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In one hitcher's experience, mid-morning Saturday was the best time to find long rides. During the week much of the traffic is local and not good for an inter-city trip. You could also aim to get a lift toward's "Murray Bridge" (outside of Adelaide but in the direction of Melbourne) and get dropped off on a downhill section of the highway. Many trucks will pass you/pick you up heading to Melbourne. Another hitcher found it difficult to get a ride from the intersection on the edge of the city, but rather had more luck taking the bus to a place just a little further out along the highway.
== Things To Do In Adelaide ==
Adelaide has a bit of a small-city vibe, is nice and relaxed with a lot of parks, old (by Australian standards) and lovely buildings, and in autumn the streets and parks are filled with beautifully red-orange plane trees preparing for winter. It has a lot of students in the central city area and so you can find cheap places and artsy spaces around the city, and there is a lot of awesome street art on buildings and in lane ways. Various groups of fun people do things like create [http://www.thereadingroom-renewadelaide.blogspot.com.au/| The Reading Room], a lounge-room space in the city for anyone to hang out and read or make art, or [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dancing-Room/261295520577239| Dancing Room], getting together and put on music to have a boogie after work one day a week. Unfortunately The Reading Room had to close as of May 2013, but they are looking for a new space so search for them if you are visiting Adelaide, they do good things!
You can rent bicycles for free [http://www.bikesa.asn.au/AdelaideCityBikes| here] and take yourself around, there is a big old playground at St Kilda, and beaches to ride along if you want to make a day of it (you need to bring your passport to hire them). The small [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19903315| Himeji Garden] at the south-east corner of the city centre is beautiful to sit in, and open during the day, or the [http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/botanicgardens/home| Adelaide Botanical Gardens] offer a bigger space for plant lovers to play in. [https://plus.google.com/111063129093692378435/photos?hl=en| Magazine] gallery/studio/cafe serves an absolutely delicious Chocolate Marmalade Tea which this hitchhiker would consider coming back from Melbourne for another cup of at this moment..
