The Nationals' campaign, colloquially known as the wombat trail, has been charging ahead at full steam, with the leader canvassing four states and thousands of kilometres in a week.
But while a wisdom is the collective for wombats, this doesn't always translate to the travelling campaign.
Their trail is far from as glamorous or regimented as the Liberal or Labor ones and the language is less polished.
As the prime minister and opposition leader posed with babies, David Littleproud cleaned baby spew off the floor of an outback pub in Winton.
As the two men vying for the top job roll into a city with a massive press pack before largely disappearing after holding a press conference, the Nationals leader usually ends the day at the local pub with his small team.
A small wooden wombat has also been travelling with the pack and has done so at every election since Mark Vaile took over as leader in 2005.
Mr Littleproud acknowledges the coalition had a rocky start to the first week of campaigning after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fired the starting gun the morning after a major opposition policy announcement.
Peter Dutton used his budget reply speech to unveil his signature energy policy of pumping more gas into the grid and setting up an east coast reserve to bring down power prices.
"That oxygen was sucked away because (Mr Albanese) drove down the road to see the governor-general," Mr Littleproud said.
"So obviously it was about trying to get that message and reset."
His circuit from regional Victoria, across NSW, up to Darwin and back down through Queensland over the second week gives an insight into their strategy and seats in play in the run up to the May 3 election.
Calare in central west NSW, which covers areas like Orange and Bathurst, is a key seat for the Nationals as it faces a challenge from former National turned independent Andrew Gee.
It's little wonder Mr Littleproud chose Mount Panorama in Bathurst to launch his key regional funding policy.
The coalition is also targeting both Northern Territory seats - Solomon, which takes in most of Darwin and Lingiari.
The outside money is on Bendigo, held by Labor on a more than 11 per cent margin, where the Nationals leader is making a habit of visiting.
All were toured by Mr Littleproud in the past week, across which he made a number of local funding and infrastructure announcements before unveiling his signature policy, a $20 billion regional investment future fund.
The perpetual fund that would spend $1 billion a year "should be a legacy for regional Australia", he said.
Victory was even sweeter for the junior coalition partner as news broke of the fund and some Liberal MPs began blinking twice at the size of the regional commitment.
Mr Littleproud's pitch can be whittled down to two major themes - cost of living and regional infrastructure.
The coalition's pledge to halve the fuel excise, which would bring petrol prices down 25 cents a litre for 12 months, is popular in the regions where people routinely drive hundreds of kilometres.
The second theme largely includes healthcare, childcare and aged care, where what can be viewed in Canberra as small contributions are life-changing amounts of money for locals.
An $8 million commitment for more aged care services in Winton was met with tears as residents were promised a coalition government would back their most cherished project.
Entire generations of families that have had to up and leave when elderly parents and grandparents couldn't find local beds would now be able to stay.
That's what Mr Littleproud wants his legacy for regional Australia to be.
