I hitched around 4,000km in the tourist track when you get to a town with out a backpackersstates of NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Most small towns have a town pub that offers pretty cheap accommodation and many have a free campground on teh edge There are plenty of town or a picnic spot beside a river*Schoolyards, normally there is somewhere discrete under cover, in long lay-by stop areas along most small towns there is green grass, highways (including Pacific Highway) where cars can easily and even toilets and drinking water, just set your alarm early and get out before 7:30ish when cleaning staff etc may start safely pull off the highway to arrivepick you up. I found any highway (The primary school on thee edge especially Pacific Highway) with a decent amount of traffic is very reliable with average waiting time of My Isa has rescued me on more 15-20 minutes and never any longer than one occasion30-40 minutes.*Non Returned soldiers In more rural areas at Cemeteries, clearly not for the superstitious, but these sites, tend to have nice soft green grass, and backroads I often have free public toilets encountered as little as 10 cars per hour and fresh drinking water. The cemetery at the end of thee railway line sometimes only 1-2 per hour, but people living in Hexam on your way north out of Sydney is a classic, if headed north through from Canberra or Melbourne, rural areas are much more likely to pick you can jump up as they know they may be the train in Campbeltown or Paramateronly car for a while. The Australians are very welcoming and hospitable, ride it through to Central, change to on many occasions the Newcastle line, then switch driver would offer a place to stay for the Hexam line, and get off at the unnamed station night with a meal or insist on giving me 20 dollars for freefood. When hitching in cities, right next to the best cemetery I pedestrians have ever slept in, right next sometimes come to the princess highway.*Many remote areas have shade structures as bus shelters, these can provide quite me and again insist upon giving me money for a comfortable nights sleep, as can late night train stations (spent my time on ticket further down the floor of the girls toilet road. I felt very at Ningin railway station) Church Foyers (3 nights in home hitching here, the foyer generosity of the underground church in Cooperpeedy).*Showgrounds on the edge of towns often have toilets water and a place undercoverpeople being overwhelming.'' - Jools 2011

==When really stuck for food...==''I have been helped out when stuck for up to 3 days in a small town, by the Country Womens Association, best scones number of my lifeplaces in Australia (notably Coober Pedy and Ningin), nothing beats hunger to increase whilst on the flavour of jam and creamother hand I've eaten my share of roadside fruits from passing orchards, and cooked my share of roadkill, been given the smell quickly gives away the freshness or otherwise. The best introduction you'll ever have keys to roadkill delights is a fresh kangaroo tail. Make sure the tale is still flexible family holiday home and the smell is only of dirty fur, not the smell of old meat, Kangaroos are hit by trucks everyday in Aus, so this is not as uncommon as it sounds. Hack off the tale as close the rump as possible, do this by cutting all told to make myself at home when I get there (In Manjimup on the way around the tail, through the furfrom Perth to Albany), then levering and breaking the tail between two vertebrate, nit as hard or messy as it sounds. I recommend dragging the roo off behind some bushes before you start this process as mad hitchhikers wielding knives under the full moon, does not do much taken home for our reputation.To cook the tail, first build a large fire over some clean groundweek, preferably riverside sand, though well above the water table, when the fire is at full blaze, singe all the fur off the tail, scraping it clean with the back of a knife or a sharp rock, repeat this a few times as it takes a while to sear off all the fur, being careful not to over cook or burst the skin as this is the wrapping material for cookingnurtured and spoiled rotten. Let your fire burn down till it has strong hot coals and Whatever the ground below has started to really heat up (30-40mins depending how much of a fire circumstance you made) scrap the fire off to one side and dig a whole find yourself in the sand where the fire was using a stick, bury the tail about 15-20cm below the surface (checkmore than in other countries, but this area should already be nice and hot by now)and return the fire to aboveprepared. Re-stoke the fire and cook for a further 40mins till the fire dies down. letting the fire die down slowly will allow the Tail to really cook through nicely. Scrap the fire out of the way and dig up the tail. You will know when it is done, if the fat is sizzling and the skin is starting to split in places, if still not done, roll over and cook for a further 20'' -30mins. The amount of fat and grissle in the tail ensures that this is one of the few parts of the roo that its hard to actually over cookSnake is also a great introduction to roadkill, choose a fresh wet smelling snake, chop off the head and squashed bits, cut open along the belly and degut, sew the stomach back together with thin twigs and cook as per instructions for roo tail above. the same goes for most lizardsNothing beats the total delight of fresh billy tea boiled in a discarded coke can, fresh damper and road kill under a full moon beside the road...Author unknown

If really stuck in ''I hitched from Perth to Uluru via the middle of nowhereGreat Eastern & Central Highways, then north and yes it does happen east via Stuart, Barkly, and has happened Landbrough Highways to me! Remember Brisbane. Journey took 10 days and 16 rides. Be ready to go into casual energy conservation modeby sunrise, wander down as most traffic in the road till you find a nice shady spot not to far outback is in the mornings, and rarely any traffic in the afternoon. Daylight is your friend for getting rides. Hitch from the road edge and chill outof towns, as inside towns you won't get up when rides. Truckies will only give you can hear a car approaching from either directionrides if you befriend them, and stand beside the road, looking clean presentable forlorn and lostthey will never stop... a "help" sign helps, but many Nomads (people with caravans) will slow downnever ever give a hitchhiker a ride due to their prejudices, look very innocentso be fun with them to boost your morale. Times for rides were 2 minutes, look very unarmed etc10 minutes, remember the primary aim at this point is to get out of wherever you are15 minutes, which direction simply does not matter2 hours, just get to the nearest town. You can live for a month without food3 hours, but you will die without water in a few 3 days, 1 hour, night+morning, 1 hour, night+morning, 1 hour, 1 hour, night+morning, night+morning, night+morning.'' - [[User:Balupton|Balupton]] ([[User talk:Balupton|talk]]) 4 June 2015 (CEST)

