Theo is described as responsible, cautious, not a fighter in the podcasts. One description caught my attention which may be a clue. Theo was strongly against injustice. So let's think outside the box again, and look at another possibility going by his character description. Two days before Theo went missing screaming was heard from the Tennyson squatters camp area according to a local living in the area. Perhaps this happens there often. Being a Friday night and people more likely to be drinking and affected, possibly fighting, the chances are high of fights going on. Maybe Theo heard someone in distress while taking a quieter back street to find his way home away from drunks etc on main street. Maybe there was screaming coming from this area again. So he walks to this area and finds someone vulnerable under attack, perhaps a bad or violent domestic, he stays in the area for 7 minutes hoping to put a stop to it. Tries to negotiate or settle the situation. While attacker is distracted the girl or person sees their chance to get away and takes off in a hurry away from the camp, the fight is stopped and Theo follows to make sure they are ok. This could be a valid reason for him to walk the route he did. A girl or someone in distress, upset, he is not sure if they are hurt or at risk of harm in their state and he wants to make sure they are ok. This would explain the faster pace. A person wanting to get away fast from a bad situation, so Theo walks fast too with them. The person in distress knows the area if they come from the camp would very likely would know other camping spots at Tallow, and along with that the bush, or maybe in their state simply did not care, possibly drunk, distressed, scared and just wanting to get away not caring about tracks. So Theo goes after the person, forgets about going home for now. Walks with this person to try settle them, make sure he/she is ok. Meanwhile behind them whoever was fighting with this person follows at a distance or sees the way they head and guesses. He follows them still angry from the fight and at the interference. Theo and whoever he is with do not know they are being followed. Before 1 am everything seems fine as Theo is not aware of any danger. Sometime after 1.00 am it all goes bad when whoever followed shows up. The girl/ person or whoever Theo went with unable to help, she/he have to return back with the attacker and have to keep their mouth shut, terrified and burdened with knowledge no one else can possibly reveal and in fear of their own life. Perhaps Theo tried to help someone, prevent an injustice which veered him completely from his plans, which seemed to be returning back to Wake Up by his mapping. I think it is clear he had no intentions of going where he ended up, if he was going to go there he would have planned and looked at the maps, like he did for Wake Up. Something very random and fast changed his plans, it is not in his character not to plan, take risks of walking through scrub at midnight, perhaps it was because of an injustice he witnessed, tried to fix or help someone, something he is said to feel strongly about and could not simply walk past or ignore. And someone in distress could very well take the strange route they have taken in the middle of the night as they would not be thinking clear and Theo followed, hoping to settle her/him. This possibility is there among many and may explain the strange route, change of pace, because he followed someone who was not thinking clear who he was hoping to help. There has to be a reason why this route was taken and to this unlikely destination. It is not normal to go there so something not normal very likely led to there. Theo was at a barb q earlier in day, then Cheeky's, was not a hard drinker so cannot see him seeking out beach parties in middle of the night with random strangers while he is googling the map to go home. He was mapping home, not other places. Something random happened which he was unable to ignore and this part of his character, feeling strong against injustice would fit a theory like this one. We can almost guess surely he was with someone, he did not know many people, was not likely to walk off in the bush with random strangers, did have going home on his mind as was mapping Wake Up yet ended up totally elsewhere and showed not one sign of planning on it. Him taking Kingsley way may well have been to avoid trouble, knowing main street would have drunks etc. Or hoping for a ride from someone camped there. Something changed everything when he got to Tennyson[/
