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

[Hercule Holmes]

Please share what makes you think he had assistance on his journey?

He was last seen at 5pm according to what we know. Sunset was 6:11pm.

So, if he is found in the closest mineshaft, he has walked straight in one direction for 5.5km, being undeterred by the falling darkness? Just happens to have headed directly to the nearest mineshaft? This all assumes it is the nearest mineshaft.

The family would have to know there are mineshafts, with the property being held for generations. They would very likely know where they are and would have dreaded a genuine accident involving a mine. Yet they somehow forget to tell the police about them?

Police state they are specifically going back to search mineshafts. Linda Williams says “These searches will either locate evidence or eliminate these locations from further investigation by the Task Force.’’

The searches may "eliminate these locations" which would be great. If they don't and he is found, I don't think he walked there of his own accord.

 

[SouthAussie]

My interpretation of the situation is that these shafts are beyond the initial search zone therefore potentially previously out of scope.

Not to say they shouldn’t have been aware previously.

IMO

Their special mapping instruments might have only just discovered these sites.

If the residents of the property had been aware (over generations) they likely would not have left them uncovered/unfenced/unposted. Not only the human danger, but they also didn't need to be losing sheep down any open mineshafts.

The 'gold rush' in that area was many, many years ago (1880s, and a little in the early 1900s, I believe).

imo

 

[Detechtive]

Absolutely, they achieved the goal, get a reaction & clicks.

The intention was not for them to be able to " tell their story" , Jonica very well knew that did not want to talk to the media , especially the DM who has done nothing but post inflammatory headlines & articles about them

All IMO

It looks like transphobia to me. Anything for a headline.

This reporter seems to travel all over Australia and only focuses on famous cases, it appears.
<modsnip: No MSM to support information stated as fact>

IMO

 

[Lady-J]

Update - Gus Lamont search on 25 November

Police will tomorrow (25 November 2025) return to Oak Park Station to continue the search for four-year-old Gus Lamont who was last seen on 27 September 2025.

www.police.sa.gov.au

Police will tomorrow (25 November 2025) return to Oak Park Station to continue the search for four-year-old Gus Lamont who was last seen on 27 September 2025.
The search, which is expected to last up to three days, will involve STAR Group officers and Task Force Horizon officers using specialised equipment to search six mine shafts in the area.

The uncovered and unfenced shafts are located between 5.5km and 12km from the Oak Park homestead in areas not searched on foot by police. Police were not previously aware of the location of these sites.

How could they not know about these and why aren’t they fenced off to protect stock???

 

[Lady-J]

Dbm

 

[TootsieFootsie]

MSN

ABC News Australia

SA Police to recommence search for 4yo Gus, six mine shafts to be searched​

 

[Detechtive]

He could’ve got there before dark he had three hours of daylight . I imagine he would’ve been scared by the helicopters and hidden..
Surely they searched wider than a 2km radius with infrared

It’s a massive property, to be fair. And 5km+ in any direction would be difficult to cover even with drones and heat seeking radar in helicopters.

Also, if he fell down a shaft it likely wouldn’t come up on infrared technology, depending how deep it is. IMO

 

[Hercule Holmes]

He could’ve got there before dark he had three hours of daylight . I imagine he would’ve been scared by the helicopters and hidden..
Surely they searched wider than a 2km radius with infrared

Where are you getting 3 hours from?

He was supposedly seen at 5pm. Sunset was 6:11pm.

He would have had to walk 12 minute kilometres, without water or rest, straight in one direction with no deviation. I don't think this is physically possible.

 

[Lady-J]

Where are you getting 3 hours from?

He was supposedly seen at 5pm. Sunset was 6:11pm.

He would have had to walk 12 minute kilometres, without water or rest, straight in one direction with no deviation. I don't think this is physically possible.

I thought there was twilight until about 8 pm and he wasn’t seen since 5pm. There is a mineshaft 5.5km away. A good walker could easily cover that distance imo

 

[ChatteringBirds]

IMO it seems unlikely he happened upon these mineshafts, but the important thing is that LE keeps trying to find him.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I think a toddler could walk further than the area that's usually said to be the limit they're capable of.

 

[Sillybilly]

ADMIN NOTE:

This post lands at random.

It was one short week ago the following was posted:

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

Nov 16, 2025

Move on from the Daily Mail discussion !!

It is distracting from discussion of what happened to Gus.

Thank you.

• Sillybilly

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Is there something that is not clear in that instruction?

 

[Ellery84]

IMO it seems unlikely he happened upon these mineshafts, but the important thing is that LE keeps trying to find him.

Well yeah, it’s just another thing that police can rule out or in.

So any progress is good.

IMO

 

[Detechtive]

I thought there was twilight until about 8 pm and he wasn’t seen since 5pm. There is a mineshaft 5.5km away. A good walker could easily cover that distance imo

I really do think it will turn out to be misadventure - nothing else makes sense IMO

 

[Springs4]

Their special mapping instruments might have only just discovered these sites.

If the residents of the property had been aware (over generations) they likely would not have left them uncovered/unfenced/unposted. Not only the human danger, but they also didn't need to be losing sheep down any open mineshafts.

The 'gold rush' in that area was many, many years ago (1880s, and a little in the early 1900s, I believe).

imo

Locals to the area were saying from the get go that there were old mine shafts on that property. Also, the owners &/or their workers would have mustered sheep all over that country & surely would have been aware of them.

 

[Marg944]

An image of a disused mineshaft in Yunta…..

Furious Aussies SLAM key police delays in the hunt for Gus Lamont

Australians who have been following the tragic case of missing South Australian four-year-old Gus Lamont were left gobsmacked by a police update on Monday afternoon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[SouthAussie]

Locals to the area were saying from the get go that there were old mine shafts on that property. Also, the owners &/or their workers would have mustered sheep all over that country & surely would have been aware of them.

In the article just posted above by @Marg944 ....


"The station owner, who wished to remain anonymous, owns more than 30,000 acres of land that has been in his family for multiple generations, and is still stumbling across disused shafts and wells.

'Most aren't on any maps - I'm still finding new spots on my property,' he said.

The local shared a picture of one of the mines he had recently discovered, which reveals why they are so difficult to see.

'Most have different-coloured material around them from being dug out, but some are flush with the ground and have overgrowth all around them,' he added.

'Some are easy to see, some definitely not.' "

 

[Springs4]

In the article just posted above by @Marg944 ....


"The station owner, who wished to remain anonymous, owns more than 30,000 acres of land that has been in his family for multiple generations, and is still stumbling across disused shafts and wells.

'Most aren't on any maps - I'm still finding new spots on my property,' he said.

The local shared a picture of one of the mines he had recently discovered, which reveals why they are so difficult to see.

'Most have different-coloured material around them from being dug out, but some are flush with the ground and have overgrowth all around them,' he added.

'Some are easy to see, some definitely not.' "

Operative word "SOME" !!

 

[SouthAussie]

Operative word "SOME" !!

I was trying to explain why I said that perhaps the police picked up the depressions/holes using their mapping technology.

If the landowners/the naked eye cannot see old mines and wells (as stated in the article), perhaps the police technology that they have been using over the past few weeks picked them up.

 

[Ellery84]

New article out today:

Furious Aussies SLAM key police delays in the hunt for Gus Lamont

Australians who have been following the tragic case of missing South Australian four-year-old Gus Lamont were left gobsmacked by a police update on Monday afternoon.

www.dailymail.co.uk