Yes you can drink your own piss to stay alive''I hitchhiked up and down the Stuart Highway and Kakadu National Park and bits and pieces of New South Wales, no its not pleasant, no Tasmania and almost regularly on the remote Tanami Highway. Generally I don't recommend found iteasier to get lifts in remote areas. If you are stuck on one of Australias mad dirt "highways" like Especially in the Tanami outback and close to Aboriginal settlements. There might be two or the Gunbarrel, a solar still is your best betthree cars per hour on some roads. Choose a But chances that they pick you up are very sunny location and Dig high. There is a whole great sense of caring. Some Australians are truly paranoid about hitchhikers due to some events in the ground as big as past. Tradies (craftsmen) are friendly quite often while tourists are certainly less likely to pick you have up and Australia is a plastic bag or tarp or tent fly to cover it, (1mx1m up to 1.5mx1very individualistic country.5m, 30-50cm deep), place a container Kakadu National Park was hard in the middle of the wholebeginning but turned out allright.. rides side coke can is fine, grind the top off on the road by rubbing around and around in circles, doesnI just don't take that long like it when your boredthere are too many tourists vans driving by. Place your piss, green branches, fresh road kill (or better At stages I picked up 10 litres of water and just its blood) or anything wet in walked along the whole around road. It seemed to have quite an effect on some people who gave me a lift to find me standing next to the canroad far away from anything else. You can include battery acid, Radiator water etcIn Kakadu you are supposed to stick to campsites for camping though. Stretch your fly/tent/tarpAll in all it is not a walker/plastic over the top of the whole, sealing around the edges with sand or dirthitchhiker friendly national park. Place All in all Australia is a great country for hitchhiking because a small rock in the middle lot of the tarp/plastic/fly so the whole top slopes down people are open and like to above the talk. You hear great stories on your way and can learn a lot. Hitchhiking can, leave in the sun for 4be truly adventurous here.''-5hours Japanangka 14. This also works for really muddy shitty water when u have no fire to cook it09. 16

Other than thatI hitchhiked around the entire country with $1 in 2016 starting and ending in Melbourne passing every major city and lots of small towns in between during wet season which took about 7 weeks, you can get away with drinking just bout any water if you can boil it for including a day of not a good 10-15mins. This includes, roadside puddles, brown sludge from underground, radiator liquid. As an old blackfella friend single offer of mine once said, when looking for water a ride up in the outback, simply head down hill a tiny town Northern Territory (after 12 hours and when you get sunburn on my hitchhiking arm a local I'd chatted to the lowest point dig while getting a flat white and a pie at 6 a whole.m passed me at 6 p.. this works really well if there are any large hills or rock outcrops around, but for m and took me home fed me watered me gave meinternet, is laundry and a tad harder when lift to the whole landscape appears flat same spot next morning where after 30 minutes I got a ride) and Ia week of being invited into a local'm bloody thirstys home.... either way Hitchhiking is my advice still stands... stick to the roadlifestyle, the road and in Australia especially it is your friend. its actually pretty hard to get lost in the desert or outback, you really have to try hard. a cursory glance at a map should tell you which way the nearest roads are before you head out to wherever your heading, by walking only ion the early morning or late evening, you can easily know if your walking generally east west north or south simply by the sun anglerespected as such, then rest during the day and the night and head for the nearest decent road. In the heat of the dayeven though now, semi burying yourself in the sand under the shade of a tree helps, but gets boring. Sorting gravel into different colored piles loses its attraction after a few days as does plying god with the ants...2023 most drivers I meet tell me they hardly see any hitchhikers anymore

Hitchhikernick - I have visited nearly every nook and cranny of Australia has water legislation that makes it mandatory to share water if you . Pick up times have it, makes it legal for anyone varied from seconds to have access 3 days. The longest wait was in Kununurra heading towards Catherine where I waited 3 days with my skis and had to any permanent river or water sourcefollow the shade of the speed sign at edge of town in 35 centegrade heat, thankfully there were hospitable locals who helped me out until i finally got a lift.

All I saw stunning places that I never envisaged in all, you will probably Australia. I never need had issues with cops anywhere except for Queensland where they do actually enforce the above tips, but if your not on the edge of your comfort zone, your not tryinglaw against hitching, so you gotta be careful and for me being stuck discreet in teh middle of nowhere and learning to chill and enjoy, is the true zen of Hitchhikingthat territory.

Some of my most amazing experiences have included a night wrapped in cardboard in abandoned wheat silo in the cold of winter, sharing a humpy Not had much luck with blackfellas in a town camp on the edge of tennant creekroadtrains, waking up by bashing my head mostly just private cars. Never get on the underside back of vehicle if going through desert unless you want a dodge van i had crawled under serious red dusting like I experienced when coming back to avoid the rain to be offered a cupa tea by the occupants, digging my car out of a saltlake when we took a wrong turn with two English backpackers as rain clouds loomedHalls Creek from Wolfe Creek crater... This to me is the real Australia (dave hodgkin)

==Personal experiences==:''I have hitched the entire coast line of Australia, and although there are sometimes a long wait between rides, I have met some of the most generous and welcoming peopleEasy peasy to camp, just make sure you get have a tent to stop the edge of creepy crawlies and snakes getting you. Surprisingly the towns, just where the highways start kangaroos never jumped on or turn from a 70 into a 100, or similarkicked/boxed my tent whilst I was camping.'' (author unknown)

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==Highways==

* [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Motorway]], from Sydney to Brisbane

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