Since it's been a while since the following events actually happened, I must rely on my diary, my fading memories and the blessings of digital photography. But I'll give it a shot.So after I came back to Sydney on March 12th, 2010, I spent a couple of nights in a hostel in the Kings Cross district and then got on a train to the Blue Mountains. Met three Dutch people there and we went hiking together and found a geocache. It's really beautiful up there and easy to reach from Sydney. If you are in the area you should go. I came back to Sydney in time for St. Patrick's day.
Two days later I started my hitchhiking adventure.
My goal was to hitchhike from Sydney to Melbourne. I took the train to the station Loftus which is located on the edge of Sydney and close to a highway. I positioned myself at the side of the highway and unpacked my little sign that said "Won't kill you". I must admit that this was not my idea but something I read somewhere on the net. But that sign worked wonders. Over the next few days people laughed at me, waved at me, honked at me, took pictures of me. And some people actually gave me a ride. Some of those had already passed me and came back because the sign made them laugh. And one young man actually gave me a ride even though it was actually in the opposite way that he was going. He said he had some time and didn't mind.
For my first ride I had to wait about 25 minutes. I was picked up by a guy who was probably in his forties how was a native from Samoa. He must have had German relatives because his name was Heini Rasch and his brother's name was Fritz. He gave me a ride to the city where he lived and actually did a little detour to show me a great viewpoint.
I only had to wait 6 minutes until the next person picked me up and then 2.5 minutes for my third ride. Only the the fourth and last ride of the day was a little tricky. Nobody would stop for a long time and I figured that I probably picked a bad spot. So I moved it a bit and then it didn't take long before Bill stopped and let me hop on. We had some good conversation and after a while he offered to sleep in his guest house in the garden. That was awfully nice of him. He introduced me to his wife and we had dinner together and then breakfast the next morning. Really awesome people. On said morning Bill gave me a ride to nearby Hyams Beach, supposedly the beach with the whitest sand in the world. It was pretty white, I must admit.On this day it took me 4 rides to get to Narooma where I walked around a bit and looked at the "Australia Rock". The average waiting time on this day was 18,5 minutes. Not bad at all. Next stop: Lakes Entrance!
