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MARK: Righty-o.
PAUL: You want to climb up there?
Yeah, all right.

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Gotta fuel up. Can't have Mark
running out of diesel.

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Just had this one serviced.

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Now it's time to put her
to work, hopefully.

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You ready?Righto.

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Gotta bring the 'dozer in,

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'cause I'm sort of boxing
myself in down there.

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Mark's going to get the 'dozer down

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and just push it out the way
so I can make another pile.

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That's it.How much is in there?
Oh, she's pretty full.

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250 litres?Yeah, 600 bucks.

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Should be gone.(LIQUID TRICKLING)
Wait, what's that noise?

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What noise?
Sounds like water running.

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Oh, something's dripping.

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Oh, it's the fuel filter, look.
Ah, you're kidding me.

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That's not good at all, man.

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(FLATLY) Excellent.
So there's no 'dozer today.

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That's a nightmare.

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You want a big fire,
go for your life, but...

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Yeah, no.Righto.

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We got other things to do.
No 'dozer.A pain.

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Bugger. I was pumped
to drive my 'dozer.

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NARRATOR: In the remote
Coober Pedy opal fields,

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the Blacklighters -
Mark I'Anson and Paul Coon -

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have just one more week to find opal

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before the blistering heat
of the Outback summer
shuts down all mining.

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Getting too hot late in the season,

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so important to get as much dirt
processed as we can at the moment

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before we can't work any more.

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The 'dozer might not be ready today.

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The mechanic's come back
to fix it for us,

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so just waiting for that to be done,
then I can use it.

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We're not having much longer
out here, eh, 'cause it just gets
too hot.

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Too hot for the machines,
and too hot for me.
I want to go to the beach.

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While Mark and Paul search
for the big opal find,

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partner John Nassar is trying
to keep their costs covered

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with a steady trickle of income...

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This is where
the money's been coming from.

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...feeding old-timers' waste dirt

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into their noodling machine
Opalzilla,

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looking for opal left behind
after decades of mining.

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Thinking I'm running out of dirt.

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I don't like the overhanging dirt
behind me all that much.

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I mean, if that comes down,
it'll bury me and the machine, so...

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At the moment, I might have to go
for another plan, I think.

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She's starting to run pretty low
down here.

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Opalzilla, I mean, you just fill
the hopper up with your dirt.

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Feeds it into the trommel,
just spins around,

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knocks the dust and crap off of it.

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That shoots through the darkroom
under the UV lights,

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and then you sit there,
wait for glowing bits, pick it off.

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If not, it just goes out the back.

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You know,
they're not 100-carat bits,

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but they can go in.
They might be colour.

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Oh, come on, liven up a bit.

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I'm not sure if I've got the rest
of the good dirt out of the hole

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and I'm starting to hit
the old processed dirt.

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Have to start doing some hard yards
to collect.

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This is pretty slow at the moment.

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The boys are over there mining.

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You find a little bit
here and there,
have a few days where you don't.

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Opalzilla just gives you
that bit of extra cash.

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With the time running out,
the heat coming,

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yeah, we're gonna have to pull
our fingers out and get to it,
I think.

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Oh, if I was in the 'dozer now,

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I'd be clearing this space for Paul
so he could get over there,

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throw it behind him, throw it
in all sorts of different ways,

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whereas now he's got one spot
he can put the dirt.

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Season target's 350 grand

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and we're definitely getting close.

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Pressure's on to find opal.

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We've just got to keep ripping
this face

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until we find a pocket.

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For obvious reasons in the past,
I'm staying away from the machinery.

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Last year,
I had a pretty major accident.

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Nearly lost my life.

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Excavator hit me in the head

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and I ended up getting flown out
by the Flying Doctor.

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Last year's accident, the Royal
Flying Doctor saved his life.

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Accidents do happen,
and we had a big accident.

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I'm glad that I got
back on the horse.

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He said that if we raised enough
money for the Royal Flying Doctor,

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he would run down the main street
of Coober Pedy in his dick-dacks.

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We've got
quite a big following online

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and we've raised $7,500.

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The littlest thing I can do.
You know?

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Get in my undies and run down there,
make some money.
Hope to come through with the goods.

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Yeah, we've gone so deep
trying to get to the alunite.

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That alunite acts as a stopper

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and then the opal seems to form
on top of it.

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This is alunite, here.
This is your stopper.

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It's, like, chalky,
but it's super hard.

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Excavator doesn't like digging it.

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You know, that was the stopper,

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so when the opal in the water,
the silica, ran down,

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it had somewhere to bottom out
and pool up.

