Hitchhiking in Australia
Hitchhiking to Australia
Recent reviews in Australia
-19.65899, 134.18686
September 2022, 11:00 a.m.It took extreme long - 6 hours, but then a long ride to Alice Springs in a giant truck
rating: 3/5, wait: 360 min π, ride: 563 km β
βWorldhitchhiker, Sat 24 Sep 2022, 16:11
-27.3081, 133.62542
Enough room to stop direct route south just not many people on the roadrating: 4/5, wait: 200 min
βBen, July 2025
-32.46882, 152.19597
I was lost in the middle of nowhere with my bike... Very few cars but hopefully one of them stopped!rating: 2/5, wait: 60 min πͺ§, ride: 79 km β
βRaphi, Sat 27 Jun 2020, 14:59
-32.11438, 133.67274
The best spot to catch a ride across the Nullabor. Key is to be there very early (5 am or so) because this is when the trucks leave. Got a ride by a guy with a caravan. Haven't had problems with the roadhouse ownerrating: 3/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 1398 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Fri 22 Nov 2024, 06:00
-32.51159, 137.80226
Service station with good traffic. But nobody went west or couldn't take me. After 2,5 h a truckie picked me up.rating: 2/5, wait: 150 min, ride: 488 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Thu 21 Nov 2024, 15:00
-34.1809, 138.15388
Cars go slow, enough space to pull over. Good spot to get to Port Augustarating: 5/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 235 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Thu 21 Nov 2024, 12:00
-34.75991, 138.59107
Service station, but not much traffic in the morning. Luckily the second driver picked me uprating: 3/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 95 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Thu 21 Nov 2024, 10:00
-37.35453, 140.84139
Very bad spot. Cars pass you with 100 km/h. But there is space to stop. Only got picked up because the guy forgot something to drop off in Penola and then came back and saw me again.rating: 1/5, wait: 180 min, ride: 421 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Mon 18 Nov 2024, 15:00
-37.80677, 140.79159
Traffic light, but not too much space to stop. DON'T ACCEPT RIDES TO PENOLA! I asked if there is a service sation AT the highway but there isn't!!rating: 3/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 60 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Mon 18 Nov 2024, 11:00
-38.66198, 143.1045
Many tourists, most of them went eastrating: 4/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 279 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Sun 17 Nov 2024, 16:00
-38.78259, 143.53668
Bad spot. Cars doesn't see u well and go by fast. Got picked up by someone who came from the lighthouserating: 3/5, wait: 45 min, ride: 50 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Sun 17 Nov 2024, 11:00
-38.76275, 143.66989
Decent amout of traffic (off season)rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 15 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Sun 17 Nov 2024, 10:00
-38.66654, 143.86174
Most traffic goes direction of Apollo Bay. Not a lot traffic out of main seasonrating: 4/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 24 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 15:00
-38.63499, 143.89094
Local picked me up to bring me to Kenneth River. Told me good spots to see Koalas. But not much traffic out of the main seasonrating: 4/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 5 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 14:00
-38.54269, 143.97597
It rained cats and dogs, so there was first no traffic. After the rain i catched a ride in 20 minrating: 4/5, wait: 120 min, ride: 16 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 11:00
-38.46542, 144.09912
Not much traffic in the morning (out of main season)rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 17 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Sun 17 Nov 2024, 09:00
-38.41895, 144.17445
Out of main season decent amout of traffic, not so many touristsrating: 4/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 9 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 14:00
-38.33911, 144.30695
Decent traffic towards the Great Ocean Roadrating: 4/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 18 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 13:00
-38.19597, 144.34242
Driver turned around and drove me to Torquay, even it wasn't on his wayrating: 4/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 19 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, March 2025
-37.4042, 145.01579
Not mutch shade, decend traffic. Was lucky to be picked up by the first carrating: 3/5, wait: 2 min, ride: 29 km β
βgermanxhitchhiker, Thu 14 Nov 2024, 14:00
Recent reviews mentioning Australia
35.53549, 139.53339
Most drivers wouldn't look at me, or would just smile and go, the truck driver that gave me a ride told me that hitchhiking is not that common - he only took me because he was used to hitchhiking from AustraliaβPax, July 2012
-32.11438, 133.67274
Heading out to cross the Nullarbor, this BP station is strategically the best spot to look for a lift. Unfortunately, the roadhouse owner is one of the biggest pricks one can meet in Australia and will promptly kick you off the property (and then yell at you for an additional 5 minutes). It's best to avoid the property itself and stand adjacent to it, or you may get the cops called on you. Should the owner decide to bother you anyhow, there's no use reasoning with him, so just tell him to lick a camel's ass. Anyone planning to cross the Nullarbor should also note that the Ceduna IGA is the last reasonably priced grocery store that you will find for a long, long time, so stock up.βAnonymous, April 2012
-31.92778, 133.00775
If heading westward, do yourself a favor and turn down the ride offer to Penong. The same traffic will be passing through Ceduna, where there is a grocery, relatively inexpensive (for rural Australia, anyway) bottle shop, and a nice beach. Penong has none of these things, and both the petrol station and general store are very expensive. (The flies are horrible and there's hardly any shade, either.) If you are stuck here, camping spots aren't hard to find, and the pub is a friendly place to relax after a day of hitchhiking failure.βAnonymous, April 2012
-32.51198, 137.80385
This is the port Augusta "Train station". Catch road trains to Darwin and Perth, or the other way to Sydney, Adelaide, etc. If going North or West, don't settle for anything less than a ride all the way to where you are going. Good luck. This spot is excellent, compared with elsewhere in Australia.βAnonymous, October 2011
-28.63794, 153.58153
Seriously couldn't find a better hitching spot that this in australia. Anyone would get a lift in less than 5 mins. Anywhere on this road is good, but especially on the bit near the BP petrol station. Traffic will be going either North (towards brisbane) or West (to Lismore)rating: 5/5
βAnonymous