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There is a truckstop (If you get asked to leave the gas station by the Uncle Leo's Roadhouse) as well as well as a busy staff, or if you prefer to just thumb it, 100m further on-rampdown Cambelltown road there is good place for cars to pull over just after the traffic lights. Try The road is busy here and the traffic moves fairly fast, but its easy to get catch a ride that will take you at least to pheasants nest gas station which is about 60 kilometres up the road.
To find this hitching spot on a map search for ''Uncle Leo's Roadhouse''.====Option 2 ====
====Option 2 ==== ''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = 6$4.6050''
There are plenty of options for heading out of Sydney going north. The by far easiest one is to catch a train to Hexham ($8.30) where the Pacific Highway begins. It is however a 3 hour train ride. So if you for one option or the other would prefer to start closer to Sydney itself the mishmash of options found below might give you an idea of how to do that. To get to Hexham catch a train on the Newscastle and Central coast linand line and get off in at Hamilton Station to switch trains to the Hunter line for the last few stops til Hexham. From the station simply cross the foot bridge and stand hitch near the bus stop. The traffic is fast moving but there is room for people to pull offover. [[User:Peacehead|Peacehead]] got a ride from a truckie all the way to Byron from here. [[User:Blink0|Blink0]] (CET) got offered several rides from here, and finally accepted a ride going with a German backpacker all the way to Byron Bay on a 2 day roadtrip!
But as said, it is a 3 hour trainride so if you want to start closer from Sydney there are plenty of other options.==== Option 2 ====
* [[The "F3" Freeway]] ("National 1") is the main roadway running North from Sydney, catering for nearly all traffic. Being a Freeway, it is not open to pedestrian traffic, and trying to walk along it is likely to attract unwanted attention from the cops. Options for trying to get a lift up the F3:** Try and meet drivers at the gas stations ("service/petrol stations") around Thornleigh on [[Pennant Hills Road]] ("The Cumberland Highway"). This road services the majority of interstate and heavy traffic, and as these are the last fuel stops for anyone headed North, so most people will stop in, plus a 24 hour McD's also draws in traffic.** If coming up The Pacific Highway from Sydney, the last fuel stop is at Turramurra.** Failing all that, there is a truck rest bay at the end of the F3, under the roadbridge intersection with the Pacific Highway. Trucks tend to hold up here when they need to take their legislated rest breaks, or when traffic is so heavy that they'd rather let it all pass by. The rest bay is not well lit, and access to it is a bit sketchy (walking down active roadways), so this is a last resort option.==== Option 3 ====
Or, you can avoid the confusion caused by the exit ''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney (and the fact that alot of drivers tend to have their blinkers on and arenCentral = $3.40''t on the lookout for hitchers), and catch the train out of town and a bit further up the road.
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==== Option 1====
''Single off-peak train fare on the train from Sydney Central = 5$3.0040''
Catch the a train to Glenfield station on the Cambelltown line and from there you can either walk down the private road ''Roy Watts Road'' road all the way to a T-junction Cambelltown road and then turn right, a option which requires you to squeeze through a hole in a fence. This private road also has "no trespassing" signs at the start of it! Otherwise just walking walk down glenfield Glenfield road , it takes longer but has no fences to squeeze through or high fenced private property to traverse. At the end of Glenfield road turn left on to Cambelltown road and walk up to the truckstop called 'Uncle Leo's Roadhouse'. Ask drivers at this truckstop for a ride down the Hume Fwy, and try to get a ride that will take you at least to 'Pheasants Nest' which is the next large gas station about 60 kilometres down the road.
Catch a train to to Macarthur Station at the end of the Campbelltown line to Macarthur Station, walk north to Narellan road and try to find a car there. If you want to increase traffic, follow Narellan Road to the intersection of Hume Hwyand try on the onramp. Note: don't try to cut through the university from the train station directly to the intersection of Hume and Narellan - unless you are happy to climb a fence.
