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

[SouthAussie]

Thanks so much. It just puts a different perspective on the 'remote' position for me. I mean, I realise it IS remote but I hadn't realised until now there were other dwellings so close by.

ETA
I believe you can request a blur on google maps for privacy reasons.

I don't think the other buildings are dwellings. From the photos I have seen in recent articles they look more like equipment sheds and shearing sheds.

imo

 

[tedtink]

I don't think the other buildings are dwellings. From the photos I have seen in recent articles they look more like equipment sheds and shearing sheds.

imo

Agree on the buildings close by, but I'm curious about the blurred pic.

 

[Luke46]

Helicopter with thermal imaging on first night would have been a very high chance of finding him. 100 people searching each day since. It’s not thick bush. I’m thinking human intervention here - possible accident and cover up. Playing outside unsupervised - possible to be hit by the car of a worker or family member? Falling into a dam etc feels unlikely at this point also especially since they have been searched.

 

[Itz_CrimsonYT]

I don't think the other buildings are dwellings. From the photos I have seen in recent articles they look more like equipment sheds and shearing sheds.

imo

Still, he could've assumed it was his house and went inside

 

[tedtink]

Aboriginal tracker helping to find missing boy from single footprint

Four-year-old Augustus Lamont was last seen playing at family’s remote Outback farm on Saturday

www.telegraph.co.uk

If this is pay-walled I can summarise.

 

[kurtneverdied]

I can't see how he could of got lost when it was soon dark and the only light around are from his homestead as would of been not far enough away yet. There seems to be only one other house to the south-west and a shed but that's further away. The footprint was described as being found 500m to the north of homestead which is very close to the Old Park Road. It's a very long road, 30-40km.

 

[nao]

Moo..little children are curious, and quite good at getting lost. There are a few pages of lost little ones on WS at the moment. And they are little. Can you imagine losing a puppy out there? There are a lot of buildings out there, lots of places to explore and hide..I lived in Australia as a child lots of big vicious ants, scorpions I loved it out there and definitely spent most of my time exploring....moo

 

[Someone8746]

32.84096° S, 139.60374° E in Google Maps matches the photos on the previous page (roof, water tanks, outbuildings, etc)

Google Maps currently calls this Oak Vale Station but I think the name is wrong and it is really Oak Park Station

I’m sure this was discussed earlier, they are not the same property. August went missed approximately 40kms south of Yunta.

Oakvale Station is 167kms away (approximately)

 

[tedtink]

I’m sure this was discussed earlier, they are not the same property. August went missed approximately 40kms south of Yunta.

Oakvale Station is 167kms away (approximately)

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The size of Yunta is approximately 1221.4 square kilometres, it depends where the distance was measured from. The border of Yunta or the actual town centre. In my experience, having visited my daughter in the outback on occasion, distance perception was pretty challenging, but that's not saying the quoted distance is wrong.

 

[packetgravy]

IMO

Grandma fell asleep on the couch.

I suspect they will find Gus within the perimeter of the main structures/vehicles. Unfortunately.

 

[Megnut]

IMO

Grandma fell asleep on the couch.

I suspect they will find Gus within the perimeter of the main structures/vehicles. Unfortunately.

Thinking of the sad story of that little girl who fell into a feed barrel, watertight, and died. After a desperate search, the family security camera revealed she'd entered the area on her own and never exited. Tragic.

Hoping for a miracle, hoping he's found safe. Or found no matter what.

JMO

 

[Dotta]

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[TMich6811]

I find myself really having questions about the parents, is it possible they have it in some capacity. I’m sure this has been explored but he’s gotta be somewhere

 

[Absoluterubbish]

I find myself really having questions about the parents, is it possible they have it in some capacity. I’m sure this has been explored but he’s gotta be somewhere

I’m interested as to why they are trying to keep their names secret

 

[Dotta]

This sad case reminds me of little Emile in France.
He was also under the care of grandparents when vanished.

 

[sunspun]

I’m interested as to why they are trying to keep their names secret

Do they even live on the property??? I feel like we don't even know that for sure! Do we know if they even have custody of him? Maybe Grandma does. Or maybe this was all made clear already, and I missed it.

 

[essareem]

When I was Gus' age, or maybe even a little younger, I walked into a dam with my brother and sister watching. I didn't float at all, I just sank straight to the bottom. Luckily, I had the presence of mind to grab the reeds and pull myself out again (not sure what my bro and sis where doing the whole time actually ) but perhaps little kids' body structures are different and they don't float as much...?

Dams gain a layer of sediment at the bottom over time. My dam has a very thick layer - almost metre deep in the middle. Would have to drain the dam to find anything in it.

 

[tedtink]

Royce Player used to be neighbours with the family and is also an experienced tracker who knows the area well.
"I would've thought they might've found him by now, you never know, this could be something someone's missed somewhere," he said.
"Under a bit of bush, a bloody hole in the ground, or an old motorcar … could be anywhere."
He said it could be easy to "miss a little four-year-old" if the searchers were spaced out even "20 metres apart".
Mr Player, like many of the volunteers assisting in the extensive search efforts, said he dropped everything to come and help with the search for a lost little boy who "wants his mum".
"I'm a parent, so yeah … well, I don't know what it would be like, but I wouldn't like to go through it myself," he said.
He said the conditions were challenging, especially overnight, with temperatures dropping below 10 degrees Celsius.
"It's not that cold now, thankfully, but … you know it gets a bloody hell of a lot colder than this," he said........................

But, police said the print might be from before Saturday.
"We've got to remember that he [Gus] actually lives on the property and that might have been a footprint that he might have left there a couple of days ago, even before he went missing," said the officer in charge of the Yorke and Mid North region, Superintendent Mark Syrus.
While the print was found near a road, Superintendent Syrus said he thought it was "highly unlikely" anyone else was involved in Gus's disappearance.

Community comes together as search for missing 4yo Gus enters day 7

The search for missing four-year-old Gus has entered its seventh day, with no new signs of the boy.

www.abc.net.au

 

[sunspun]

Has it ever been reported who all actually lives on the property, or works there also. I still have no idea if this kind of place has employees or not, and if they do, whether they live on-site or not. If they live there, do they live in the same home where the family lives? And now we've heard about a goatherder, who presumably comes within passing distance of the property, maybe even of the home, during his (or her) working hours. Does this person have a separate home nearby or in town or...? How many others might there be that haven't yet been mentioned? Seems like there will turn out to be more opportunities for foul play than we were led to believe from first reports.

 

[tedtink]

Has it ever been reported who all actually lives on the property, or works there also. I still have no idea if this kind of place has employees or not, and if they do, whether they live on-site or not. If they live there, do they live in the same home where the family lives? And now we've heard about a goatherder, who presumably comes within passing distance of the property, maybe even of the home, during his (or her) working hours. Does this person have a separate home nearby or in town or...? How many others might there be that haven't yet been mentioned? Seems like there will turn out to be more opportunities for foul play than we were led to believe from first reports.

The goat herder is Royce Player.