George Batchelor, from Artarmon, had been at a New Year's Eve party in Bondi. Driving a blue and white 1960 Holden station sedan, he left the party with several passengers, including Maureen Sutherland. Having dropped the other passengers at Leichhardt, he and Miss Sutherland drove to the Fuller's Bridge area, which was a local lovers' lane.

Approaching from the west, he drove across the bridge, and then turned to the right, off the road and onto the dirt track beside which Dr Bogle's body would be later discovered. At the entrance to the track he saw a white car parked. The car looked like a station wagon

Batchelor drove along the track and parked at the entrance to Chatswood Golf Course. According to Miss Sutherland's watch, the time was 3:50am. It was just getting light.

After being parked for some time, Batchelor and Miss Sutherland noticed a man, further up the hill than Batchelor's car. Batchelor later described him at the Bogle-Chandler inquest as wearing a t-shirt and shorts.

The man's presence made Miss Sutherland uneasy and they decided to leave. By Batchelor's estimate, 45 minutes had passed since they'd first traversed the track. On the way back to the road, Batchelor kept an eye out for the man but didn't see him again. Back on the road, Batchelor vaguely noticed a Ford Prefect parked by itself on the other side of the road. He then drove away.

Later, as he told the inquest, he had read in the papers that the police were looking for a blue and white Holden station sedan that had been seen in the area. That car being his own, he had come forward to give evidence.