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

[Ellery84]

RB&SBM for focus. Just in case you weren't aware, a photo was released through SAPOL on the afternoon of Thursday Oct 2, 2025, about 5 days after Gus went missing.

'They just don't disappear into thin air': Police release first image of missing boy

Police have released the first image of Gus since his disappearance, with almost 50 members of the Australian Defence Force joining the search for the four-year-old in mid-north South Australia.

www.abc.net.au

With respect: What is your point? Like, can you add more context to your post? Do you have a viewpoint?

 

[Serononin]

Right.

Many reasonable people are not of the opinion that this timing is suspicious.

MOO

Tbh I've really found it impossible to discern whether particular things in this case are suspicious or not (the delay with the photo, the family's extreme privacy, etc), purely because the setting and the family's way of life are so unlike anything I've ever experienced. I'm from the UK and have never been outside of Europe, so even the sheer vastness of Australia itself is kind of impossible to comprehend

ETA obviously with hindsight they seem suspicious, but I didn't necessarily find them so at the beginning

 

[SouthAussie]

Tbh I've really found it impossible to discern whether particular things in this case are suspicious or not (the delay with the photo, the family's extreme privacy, etc), purely because the setting and the family's way of life are so unlike anything I've ever experienced. I'm from the UK and have never been outside of Europe, so even the sheer vastness of Australia itself is kind of impossible to comprehend

ETA obviously with hindsight they seem suspicious, but I didn't necessarily find them so at the beginning

Even in hindsight, things don't seem overtly suspicious. It is not even clear which grandparent may be a suspect.

But it seems likely that there are things that the police know that the public does not know.

imo

 

[JLZ]

Tbh I've really found it impossible to discern whether particular things in this case are suspicious or not (the delay with the photo, the family's extreme privacy, etc), purely because the setting and the family's way of life are so unlike anything I've ever experienced. I'm from the UK and have never been outside of Europe, so even the sheer vastness of Australia itself is kind of impossible to comprehend

ETA obviously with hindsight they seem suspicious, but I didn't necessarily find them so at the beginning

Both of those are the case for me as an Australian too.

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2031209927205597578

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[IminSyd]

Both of those are the case for me as an Australian too.

Me too. It definitely hit me after the discussion about being no point in releasing Gus’s picture because it was just so unlikely he’d been taken. And then seeing the images of the surrounds really hit home that yeah no one was around there.

 

[BreakingNews]

I think floor boards sounds more posh than concrete.
Ours was a concrete base, not a long drop.

The dunny man came regularly to take the pan away and replace it with an empty one

Ours had a door.

We were out bush. But later when we moved to town, the dunny man would arrive weekly to empty the can. In town we had a door.

 

[gerardo20]

Police return to remote station in Gus Lamont search

SA Police have returned to the family's remote outback station as they continue their investigation into the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Sillybilly]

ADMIN NOTE:

Members have previously been asked to move on from the discussion of the Daily Mail reporter / Josie fiasco. It has been discussed at length earlier in this discussion, and other than disagreement among members, it serves no purpose other than to provide members with a reason to bicker about it. It is in no way helpful in finding out what happend to little Gus.

If you want to see what other members had to say about it, please go back through the thread to read posts that may be of interest. We just can't have pages and pages of disagreement and debate that adds nothing to the discussion.

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2031535170914762951

"Police have returned to the last place
little Gus Lamont was seen
before he went missing in September,
in the hope of turning up vital evidence.

On Wednesday,
South Australia Police revealed
officers were once again at Oak Park Station
as they continued the investigation.

'Task Force Horizon members
will be searching several locations on the property for evidence in the case',
a police statement read.

'An update will be provided as the investigations continue'.”

Fingers

 

[Bats]

"Police have returned to Oak Park Station to continue investigations into the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont.

Task Force Horizon members will be searching several locations on the property for evidence in the case.

An update will be provided as the investigations continue."

https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/front-page-news/task-force-horizon-update-search-continues

 

[Scooby-Doo]

Police return to Oak Park station to search for evidence in case of missing boy Gus Lamont​

In short:​

SA Police have returned to Oak Park Station, south of Yunta, to continue their investigation into the disappearance of Gus Lamont.