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Pretty much means we're,
yeah, bottomed out,

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so there's no more level
underneath that.

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So let's hope we'll just march back
a little more, open up some more,

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and start facing it up a bit,
and never know what could happen.

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We're working in two spots
at one time.

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We're doubling our costs,
not looking too good at the moment,

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but, hey, it can all change
in one swipe of the bucket.

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Hey, Paul, looks like
we've broken into a cut.

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We've broken into another cut.

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That's mined behind there.
That's not virgin.

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Some man's already been there.

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We want to go
where no man's gone before,

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but it looks like some man
has already gone there.

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Well, it means the opal's gone.

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See behind me, here,
the red dirt over here?

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You can see it's missing,
see how it's going down

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and all that on top of it,
that's all just old workings.

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That was their ramp to get down
into the cut back here.

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So everything, pretty much,
in front of that...

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(WHISTLES)...it's all gone.

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There's no point digging it.
It's a waste of money and time.

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So now we change directions
and hope all goes well,

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otherwise we're looking
for a new spot.

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That's pissed me off now.

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There's a nice bit of green here.
Where's the seam at?
Just point to it.

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All right.If you just go
from there down...

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Yeah, I'll just move over
a little bit, just to extend it.

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I just want a look in there.
Yeah, it is looking interesting.

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Sam.Yes.Just pull this arm down
a little bit.

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That's it.

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Now, just holding there,
bring the jack-hammer in.Cool.

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The colour's not real good,

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but it is starting to thicken up.
Yeah, I noticed that.

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(TOOLS BUZZ)

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I'll just dig away
at this corner for a second.

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(MAN SPEAKS OVER WALKIE-TALKIE)

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Yeah, what's that, Les?

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Jesus Christ.
Oh, that's not good.

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Better go up and have a look
what the hell's wrong now.

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What the bloody hell's wrong now?

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Alternator's seized up.What?

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It's jammed, isn't it?
Really locked up.

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BOGGER: What's that smell, mate?
The alternator's jammed.

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NARRATOR: In Grawin,
New South Wales,

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the Bushmen -
Rod Manning, Les Walsh,

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Sam Mehan,
and Jake "Bogger" Wallace -
are running out of time.

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The end of their mining season
is barely one week away.

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Bloody burnt that fan belt.
Yeah, you can smell it.
It's horrible.

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The team have been a man down after
losing Bogger for almost a month...

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Can you go and turn that off,
Bogger?Yeah, mate.

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Bogger, he got into a tussle
at the pub the other night

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and broke his jaw,
so he's had a big plate
put in the side of his jaw.

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Happy to finally get back
underground and find some more opal.

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...but now mechanical failures
are threatening

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to end their last chance
of finding opal.

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We'll just loosen this alternator
and see if it's turning.

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If it's not turning,
then the alternator is seized.

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Without the alternator
the fan don't turn.

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The fan don't turn, it cooks,
and we can't afford to cook
the motor. We got enough problems.

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We damage this power pack,

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we're not gonna be able to use
the digger. That powers the digger.

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LES: Season target's 150.

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Pressure's on a bit because the end
of the season's coming 'round.

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SAM: Opal is becoming
harder to find and harder to get.

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At this point in Rod and Les' lives,

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they can't really pick up
a new career.

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Opal-mining is it for them.

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I've got a good crew now,
I've got Bogger and Sam,

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so that me and old Les
aren't doing so much.

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Just tighten it up there, mate.
Seems free now you've got it
where it is.

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There you go. Now start that up.

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Trouble is
this is such an old motor,

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these alternators
are very, very hard to come by,

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and I doubt we're gonna have one.
I might have to go to Dubbo
and get one.

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LES: Yeah.All right.

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Ready? Fingers out?Yep.
(MOTOR STARTS)

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We do have to get a new one,

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but we're hoping that we've freed it
and it'll just run for a while.

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(MOTOR POWERS DOWN)
BOGGER: Seems all right.

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It's unjammed for now,
but it's only a matter of time

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before it locks up again.
It will lock up again.

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Hopefully it'll work
for a little while today,

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'cause I'm gonna fly over
to Dubbo,

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because we got a bit of colour
down there.

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These two can carry on
with the digger.

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Take your time. There's no hurry.

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It's been there 120 million years.
It'll wait.

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But don't go smashing it to bits.
Don't go smashing it to bits, no.

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Just make sure
they don't do anything wrong.

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The last thing I want to do is
have to drive for bloody 10 hours,

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but when we built that thing
we struggled to find it,

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so we're not gonna get
another one out here.

