Well before the year 2000 myself and a mate hitchhiked from the outskirts of Melbourne and up the Hume highway 1,000 km to a motoring event at Bathurst, New South Wales. The event held over the Easter long weekend. Picked up late Friday and arrived the following morning by about midday Saturday. Hitchhiked all night through periods of rain and fog. Periods of waiting for a lift beside the dark roadside. To my amazement done in good time. Picked up by cars or ute's not trucks. The drivers were assorted farmers and families. At the event we spent time on the hill campground with thousands of revellers enjoying the party atmosphere. One of the funniest things I seen was an overturned car bonnet removed from an old car and a tow rope had been affixed to a car with a man skiing and pulled along behind with the bonnet underneath. Weaving a path along grass tracks near campsites. Very unsafe I imagine. I got an express bus to return home to be ready to work on the Wednesday. First and only time hitchhiking. Not encouraged and illegal in Victoria. I haven't seen a hitchhiker for years now. 

Early one Saturday morning hours before sunrise and driving across country Victoria to reach the Great Ocean Road a bright glow of green lit up most of the clear night sky. Lasting several seconds. Local ABC radio was playing. Within a short time the announcer proclaimed the station had taken phone calls from puzzled listeners seeing the same thing. I have since found out a larger falling meteor is like this. If the meteor is made of iron and nickel it producers a green glow from friction in the atmosphere.

Lake Argyle area in tropical Western Australia. In the tropical top northwest of the State. Night time solo driving from Kununurra to return to Lake Argyle Resort along the Lake Argyle Road. On return to the resort from Kununurra, past the bridge and on the only road in and out, and still 25 km to the campsite, I  noticed a small speed hump across the sealed road. Upon driving closer only then I realised it was a python tail stretching two thirds across the road from the bush. The standard sealed road width in Australia is 3.5 metres. With this in mind, I would think around 4 metre's in length or 13 feet. I drove around on the right side road shoulder. No problem and kept driving. No other traffic at all. But it did make me think about securing my tent site.