SouthAussie
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I'm not sure exactly what part of the road the van was spotted, but if it's the road that was searched by police years later (Houston Mitchell Drive) then I recall from the times I've driven that road to visit family there is a winery out there. It's accessible by a sealed road off HMD. Could it have been someone leaving the winery pulled over for some reason?
It was Houston Mitchell Drive. Spedding, coincidentally, drove past the search site just as police were going to start searching.
It seems that the testimony/statement said that the van was driving out of a bush trail ... not sure that can be taken that it was pulled over.
As the driver stopped the van 'abruptly' and ducked their head not to be seen as they were driving out of the trail, it might be that the driver recognised the vehicle that was driving by as Dean Pollard's vehicle?