Assuming that they were engaged in some type of relatively routine chore, they might have returned at the dinner hour, which would have brought them back around the time that Gus was discovered missing. But they must have some way for them to communicate between the homestead and the wider station, as needed.
Unless the gates were locked someone could still possibly drive through.
Maybe a 2 way radio? Did I see a telecommunications tower on the property? Can anyone confirm that?
Do we know why cadaver dogs haven’t been utilized yet? TIA
I was thinking today they may have been on site but not reported to the media by police?
I'm not sure if they've used cadaver dogs or not, but only New South Wales and Queensland have them and as far as I know there's only a handful of them. It would take some time to organise but you'd think by now they would have used them.
www.abc.net.au
But if he has wandered off surely they would have found him given the extensive searches.
www.9news.com.au
They're trying to rule out if he's wandered off by searching thoroughly with an extended search radius and numerous resources used.
My reaction would also be to yell for himBBM, and I agree.
I’ve suggested a few times here that imo there had to be a reason why (I think but I can’t substantiate) a recently turned 4 year would head off in a different direction to his food, pretty much on the time he would normally come inside to eat.
Little kids get hungry, . and in my experience their tummies are pretty good ‘clocks’.
If he’s genuinely the bush kid that he’s reported to be, I can’t see him going for a walk or following off after some animal / lizard / whatever - and then getting lost. It’s salt bush plains, not a jungle, it’s not scrub country, it’s not rugged & dangerous terrain. The house lights were on, people were calling, I’d suggest maybe they were even eventually out in vehicle searching.
And if he’s not a bush kid, even more reason I think he’d get scared and come back.
What I can envisage is him going in search of ‘something’, a tool etc, to aid the project he’s working on, and perhaps succumbing to an accident.
Having a pretty good knowledge of country properties & their residential surroundings, I’d suggest any number of potential hazards, particularly for one so young. … but then I get caught up in the fact that surely Police & family will have been immediately on to that & thoroughly checked every centimetre.
The logical thing is human intervention (in whatever form) but police seem adamant that isn’t the case.
I just hope & pray that answers come very soon. I can’t imagine the toll on his family
I was today years old when I learnt some roads double as airstrips.
Yeah, if he was there they definitely would have found something by now.
Wandering off can be crossed off the list now. He’s not there!
That's what I mean. If they conclude the search tomorrow as planned, still having found nothing, then they may be able to draw a line underneath that theory, imho.
I totally agree.