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This is something really serious
and we have to take care of it now.

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BOGGER: It's a bit of pressure.

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Just a little bit.
Just a bit, isn't it?

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Can't expect us to be going
leaps and bounds, or anything.

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We're all still working
all-out, so...Nice and steady.

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(MOTOR STARTS)

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Rod's gonna slip down to Dubbo,
so gotta keep an eye on them

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and make sure they're doing
the right thing,

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and Sam and Bogger can learn
a bit more,

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'cause it's quite a few years
since I've operated the digger.

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All right, we'll start
getting into it.

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You know what you gotta do,
don't you?

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Oh, I got a rough idea, Les.

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Scrape a bit more
out of the wall down there.
On the left side, you reckon?

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Well, it's up to you
which way you go.

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The biggest challenge is Jake and I
learning how to use the digger.

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It takes a long time to learn it
and we've been thrown
in the deep end.

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We have to be as safe as possible.
Listen to Les.

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It's gonna take a fair bit of time
to get as fluent as Rod is with it,

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but very nerve-wracking.
It's not just, you know,
forward, back, up, down.

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You've gotta go on angles.
It's just remembering the controls,

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looking at what you're doing

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and then trying to remember
the same movements on the levers.

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Bogger's getting the gist of it.
It's a slow process.

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You can't learn it all
in five minutes.

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If something does go wrong,
they're gonna get into trouble.

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Coz, look at
them broken lights there.

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There's wires there.Those just go
to the tail-lights, mate.

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That's it?Yeah, that's it.
(SIGHS) Bloody hell, mate.

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(PHONE RINGS)

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Oh, it's Leif.
Yo, bro, what do you know?
LEIF: How are you?

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We're having some troubles with
the hydraulics on this digger.

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I need a bit of a direction.
That's why I called,

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to see how things are going.
Yeah, mate.

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We're struggling, bro.
This digger's down at the moment.

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It's not moving.What's it like?
Completely dead?

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We've got no hydraulic control
at all, right,

227
00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,959
no tracks, no buckets, no nothing.

228
00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,879
Give me five minutes.
I'll make a call

229
00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,919
and I can get someone out
to have a look.

230
00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,199
I got a mate in town
at the moment.Sweet.

231
00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,639
That'd be awesome.
I'll send him around, all right?

232
00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,919
(HORN BEEPS)

233
00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,759
(LAUGHING) Cozza.
He knows somebody in town.

234
00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,359
That's what we need, bro.
Who's that (BLEEP) coming, eh?

235
00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,679
Yeah, boy!
(HONKS HORN)

236
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NARRATOR: In Andamooka,
South Australia,

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the Mooka Boys -
brothers Matt and Cozza Kathagen -

238
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have been struggling to find opal

239
00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:41,199
without their partner
and chief mechanic Leif Tanzer...

240
00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,319
Got his workshop on wheels.

241
00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,439
...but with their season
coming to a close...

242
00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,879
Ah, it's good to see you, mate.
(ALL LAUGHING)

243
00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,959
...Leif has made a return
for one last attempt

244
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at unearthing the rainbow gem.

245
00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,959
Killer, bro. How you been?
Yeah, good. Yourself?Yeah.

246
00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,839
Good to see you.

247
00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,919
So, how's it going?I got no
hydraulic control on the digger.

248
00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,239
The truck, the only way to start it
is underneath with a screwdriver.

249
00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,079
We've lost all power to the cab.

250
00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:11,959
I've put up the machinery
for the boys.

251
00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,479
Anything we find is going
back in the machines first.

252
00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:18,119
After that, when we make a profit,
that's when we split the money,

253
00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,959
so that's why we've had to
all venture off and do
other forms of work.

254
00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,359
If we can get this done and get
some dirt through, I'll

255
00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,399
Yeah, Leif brings a whole lot
to this team.

256
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These are his machines.
He's a heavy-diesel mechanic

257
00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:35,639
and he's got all the tools,
so he can actually get things
fixed up properly.

258
00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,279
I didn't want to pull it off
'cause I had no idea what to do.

259
00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,679
It's been a tough year.
Don't think we're a quarter
of the way to the target.

260
00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,519
Summer's definitely
creeping up on us.

261
00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,639
The flies are coming back,
so we haven't got much longer
to work on the surface

262
00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,759
before everything's too hot
for it to operate in.

263
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(BLEEP)

264
00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,239
Bit of spaghetti there.

265
00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,279
Batteries are probably flat too.

