Should you be allowed to photograph such, when attending at to inspect?
You can in NSW. The Act says this:
(4) A person entitled to inspect a document may take extracts from, or make a copy of, the document but must not, without the consent of the owners corporation, remove the document from the custody of the owners corporation.
However in Victoria, it says this:
(1) The owners corporation, on request by a lot owner, a mortgagee of a lot, a purchaser of a lot or the representative of a lot owner or mortgagee or purchaser of a lot, must make the records of the owners corporation required to be kept under this Division available to that person for inspection at any reasonable time, free of charge.
(2) The owners corporation may at the request of a person entitled to inspect the records and on payment of a reasonable fee provide a copy of any record of the owners corporation.
(3) A fee determined by the owners corporation for the purposes of this section must not exceed the prescribed maximum fee.
Now, does “provide a copy” mean allow you to photograph or scan it? It would depend on the individual manager. As for a reasonable fee, again, it would depend a lot on the strata manager. Use your phone if you can.