✈️ Travel Oct 9, 2026 · Aston Brown

I hitchhiked from Sydney to Perth, and found comfort in the company of strangers

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I hitchhiked from Sydney to Perth, and found comfort in the company of strangers
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The lost practice of hitchhiking is a subculture, an art, and a way of travel that satisfies wanderlust like no other trip. Plus, it costs nothingGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI’m alone, hunched over by a dusty road junction, and feeling the bite of the morning sun. I’ve already been waiting here, on the outskirts of Esperance on the south coast of Western Australia, for more than three hours. Another wave of traffic approaches. I smile, stretch out my arm and raise my thumb.Most dr

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