Australia AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025

[spiritualdreaming]

Wouldn't his body have floated by now though? I dont really know much about dams.

If the dam is full of thick clay like slit then it's pretty easy to get stuck. I've been in many dams over the years to set yabby nets and got stuck standing up a few times due to the thickness of slit in the dam.

Livestock get stuck in dams as well and takes alot to pull them out.

But that is all in a standing position.

There definitely wouldn't be any sort of big snags like tree branches you find in a river that a body could get trapped under.

So yeah a little baffling IMO that he would actually be stuck and being held down in a dam.

 

[spiritualdreaming]

So going by Google earth there is 3 dams all located under 600m from the homestead all close together. So I wonder why only 1 will be drained? Is it the one where they thought they found a footprint, but then dismissed it???

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://earth.google.com/web&ved=2ahUKEwi07Zyd6cqQAxUZzTgGHUOLCPQQFnoECA8QAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw25Rnm1mi6dA9iXjdZ7BBgZ

 

[iamshadow21]

If the dam is full of thick clay like slit then it's pretty easy to get stuck. I've been in many dams over the years to set yabby nets and got stuck standing up a few times due to the thickness of slit in the dam.

Livestock get stuck in dams as well and takes alot to pull them out.

But that is all in a standing position.

There definitely wouldn't be any sort of big snags like tree branches you find in a river that a body could get trapped under.

So yeah a little baffling IMO that he would actually be stuck and being held down in a dam.

The bottom of a very deep dam is going to be cold, and anaerobic. That factors in to how a body decomposes.

For example, look at the handful of remains found in Lake Mead the other year when they had record low levels. A couple of the ones identified were known drowning victims who had never surfaced, even though they hadn't been swimming alone so it was known exactly where they went under and they had been searched for thoroughly.

MOO

 

[JLZ]

If the searchers can't necessarily find a small child in a piece of land that vast then i doubt they can find a small child's turd.

Same with the hat.

 

[spiritualdreaming]

Some imagery has been concluded and nothing found. More to be reviewed.

Police are returning to Oak Park Station to continue the search for four-year-old Gus who was last seen on 27 September 2025.
The search on Friday 31 October 2025 will involve draining of a large dam on the property that is located about 600 metres from the homestead.

The dam, which is approximately 4.5 metres deep, was previously searched by police divers in the initial days of the search for Gus. The draining of the dam will enable a comprehensive visual search to be completed, particularly areas with underwater vegetation.

The renewed search of the dam is being undertaken to rule out the possibility Gus may have drowned.

This follows extensive ground and air searches of the area surrounding the homestead since Gus disappeared.

Task Force Horizon investigators have concluded assessing data and imagery of the terrain surrounding the homestead that was taken using a drone.

Unfortunately, the imagery has not identified any object of significance that has assisted in the search for Gus.

Further aerial imaging of an area out to 10km from the homestead is still being conducted. This is being done in stages and will take several weeks to complete.

Update: Search continues for Gus

Police are returning to the State's Mid North to continue the search for four-year-old Gus who was last seen on 27 September 2025.

www.police.sa.gov.au

 

[Scooby-Doo]

Some imagery has been concluded and nothing found. More to be reviewed.

Police are returning to Oak Park Station to continue the search for four-year-old Gus who was last seen on 27 September 2025.
The search on Friday 31 October 2025 will involve draining of a large dam on the property that is located about 600 metres from the homestead.

The dam, which is approximately 4.5 metres deep, was previously searched by police divers in the initial days of the search for Gus. The draining of the dam will enable a comprehensive visual search to be completed, particularly areas with underwater vegetation.

The renewed search of the dam is being undertaken to rule out the possibility Gus may have drowned.

This follows extensive ground and air searches of the area surrounding the homestead since Gus disappeared.

Task Force Horizon investigators have concluded assessing data and imagery of the terrain surrounding the homestead that was taken using a drone.

Unfortunately, the imagery has not identified any object of significance that has assisted in the search for Gus.

Further aerial imaging of an area out to 10km from the homestead is still being conducted. This is being done in stages and will take several weeks to complete.

Update: Search continues for Gus

Police are returning to the State's Mid North to continue the search for four-year-old Gus who was last seen on 27 September 2025.

www.police.sa.gov.au

The dam should have been one of the first things the police did! Especially when no further trace of him has been found anywhere else. Normally, little kids like to take their shoes off, especially out there with sand getting inside them. But nothing.

 

[Kemug]

Wouldn't his body have floated by now though? I dont really know much about dams.

