Inspired by the music of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, the works of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, and the social revolutions of the time, they flocked east aboard a patchouli-scented convoy of psychedelic buses, Bedford trucks and VW campervans.Thousands took to the road, fuelled by dope and the dream of nirvana.
The Orange novel is the semi-autobiographical Billie Morgan, about "a biker chick, one of the Devil's Own, real hardcore 70s Angels, speed and acid-fuelled road demons", whose youth ends in murder.
The film, written by Brian Price, is a black comedy about a fast food service worker who goes on a murderous, drug-fuelled road trip with a couple, then recounts her exploits to an author while on death row.
Cocaine-fuelled road trips, ping-ponging between New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas – am I close to the truth?
Since travel is often synonymous with cars, and given Andrew is a good sport, BBC Autos gave him a ring and grilled him about harrowing Brazilian cab rides, drug-fuelled road trips and the mysterious hills of Kansas.
People lay on the grass, stoned, watching and waiting, while road crews fuelled on Blue Sunshine LSD worked frantically through the night.
The lack of information has fuelled community opposition to the road, which has attracted names such as writer Ben Elton, a Fremantle resident who spoke against the planned road to a packed town hall meeting in July.
But when he abandoned his broken equipment and set off up the road he was fuelled by a cocktail of adrenaline, pure competitive instinct and a fear of falling behind at the very moment when he appeared ready to confirm his supremacy.
Sidwells notes that the the achievements of Tom Simpson, the UK's most successful post-war road racing cyclist, fuelled huge public interest in the sport at a time when it was barely televised.
Renwick's decision to kill Victor in a road accident was fuelled by the writer's concerns about reckless driving.
Generators provided power for residents at night and cooking was fuelled by bottled gas transported by road from São Filipe.
