A car is not just a vehicle to Joshua Morgan. It's an unfolding story.
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A "third-generation Holden driver", since the age of 18, Mr Morgan's journey has taken place behind the wheel of a Holden.
"I don't remember when I first came across that kind of car, they've always been there," he said.
"My grandfather had one of the first models. It's gone now, but I did get one of the hubcaps. It's a bit banged up but it reminds me of the stories he told me of where he went in it."
The cars have become synonymous with the nostalgic details of his own childhood, and the epic tales of his family's adventures.
"Back when my dad was a kid, they'd go on holidays in the old station wagon. They'd fit 10 kids in it and have their homemade caravan on the back driving off to Queensland," he said.
"The 1970s, it was a different time. The youngest [child] would be sitting on grandma's lap, the second youngest was on the floor, and they'd be going over barges and the whole thing. It took them three days to get there."
Mr Morgan's first car - a 1974 Holden Kingswood - has been with him now for 16 years, taking him through 60,000km of his first years as an apprentice plasterer.
Now relegated to his "weekender car", Mr Morgan has since owned a 2003 Commodore ute and continues to drive a 2002 Rodeo dual cab ute, which he purchased in 2012. That particular model had been something he'd wanted since he was 15 years old.
"I remember when I saw it, I wanted one. But with no money and no licence, I had no chance of getting one at the time," he said.
Through a serendipitous meeting, he ended up buying one second-hand.
"I was out at a church youth sports day, just a get together with some friends and I saw it parked there," he said.
"I thought 'that's a nice ute', and the owner was actually sitting next to me and said, 'yeah I'm thinking of selling it'. So I bought it."
General Motor's announced this week that the Holden brand will cease to exist by 2021, prompting fans like Mr Morgan to lament its loss.
But the news has not come as a complete shock given that the company has already rolled their final car off the assembly line in October 2017.
"When they stopped production in Australia, that felt like the end of Holden, that was a sad day," Mr Morgan said.
"This was the finalisation of that decision, just confirmation that it's not coming back.
It's been a symbol of Australia for many years. The word 'iconic' gets thrown around a lot, but I don't think there will be a replacement for it."
Having become such a part of his family and his life, saying goodbye to Holden has brought significant grief.
"It's weird to think about how it makes you feel, but it does feel like someone's died."