Or at least his hat?

 

[Kemug]

I'm afraid this will be the answer. I suppose it's better than never knowing.

 

[iamshadow21]

The dam should have been one of the first things the police did! Especially when no further trace of him has been found anywhere else. Normally, little kids like to take their shoes off, especially out there with sand getting inside them. But nothing.

One of the first things they did was a dive team in the dam. This hasn't been overlooked. This is just a massive step, to drain it. They wouldn't do it unless they'd tried everything else.

MOO

 

[Scooby-Doo]

One of the first things they did was a dive team in the dam. This hasn't been overlooked. This is just a massive step, to drain it. They wouldn't do it unless they'd tried everything else.

MOO

Regardless of a dive team, it should have been drained. Evidence, as well, can be overlooked due to sludge and low visibility

 

[nao]

The dam should have been one of the first things the police did! Especially when no further trace of him has been found anywhere else. Normally, little kids like to take their shoes off, especially out there with sand getting inside them. But nothing.

Moo...if you are in town you might walk around barefooted. But in outback or country you keep your shoes on. Lots of biting bugs, and snakes of course...moo

 

[Scooby-Doo]

Moo...if you are in town you might walk around barefooted. But in outback or country you keep your shoes on. Lots of biting bugs, and snakes of course...moo

I am talking about a missing 4-year-old who supposedly walked away by himself

 

[SouthAussie]

Moo...if you are in town you might walk around barefooted. But in outback or country you keep your shoes on. Lots of biting bugs, and snakes of course...moo

We also have plenty of three corner jacks in the outback (at least, in South Australia). Stepping on one of those is an experience you never forget. Their spikes are so strong that one will go right through your rubber thongs (flip flops) if you step on it.

You learn to keep your shoes on pretty quickly. It can be rough on the feet in that kind of terrain.

three-cornered jack - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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[Lwieckowicz]

We also have plenty of three corner jacks in the outback (at least, in South Australia). Stepping on one of those is an experience you never forget. Their spikes are so strong that one will go right through your rubber thongs (flip flops) if you step on it.

You learn to keep your shoes on pretty quickly. It can be rough on the feet in that kind of terrain.

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Completely unrelated to the case but this just happened to me it went right through my crock! Didn’t know what to call them I was calling them thorns lol

 

[Marg944]

I wonder which dam at Oak Park station the Police are going to empty? There are a few dams.

Oak Park Station · Grampus, South Australia

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[SouthAussie]

I wonder which dam at Oak Park station the Police are going to empty? There are a few dams.


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Oak Park Station · Grampus, South Australia

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The articles say 4.5m deep ... could be the middle big one. That looks pretty black/deep. Though the one on the left is a bit closer to the homestead.

It has to be done, but the sheep are going to lose a heck of a lot of water. And they have been having virtually no rain in that area.

https://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/202510/html/IDCJDW5075.202510.shtml

 

[SouthAussie]

At the very end of this new Advertiser article it says that they have not uncovered any evidence of foul play in Gus' disappearance.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-police-to-drain-dam-as-third-search-near-yunta-launched-for-missing-fouryearold-gus-lamont/news-story/5b6b63f4d3b6161602015ff11f2b98c2?amp

 

[iamshadow21]

The articles say 4.5m deep ... could be the middle big one. That looks pretty black/deep. Though the one on the left is a bit closer to the homestead.

It has to be done, but the sheep are going to lose a heck of a lot of water. And they have been having virtually no rain in that area.

https://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/202510/html/IDCJDW5075.202510.shtml

Yeah, like I said further up - this would have been the last resort option. Water is life on an arid station like this. And everyone involved locally knows this.

MOO

 

[Kemug]

We also have plenty of three corner jacks in the outback (at least, in South Australia). Stepping on one of those is an experience you never forget. Their spikes are so strong that one will go right through your rubber thongs (flip flops) if you step on it.

You learn to keep your shoes on pretty quickly. It can be rough on the feet in that kind of terrain.

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I believe the metal mediaeval versions were called caltrops.

 

[jepop]

We also have plenty of three corner jacks in the outback (at least, in South Australia). Stepping on one of those is an experience you never forget. Their spikes are so strong that one will go right through your rubber thongs (flip flops) if you step on it.

You learn to keep your shoes on pretty quickly. It can be rough on the feet in that kind of terrain.

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They look like what we used to call double gees (?) in my neck of the woods. That could be a State lingo thing maybe. Nasty buggers.