The four-year-old was reported missing in September last year.

What's next?​

Police said an update would be provided as investigations continue

Police return to remote station in Gus Lamont search

SA Police have returned to the family's remote outback station as they continue their investigation into the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2031535170914762951

"Police have returned to the last place
little Gus Lamont was seen
before he went missing in September,
in the hope of turning up vital evidence.

On Wednesday,
South Australia Police revealed
officers were once again at Oak Park Station
as they continued the investigation.

'Task Force Horizon members
will be searching several locations on the property for evidence in the case',
a police statement read.

'An update will be provided as the investigations continue'.”

Fingers

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Quote from my link above:

"Police have returned to the last place

little Gus Lamont was seen

before he went missing in September,

in the hope of turning up vital evidence."


What does it exactly mean?
"the last place he was seen"

Does it mean literally:
the pile of sand/dirt in the yard?



And seen by whom?
SM?
At 5 pm?
(as according to original report)

Or does it mean
property in general?
And seen by Mum or others (plural) for the last time?
The last indisputable proof of life?

I'm not sure how to understand this info.
I guess Oak Park Station in general, no?

JMO

 

[JLZ]

Quote from my link above:

"Police have returned to the last place

little Gus Lamont was seen

before he went missing in September,

in the hope of turning up vital evidence."


What does it exactly mean?
"the last place he was seen"

Does it mean literally:
the pile of sand/dirt in the yard?



And seen by whom?
SM?
At 5 pm?
(as according to original report)

Or does it mean
property in general?
And seen by Mum or others (plural) for the last time?
The last indisputable proof of life?

I'm not sure how to understand this info.
I guess Oak Park Station in general, no?

JMO

Police say they are searching several locations at Oak Park Station, in SA's north-east, for evidence in the case.

Police return to remote station in Gus Lamont search

SA Police have returned to the family's remote outback station as they continue their investigation into the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Ellery84]

Thanks for the clarification. I thought your family were neighbors of Gus’ maternal grandparents based on the phrasing. My bad.

I don’t think they are. IMO

 

[Kemug]

I am still a bit worried about that toilet with the fresh concrete around it at the neigbouring property. Yes I know it was checked out, even with sniffer dogs. These drop toilets can be very deep (I grew up with one). I well remember the time when one of the cats jumped up onto a family member's lap just as they stood up! And down it went. There was a hole at the back covered by a slab of concrete, which was removed, a ladder was placed down into the pit, and poor pussy was eventually coaxed up with a piece of meat tied onto a piece of string. I remember my poor mother had to give poor puss a bath. But I digress.
I don't like to say it, but if a body was down there, then it would soon/eventually (depending on usage) be covered, and dogs might only be able to smell one thing.

(Brought forward by me.)
I wonder if LE read my comment and are checking out that toilet again?

 

[Morequestionsthananswers]

(Brought forward by me.)
I wonder if LE read my comment and are checking out that toilet again?

They better

 

[Marg944]

Looks like the road from the Barrier Highway to Oak Park station is closed.

https://www.dit.sa.gov.au/outbackroads

 

[SouthAussie]

The Advertiser has published a little about what Detective Inspector Andrew Macrae said about this current search.


(paraphrased)

The recent significant weather event (flooding rains) leads them to assess what other opportunities for searching may arise.
But this current search is part of the planned searching - one of the searches that the commissioner said would happen when he said they would be re-attending Oak Park Station regularly.
The police can't say what they are looking for in this search.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-police-have-returned-to-oak-park-station-in-a-fresh-search-for-evidence-into-the-disappearance-of-gus-lamont/news-story/3c7fd8b3093e27f458feafe66356e0e2?amp

 

[Marg944]

This pic is from today’s news, but not sure if the pic was taken today. The wording makes me think it is today though.

Tiverton Station can be accessed via Sturt Vale Road

Tiverton Station is 20 mins from Oak Park Station

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https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/search-for-missing-boy-gus-lamont-resumes-police-return-to-oak-park-station/news-story/c9181d17e4efd78ae8dd5cb2f5ea7635