Ok, rob and i + a friend who drove us up there have seen the car today. Theres nothing to say really...
They slapped on some different plates (presumed stolen aswell.) and stripped almost everything (mirrors, side indicators, door handles etc)
About 5 metres from rob's car was a patch of grass with burn marks, where they had burnt a holden ute last week. (as we were told by a local, probably by the same re***ds)
Time for some old vigilante action i'd say.