The coronial inquest into William Tyrrell's disappearance was located at the Taree Courthouse last week to allow the three-year-old's family to be present to hear some answers as to what happened to their boy.
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However at the end of the week the family was left with more questions than answers, after the inquest was impacted by delays and technical difficulties.
William Tyrrell went missing from his foster grandmother's home at Benaroon Drive, Kendall on September 12, 2014. He was wearing a Spiderman suit at the time.
The inquest into his disappearance is set to return to the Taree Courthouse in November, as Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame said last week it was "just scratching the surface".
The Taree-based hearing set its focus on Beneroon Drive resident Paul Savage over his movements before and after William went missing.
Over the three days, Mr Savage consistently reaffirmed to counsel assisting the coroner Gerard Craddock that his memory of the events are now somewhat cloudy.
During Mr Craddock's questioning of Detective Sergeant Laura Beacroft it was revealed she had received a statement from Kendall resident Ronald Chapman. He said he saw a child in the back of a car wearing a Spiderman suit on the day William disappeared.
Meanwhile on Friday, August 23 Dean Pollard backtracked on what he told police in January 2015 that he "definitely" saw Bill Spedding's work van coming out of a bush track the day after William went missing.
Mr Pollard was shown an image of the van owned by Mr Spedding in 2014. The van had writing on the front of it.
"You said the van you saw coming out of the bush, that you thought was Bill Spedding's van, didn't have writing on the front," Mr Craddock said to Mr Pollard.
"Correct," Mr Pollard said.
"Then it couldn't have been Bill Spedding's van coming out of the bush," Mr Craddock said.
On Wednesday, August 21 the inquest finished after 30 minutes as Paul Savage's lawyer Chris McGorey was required in Sydney.
On Thursday, August 22 there was a technical issue with a video shown in the courtroom of Kendall resident Paul Savage's walk through with police to piece together his version of events on the day William disappeared. It delayed the inquest for more than 45 minutes.
Meanwhile police and emergency services crews conducted a search around Herons Creek and Kendall last week.
Crews from NSW SES and NSW Police were seen searching a sawmill at Herons Creek on Tuesday, August 20.
NSW Police would not comment on what sparked the search and what they are endeavouring to uncover.
More than 54 people are on the list to present evidence to Ms Grahame.
Over five days the inquest heard from Detective Sergeant Laura Beacroft, Beneroon Drive resident Paul Savage and briefly from former Laurieton residents Angela Eschler and Gordon Wiegold.
The inquest is continuing this week in Sydney, where it heard from Margaret and Bill Spedding on Monday, August 26.
All of the evidence collected by Strike Force Rosann is being presented before Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame who will determine if the three-year-old did succumb to the rugged bushland around his grandmother's home, or was abducted by someone.
A $1 million reward remains in place for information leading to the return or recovery of William. It is one of the largest rewards offered in NSW history.
