Family holiday destination
The Gold Coast.
Long drive, car towing boat.
Mum, Roger, 4 brothers & friends.
Doesn’t fit.
Our proposition: we’ll hitchhike!!*
Proposition eventually accepted,
We plan route, strategy.
3-man “hitching” group, impractical.
Group to split.
A single & a pair.
Lone hiker changing at
Designated rendezvous points & times.
Note:
* By “we” here I mean me and the two friends I had coming along – Greg Totman & Paul Smith.
Hitch-hiking from Penrith to Gold Coast – 900km (560 miles)
365 Short Memories 
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