Tonight, we journey back to post-war Australia, to a time when the nation was dreaming of progress, freedom and a future built with its own hands. It was more than just a motor car. It became a symbol of Australian life itself, family holidays, country roads, first jobs, first kisses and long drives into the unknown.

In this soothing bedtime story, Cheralyn Darcey explores the remarkable story behind the very first Holden, the people who built it, and how one car came to capture the spirit of an entire nation.

Settle in, relax, and drift back to an Australia of service stations, dusty highways and optimism under wide southern skies.

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