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===HITCHING SOUTH ===
Toward Balclutha, Queenstown, Wanaka, The Catlins, Invercargill.
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X marks the hitching spot
The best option (see map) is to take a local public transport bus from the Octagon in the centre of the city to the Caversham shopping area $4 approx. The Lookout Point bus or probably the Mosgiel bus and possibly the Corstrophine bus go near or past the Caversham shops, just ask the driver. From the shops walk south along South St, just before you get to the motorway lights cross the road and walk on the right hand side of Caversham Place (a small dead end street with residental houses on one side). Just before the end of the street walk accross the grass to the right to get to the motorway and walk a little way up the motorway about 20m to where there is an extra lane. The extra lane is for cars to turn into Burnett st a little further up but it is hardly ever used, so the start of that extra lane is an ultra safe place for people to stop and pick you up. Although it is possibly technically not legal, the police have seen me there hitching alot of times and have never stopped. The first sensible spot to get a ride to is East Tairei. DO NOT accept rides to Mosgiel (often if you ask, the driver will be happy to take you to East Tairei because they can take a different road back to Mosgiel without much trouble for them). ALSO do not accept rides to Green Island, there is nowhere to hitch there and you will be forced to either risk a big fine on the motorway or have to bus back to Dunedin.....
If you are going through Milton, then through Balcutha sometimes the ride you have is going to turn off onto highway 8 to Queenstown or Wanaka. In this case get out at Milton and continue to hitch from there rather than at the Wueenstown Queenstown turn off which is about 10km out of Milton and impossible to hitch south from... If you are going to Queenstown or Wanaka and your ride is going to balcutha it is no problem to get out at the turn off just south of Milton as there is a great place to hitch on highway 8 toward queenstown or wanaka. * [[User:krischoon|krischoon]]: I went to the end of Cumberland St, there is a fuel station you can ask there or stand on the right side of the St but for me both options didn't went well so I walked on to the motorway and stood on the lawn. It's a quite dangerous place but I god a right there.
=== HITCHING NORTH ===