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

[Serononin]

Firstly, I know it's already been questioned, but I wonder if the Fleur he mentions is connected the the neighbouring Tiver Station, aka Fleur Tiver...

Secondly, his comments along the lines of nobody is looking except for two people, him and Fleur - I feel like that's so sad, but also lovely of him to continue to search, and to try to bring attention to it on national radio.

He wants to form a group of volunteers to help search for Gus - I wonder, if a group of volunteers were formed, would the family allow them on the property? Has this already been addressed and I've forgotten?



"That came out in discussions with family..."

I would like to know when this came out in the discussions with family? I'm sure I won't get an answer, but I do find it quite strange and interesting. I would have thought it would be brought up in the initial phase, not one to two months later.

And, also it's so strange because it was mentioned by locals to reporters about the mineshafts in the beginning. Wasn't this discussion had between police and family at some point in the beginning? Can't imagine it taking two months to set up this latest search.

So many questions.

BBM

I wonder if he thinks that Gus is somewhere else?

 

[essareem]

BBM

I wonder if he thinks that Gus is somewhere else?

Hmm, that's a possibility!

Imagine if @BreakingNews hadn't of heard that tidbit on the radio, we might have never known about this!

Well, I hope Bob, whoever he is, gets a chance to share his story a little more.

 

[statt#1]

Gus wasn't found in any of the searched mines. In fact, there are no reports of evidence that Gus was anywhere near any of those mines. Other than a call to LE with a report that Gus is missing, absolutely no other evidence of Gus having walked off of that dirt mound in to the remote outback has been found.

 

[Ellery84]

Hmm, that's a possibility!

Imagine if @BreakingNews hadn't of heard that tidbit on the radio, we might have never known about this!

Well, I hope Bob, whoever he is, gets a chance to share his story a little more.

Let’s hear it for @BreakingNews for being true to their moniker, and the real MVP! We appreciate you @BreakingNews for bringing us the hot tea! ️

 

[Dotta]

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It certainly sounds that way. IF this fellow is Bob Sharrad and he is referring to Fleur Tiver, I would assume he is aware of the recent mineshaft searches. I know academics can sometimes be a little quirky, but he seemed quite lucid during the call. Well... he was trying to enlist volunteers (from NSW?) at 2:30am in the morning, but he did sound genuinely concerned. It's quite a statement to suggest that Gus is still alive. We'd love it to be true, but how? And where would Bob be looking? Did he get permission from the Murrays to make a public plea for volunteers?

I transcribed the conversation from ABC radio, if anyone's interested. Thanks to spiritualdreaming for providing the date.

ABC Overnights Program
2am early morning, Thursday 28th November
Starts around the 25-minute mark on my desktop interface
Presenter: Michael Pavlich [very patient and polite person imo]

Michael: How many noses does a slug have?
Bob: I’ll go with four.
Michael: You are correct.
Bob: Now, this is my first time ringing this number, this quiz line, and you’re based in NSW, is that correct?
Michael: Nah, actually, we’re based in Melbourne.
Bob: Okay, okay, ‘cause I’m in Adelaide, and I’m up late because I’m actually planning to head off early tomorrow morning. I’m actually trying to put out a call for some volunteers to come help me look for someone. [Interjection regarding second quiz question, which Bob gets correct]. I’m trying to recruit an army of volunteers to go and help look for a lost boy.
Michael: Okay…
Bob: His name’s Gus Lamont and there’s only two people looking for him - that’s me and a lady called Fleur. It’s been in the news. It’s a sheep station up near Yunta, which is on the border of NSW and SA. I’m sure lots of your listeners have been hearing. Nobody’s up there looking for him. He’s been lost for a little while now. But he’s alive. I know he’s alive. Fleur knows he’s alive. We need people to look for him because no one’s looking for him. Everyone thinks there are lots of people looking for him, but there’s nobody looking for him.
Michael: Okay, okay, look Bob, we’ll take your details, and thank you for that, and thank you for looking. Thank you for calling in mate - we really do appreciate it.

Curiouser & Curiouser

 

[Dotta]

"Gus has been gone for 63 days, ​

and searches of mines, dams and scrub​

have yielded no clues.​

The disappearance of Gus Lamont
is one of those events that have a seismic impact on public consciousness:
they distress, disturb, upset and unsettle.

'People ask me about it a lot,
so I do think it has captured national attention',
said Nicole Morris,
who two decades ago founded the Australian Missing Persons Register,
an online record of the nation's missing and lost.

