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In the coastal and “high”-density areas of Australia, from about [[Adelaide]] 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 [http://nomadwiki.org/en/Outback_(Australia) Outback], though, you may get more empty beer cans thrown at you than rides; some hitchhikers, however, wouldn't agree with that, stating that even hitchhiking through the desert can be pretty good, 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 Melbourne
Because 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.