266
00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,959
Matty threw the keys at me
and ended up losing the keys
in a mud puddle,

267
00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,359
so we tried to get her going again,

268
00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,919
but we could never get power
to the cab.

269
00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,039
We rely on this truck
to get the dirt.

270
00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,599
Without this we can't truck
any dirt in to find some opal.

271
00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:26,319
Hopefully we can fix it all up
and we'll have one more stab
at hitting this season target.

272
00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,039
Sort out some of the bloody chaos.

273
00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,319
It's been a hard season without Leif
trying to keep everything running.

274
00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,039
(BLEEP) Everything's dead.
Yeah.

275
00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,719
The one thing we rely on
to get the opal out

276
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is all this machinery.

277
00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,839
Just cut all this (BLEEP) out
and just start again with something.

278
00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,879
I want to get it back to, like,
a pretty functioning standard.

279
00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,759
It hasn't been the greatest
mining year, again, for us.

280
00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,479
Opal-mining is Cozzy and I's dream.
We've been working towards it
for 20 years.

281
00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,599
We've worked bloody hard for it,
for sure, but at the moment,

282
00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,479
it's not bringing the money
that we need.

283
00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,359
Just stripping some wires
so Leif can put these joiners on.

284
00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,679
These are gonna fix the power issue
that we had in the cab of the truck.

285
00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,759
He's just gonna run direct power
from the battery to the truck,

286
00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,759
and then put all the switches on
up there.

287
00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,999
(SIGHS) There we go. Sweet.

288
00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,079
So, that's gonna be
our connector for the cab.

289
00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,039
Leif's got all the wiring
all sorted out.

290
00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,839
We just need a bit more power
in these batteries now.

291
00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,639
Hopefully, fingers crossed,
it'll be running in a minute.

292
00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,519
What's going on, boys?
Is it ready to go?
Yeah, give it a shot, man.

293
00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,359
Ready?Yeah, go for it.

294
00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,559
(MOTOR TURNING)
Come on, baby.

295
00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,159
Come on, come on, yes, yes, yes.

296
00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,839
(YELLS)

297
00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,679
(MOTOR STARTS)
Yeah, you beauty!

298
00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,719
Yeah!
(ALL LAUGHING)

299
00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:13,039
There's one more problem. We got
no hydraulics on the digger still.

300
00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,919
See, Matty, look,
this one was loose.

301
00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,879
I'll go start her.
Let's have a look.

302
00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:22,199
Right, watch your fingers.Yeah.
(MOTOR STARTS)

303
00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,119
Hey, it's working!

304
00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,679
This plug where the clip's broken
that holds the wire,

305
00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,239
thought I'd make sure
that hasn't rattled out.
Had problems with it before.

306
00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,919
That was easy.
Now we got two machines running.

307
00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,759
Leif's rocked up.
In less than half a day, mate,

308
00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,439
he's got the truck up and rolling,
the digger going,

309
00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,999
so I'm quite excited. We got
one more chance at opal this year.

310
00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,119
How did you go, John?
I can see some colour in here.

311
00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,799
Did better than we did. We broke
into an old-timer's cut today.

312
00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,999
Have a go, Paul.

313
00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,919
So, what, you got no more dirt?

314
00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,959
I don't know.
I've been chasing it into that wall,
and the wall is stopping me.

315
00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,479
Just want to ask Pete
where he buried that dirt.

316
00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,879
When he had the claim, he reckons,
he buried some good noodling dirt

317
00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,959
a long time ago, so...
Things aren't looking good, man.

318
00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,439
At season end,

319
00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,279
the Blacklighters are searching
for the last remaining stockpiles

320
00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:27,719
of old-timers' waste dirt
that might still contain opal.

321
00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,279
I'm just going to see Pete,
one of our mates up here.

322
00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:33,479
We do a fair bit of stuff
with him from time to time.

323
00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,199
We've run out of dirt. We're gonna
go see if we can have a chat to him

324
00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,439
and see if he can show us
where it is.

325
00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,879
Hey, Pete.What's going on?

326
00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,239
We've bloody run out of dirt
over at the old claim there.

327
00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,399
Johnny's dug
everything we can reach.

328
00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,559
Do you reckon we could get hold of
a bit of that 1970s' dirt?

329
00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,319
It's got a heap of crap
on top of it. Lot of finds on it.

330
00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,039
Has it?We'd have to move it.

331
00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:57,279
Yeah. I can help you do it,
but, erm...

332
00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:00,199
I'll want a percentage
of what you noodle out of it.

333
00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,079
All right, fair enough.

334
00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,799
Thanks heaps, Pete.
You're a bloody legend, mate.
No worries, mate.