'When we do have a missing child,
people react very emotionally,
as you would,
because you sort of relate it back
[and think],
'What if that was my child?' "

Gus has been gone for 63 days, and multiple searches have yielded no clues

The disappearance of Gus Lamont is one of those events that have a seismic impact on public consciousness: they distress, disturb, upset and unsettle. This week six mine shafts were searched, providing no further clues in the case.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Serononin]

It certainly sounds that way. IF this fellow is Bob Sharrad and he is referring to Fleur Tiver, I would assume he is aware of the recent mineshaft searches. I know academics can sometimes be a little quirky, but he seemed quite lucid during the call. Well... he was trying to enlist volunteers (from NSW?) at 2:30am in the morning, but he did sound genuinely concerned. It's quite a statement to suggest that Gus is still alive. We'd love it to be true, but how? And where would Bob be looking? Did he get permission from the Murrays to make a public plea for volunteers?

I transcribed the conversation from ABC radio, if anyone's interested. Thanks to spiritualdreaming for providing the date.

ABC Overnights Program
2am early morning, Thursday 28th November
Starts around the 25-minute mark on my desktop interface
Presenter: Michael Pavlich [very patient and polite person imo]

Michael: How many noses does a slug have?
Bob: I’ll go with four.
Michael: You are correct.
Bob: Now, this is my first time ringing this number, this quiz line, and you’re based in NSW, is that correct?
Michael: Nah, actually, we’re based in Melbourne.
Bob: Okay, okay, ‘cause I’m in Adelaide, and I’m up late because I’m actually planning to head off early tomorrow morning. I’m actually trying to put out a call for some volunteers to come help me look for someone. [Interjection regarding second quiz question, which Bob gets correct]. I’m trying to recruit an army of volunteers to go and help look for a lost boy.
Michael: Okay…
Bob: His name’s Gus Lamont and there’s only two people looking for him - that’s me and a lady called Fleur. It’s been in the news. It’s a sheep station up near Yunta, which is on the border of NSW and SA. I’m sure lots of your listeners have been hearing. Nobody’s up there looking for him. He’s been lost for a little while now. But he’s alive. I know he’s alive. Fleur knows he’s alive. We need people to look for him because no one’s looking for him. Everyone thinks there are lots of people looking for him, but there’s nobody looking for him.
Michael: Okay, okay, look Bob, we’ll take your details, and thank you for that, and thank you for looking. Thank you for calling in mate - we really do appreciate it.

Oh, I somehow managed to miss the part where Bob says he thinks that Gus is alive! In that case I would assume he subscribes to the abduction theory, which is very interesting. I wonder where exactly he wants to search?

 

[Deleted member 372361]

Keep going even after the discouragement
An answer is within one way or another

Still don't understand, the sheer size of the farm/estate that no agricultural machinery cultivating harvesting, no watering, and such dry land with small amount of sheep. Yet it has been said two of the farm occupants were 10 km away attending to sheep.....

Why?

 

[Deleted member 372361]

Trapdoors

 

[statt#1]

It certainly sounds that way. IF this fellow is Bob Sharrad and he is referring to Fleur Tiver, I would assume he is aware of the recent mineshaft searches. I know academics can sometimes be a little quirky, but he seemed quite lucid during the call. Well... he was trying to enlist volunteers (from NSW?) at 2:30am in the morning, but he did sound genuinely concerned. It's quite a statement to suggest that Gus is still alive. We'd love it to be true, but how? And where would Bob be looking? Did he get permission from the Murrays to make a public plea for volunteers?

I transcribed the conversation from ABC radio, if anyone's interested. Thanks to spiritualdreaming for providing the date.

ABC Overnights Program
2am early morning, Thursday 28th November
Starts around the 25-minute mark on my desktop interface
Presenter: Michael Pavlich [very patient and polite person imo]

Michael: How many noses does a slug have?
Bob: I’ll go with four.
Michael: You are correct.
Bob: Now, this is my first time ringing this number, this quiz line, and you’re based in NSW, is that correct?
Michael: Nah, actually, we’re based in Melbourne.
Bob: Okay, okay, ‘cause I’m in Adelaide, and I’m up late because I’m actually planning to head off early tomorrow morning. I’m actually trying to put out a call for some volunteers to come help me look for someone. [Interjection regarding second quiz question, which Bob gets correct]. I’m trying to recruit an army of volunteers to go and help look for a lost boy.
Michael: Okay…
Bob: His name’s Gus Lamont and there’s only two people looking for him - that’s me and a lady called Fleur. It’s been in the news. It’s a sheep station up near Yunta, which is on the border of NSW and SA. I’m sure lots of your listeners have been hearing. Nobody’s up there looking for him. He’s been lost for a little while now. But he’s alive. I know he’s alive. Fleur knows he’s alive. We need people to look for him because no one’s looking for him. Everyone thinks there are lots of people looking for him, but there’s nobody looking for him.
Michael: Okay, okay, look Bob, we’ll take your details, and thank you for that, and thank you for looking. Thank you for calling in mate - we really do appreciate it.

Thank you for this.