=== South towards [[Melbourne]] via the coastal [[Princes Highway]] ===
==== Option 1 ====
''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $3.40'' Take a train to Heathcote station on the illawarra Illawarra line to "Heathcote". Cross the railway bridge and walk to the highway. There is a large petrol station on your left, Caltex I think. This is the last petrol station for quite a way so lots of cars heading south stop here. If you get tired of waiting at the petrol station then walk up the highway for 5 minutes heading south - past the caravan park there is a good spot with a stopping lane, and the cars are only just coming out of 50km speed limit here.
==== Option 2 ====
''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $5.80'' Catch a train to Dapto station on the Woolongong line (about $5 concession). It's about a 2 hour train ride and you end up an easy the highway is about 200m walk from the highwaystation. There's a shopping centre ("Dapto Mall") on the highway near the train station, if you walk about 600m south from here there you'll find a bus stop with a long line of sight for drivers to see you, and room for them to pull over. Louisa and Liam waited here for 15 minutes until they got a ride to Nowra.
=== North towards [[Byron Bay]], [[Brisbane]] ===
==== Option 1 ====
''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $5.80''
Catch a train to Hexham station on the Hunter line, it brings you about 200 kms north of Sydney where the Pacific Highway begins. This train journey takes 3 hours, so if you prefer to start closer to Sydney itself and probably hitch faster than the train would take to get to Hexham, follow options 2 or 3.
The two main roadways out of Sydney come to a junction around Hornsby.
''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $''
* [[The Pacific Highway]] is the name shared by a number of roads which form a chain going up the East coast of Australia. Between Sydney and Hornsby, it is the main arterial road, but between Hornsby and Gosford it has been, for the most part, superceded by [[The "F3" Freeway]] (logically marked "National 1" on street signs), and is only one lane in each direction for good stretches, twisty, turny and doesn't get much traffic (unless the F3 is closed, in which case, you start seeing massive trucks trundling down tiny roadways). Due to the low traffic volumes, unless you are wanting to stop between Hornsby and Gosford (and you can get a lift all the way), it is recommended that you look at the F3.
Catch a train to Wahroonga station on the Hornsby or Berowra line. Exit the station, walk south to the Pacific Highway, then turn right and walk west up the Pacific Hwy for about 600m. Just across a bridge over the Pacific Motorway you will see the onramp leading to the north down to the Motorway. Hitch at the onramp where there is a small but suitable space for cars to stop. The Pacific Motorway (M1), formally the "F3 Freeway", is the main roadway going North from Sydney, catering for a lot of traffic. There isn't a lot of time for drivers to see you and most traffic follows the double lane righthand turn from the Pacific Hwy, but even considering this, you shouldnt wait long for a drivers to stop. If your hitching to Gosford Its very easy and quick to get a ride from here. If you want to go further north, the
Options for trying to get a lift up the F3:
** Try and meet drivers at the gas stations ("service/petrol stations") around Thornleigh on [[Pennant Hills Road]] ("The Cumberland Highway"). This road services the majority of interstate and heavy traffic, and as these are the last fuel stops for anyone headed North, so most people will stop in, plus a 24 hour McD's also draws in traffic.
* Catch * If coming up The Pacific Highway from Sydney, the train going to Newcastle and change last fuel stop is at Hamilton station (just before Newcastle) for Turramurra. ** Failing all that, there is a train to Hexham ($8.30). Cross truck rest bay at the end of the F3, under the foot bridge and stand near roadbridge intersection with the bus stopPacific Highway. The Trucks tend to hold up here when they need to take their legislated rest breaks, or when traffic is fast moving but there so heavy that they'd rather let it all pass by. The rest bay is room for people not well lit, and access to pull off. [[User:Peacehead|Peacehead]] got it is a ride from a truckie all the way to Byron from here. [[User:Blink0|Blink0]] bit sketchy (CETwalking down active roadways) got offered several rides from here, and finally accepted going with so this is a German backpacker all the way to Byron Bay on a 2 day roadtrip!last resort option.
=== North-West towards ''Bathurst'' via the ''Great Western Highway'' ===
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