Daniel James Morcombe
11.54am: The committal has been adjourned until February 4.
11.29am: Coolum Beach man Troy Meiers has described to the court seeing a car repeatedly circle a roundabout at the Kiel Mountain Rd overpass in the days before Daniel Morcombe's disappearance.
''You talked about a white van and it was driving in a particularly peculiar manner,'' defence lawyer Tim Meehan asked in cross examination.
''Yes,'' Mr Meiers said.
''It was a bit of a bizarre thing...so I took a bit of notice.
''(The driver) had long hair, like a hippy type of look.
''I sort of gathered it was female.''
Mr Meiers said he believed he saw the van on December 5 or 6.
On the day of Daniel's disappearance, December 7, Mr Meiers said he was again driving near the overpass when he spotted an old blue sedan parked on an exit.
''There was a man leaning against the back of the car just standing there looking back towards my direction with his arms crossed,'' he said.
''He had really pronounced cheek bones. To me he looked like someone who had been on drugs a long time.
''I remember thinking what a waste of breath this guy is.''
He said the man had an unwashed look and a goatee.
About 15 minutes later, he saw the car and the man again.
Mr Meiers said the man was walking towards a boy - who he believes was Daniel Morcombe - who was standing under the overpass.
''Daniel was standing on the south bound side of the Nambour Connection Rd, right in deep under the bridge,'' he said.
Defence lawyer Tim Meehan asked what the man was doing at that time.
''Just walking towards him,'' Mr Meiers said.
Mr Meehan showed the court a photograph of a white Mitsubishi Pajero 4WD.
''That's not the car you saw?'' he asked.
''No,'' Mr Meiers replied.
It was not until a year later that Mr Meiers called Crime Stoppers to report what he had seen after seeing a segment on television about Daniel's disappearance.
''(My wife said) you might have that one piece of evidence they need,'' he said.
9.42am: A man has described seeing a blue or grey car stopped on an exit lane near the Kiel Mountain Rd overpass on the day Daniel Morcombe disappeared.
Palmwoods man Ian Gotham said he was driving from Nambour to Maroochydore on December 7, 2003, when he spotted the car.
He later called police to tell them of the vehicle after Daniel's disappearance was reported.
Mr Gotham told police the car was ''boxy shaped'', possibly a Ford XD, a Corolla or Corona, blue or grey in colour.
Defence lawyer Tim Meehan showed Mr Gotham a picture of a white 4WD Pajero.
''This is not the car you were describing?'' he asked.
Mt Gotham agreed it was not.
Brett Peter Cowan, 43, has been charged with Daniel's murder.
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