If Bob thinks Gus is alive, well now, that'd throw a wrench in to things. If I were investigating this puzzle, I'd surely want to speak with Bob.

 

[LookingForClues]

"Gus has been gone for 63 days, ​

and searches of mines, dams and scrub​

have yielded no clues.​

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The disappearance of Gus Lamont
is one of those events that have a seismic impact on public consciousness:
they distress, disturb, upset and unsettle.

'People ask me about it a lot,
so I do think it has captured national attention',
said Nicole Morris,
who two decades ago founded the Australian Missing Persons Register,
an online record of the nation's missing and lost.

'When we do have a missing child,
people react very emotionally,
as you would,
because you sort of relate it back
[and think],
'What if that was my child?' "

Gus has been gone for 63 days, and multiple searches have yielded no clues

The disappearance of Gus Lamont is one of those events that have a seismic impact on public consciousness: they distress, disturb, upset and unsettle. This week six mine shafts were searched, providing no further clues in the case.

www.abc.net.au

Thanks for sharing this, @Dotta.

This an excellent article with details about the search and many photos. A couple short videos focus on showing the landscape too. It provides good details about the history of the area. They also talk with experts about the trauma experienced by the family and the larger community when someone is missing.

 

[RedHaus]

He’s been lost for a little while now. But he’s alive. I know he’s alive. Fleur knows he’s alive.

RS&B&Colored BM
Thank you for transcribing Bob's radio call-in.

This bit is the most important aspect of his call.

How do Bob and Fleur KNOW Gus is alive? And if Gus is alive where on earth are they looking for him on their own?

Bob was 'heading out' early that day to continue searching for Gus, asking for volunteers to join.

But if that search entailed going to other properties or transient communities perhaps, how would they expect anyone to fess up?

Just so odd, really. How two civilians think they can find Gus alive on their own?

And maybe a secondary important detail, I presume, is the Murrays and Lamonts are not also part of this search. Bob did say it was just he and Fleur, right?

Why would that be? Maybe one branch of Gus' family is hiding Gus for his safety (my original theory I posted way back). Or maybe they know Gus is not alive.

As an OP said, I hope LE is talking to Bob.

IMO.
ET: fix grammar

 

[KBlackRabbit]

If he knew something for certain he should speak to police.

It sounds like his own wishful thinking and not something he certainly knows.

 

[Sarahlou]

Definitely sounds like wishful thinking and nothing more IMO. Nobody can know he is alive unless they took him or knew who did.

 

[CaitLion17]

from first hearing about this to now 60+ days missing, this has this has william tyrell vibes which worries the hell out of me. I really hope they find Gus soon so we can know what happened to him! It scares me knowing he vanised without a trace

 

[essareem]

If he knew something for certain he should speak to police.

It sounds like his own wishful thinking and not something he certainly knows.

We don't know whether Bob has or hasn't spoken to police.

We don't know what Bob knows, or doesn't know.

All we have so far is one snippet from a radio quiz.

Also, I used to listen to some of the night time quizzes, somewhat against my will, while AM radio was the only form of entertainment when I was in the middle of nowhere - the hosts almost always politely cut off callers if they wanted to talk about anything other than the quiz. So, hopefully sometime soon Bob has a chat with a more appropriate member of the media, if he wants to get his message out there.

 

[BreakingNews]

I don't know the legalities of this theory, but what if police are not actually expecting to find Gus. Maybe they are trying to rule out every possibility of finding him. Then maybe they can hit someone up with circumstantial evidence and lay charges. AMOO. I'm just trying to make some sense of all this.

Justice for Gus!

 

[Ellery84]

I don't know the legalities of this theory, but what if police are not actually expecting to find Gus. Maybe they are trying to rule out every possibility of finding him. Then maybe they can hit someone up with circumstantial evidence and lay charges. AMOO. I'm just trying to make some sense of all this.

Justice for Gus!

Right! Look they might be. And they may also be looking to explore each and every avenue of investigation for thoroughness, in particular for an upcoming Coronial Inquest, which they may predict will happen at some point in the future.

They probably know they won’t find him, and they probably have an idea about what’s happened to him, but it may be that evidence (enough to charge) will be very hard to come by.

IMO

 

[kurtneverdied]

I sit in the Gus has had an accident camp but I wouldn't be totally surprised if someone related or close took him and is caring for him.
Though I can think of countless arguments against this.
I feel the hiding part could be done, it's more the why that makes it seem very doubtful.
Would be a great scenario though in the end for Gus.

 

[su5ie]

Hmm, that's a possibility!

Imagine if @BreakingNews hadn't of heard that tidbit on the radio, we might have never known about this!

Well, I hope Bob, whoever he is, gets a chance to share his story a little more.

DM is probably at his front door as we speak getting an exclusive