335
00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,359
We can get some bloody nice opal
into the parcel this week,

336
00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,039
hopefully pay our bills.

337
00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:13,959
'Dozer's going. It's all fixed now.

338
00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,759
It's good to be
back in the machines.

339
00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,959
We're gonna take this section,
if we can get that out

340
00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,479
and if you start pushing that
up there,

341
00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,399
that dirt down there
will all be good.

342
00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,039
All right.Actually, I've got a lot
of good, big opal down there.

343
00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:31,919
JOHN: Pete's come in
with a 30-tonner.

344
00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,399
Mark's brought the 'dozer over
and I think it's gonna take
the top off

345
00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,959
and knock some of that dirt down
for me. Bloody good.

346
00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,799
Let's hope something's here,
because I tell you what -

347
00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,679
I don't want to be going
off this cliff, I tell you.

348
00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,319
The season's just about finished.

349
00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,639
This is our last hurrah.
It is our last chance.

350
00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,359
Getting a fair bit done there, Pete.
PETE: Yeah, mate.

351
00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,479
Want to have a look?
Yeah, man, for sure.

352
00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,399
We've cut a fair bit off.
This will be the dirt.

353
00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,999
Cheers, Pete.
You're an absolute bloody legend.

354
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,999
Got a bit of dirt down there for me,
so fingers crossed
there's a bit of life in it.

355
00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,279
It's getting hotter.
Hopefully get that target,

356
00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:23,839
and we can move on and spend summer
down in Adelaide on the beach.

357
00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,279
Give her a shove and we'll see
what we got.

358
00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,719
Oh, here we go.
That was a nice little chunk
come through then.

359
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,639
Might get colour, might be potch,
but, at least, whatever it is,
it's a decent size.

360
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,839
Oh, (BLEEP).
You never can tell in here,

361
00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,239
but once you've got material
that's this size,

362
00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,039
in the bucket she goes.

363
00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,759
Oh. Another quite substantial bit
there, so...

364
00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,679
Starting to add up today.
I think it's gonna be a good day.

365
00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,439
Felt like it's been a bit thicker,
a bit healthier,

366
00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,799
so I'm happy.
We'll see what the bucket says.

367
00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,799
Oh, here we go. It's all starting
to happen now.

368
00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,119
Three in a row. You know, you get it
in the tumbler, give it a wash,

369
00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,199
and then you get to find out,

370
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,879
but in here you're a millionaire
until you have a look in the light.

371
00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,519
BOGGER: It works like that, huh?
LES: What do you think you're doing?

372
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:36,559
That wasn't supposed to happen.
You're lucky it was going
the right way,

373
00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,479
otherwise you would have been
up the tunnel or underneath it.

374
00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,599
Yeah, that would have been
the end of me.

375
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,639
NARRATOR: At Froggie's Claim,

376
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,959
the Bushmen's youngest team members,

377
00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,959
Jake "Bogger" Wallace and Sam Mehan,

378
00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:53,639
are learning to operate a dangerous,
two-tonne hydraulic digger.

379
00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,879
Now lift your legs up at the back.

380
00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,679
More. Right down
until it comes down.

381
00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,479
Right?Righto. We're on the ground.

382
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,759
Now you can put your roof jacks up.

383
00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:06,479
Right. That'll do.

384
00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,719
With that, I reckon
I'm gonna give it a break.

385
00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,199
I'll pass the reins over to you.
Sounds good to me.

386
00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,439
Enough of a performance
from me, Les, I think.

387
00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,919
Well, that's it.
The circus has been here and gone.

388
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,319
Righto, Sam.
Okay.

389
00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,919
Jump in there.
Reckon we start feeding it?

390
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,799
I reckon.
Okay, so that...

391
00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,079
Short arm up.
And then in?

392
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,319
BOGGER: It is very difficult
to work out.

393
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,559
Getting the two controls at the one
time fluently, it's very difficult.

394
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,959
It does jump around a little bit.
It bucks a lot.

395
00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,239
It makes all these weird noises,
so it's definitely a daunting task.

396
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,559
I'll have a look.
Yeah, have a look.

397
00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,639
It's definitely travelling up there.
Mmm.

398
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,359
Sam! Come and have a look!

399
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,839
There's actually
a tiny bit of green in there, Les.

400
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,639
It's not really worth anything yet.

401
00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,519
It's still a bit thin, but you never
know what's behind it.

402
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,119
If it thickens up, we could be
looking at some money.

403
00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,799
Yeah. Let's get in behind it.

404
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,199
I get excited about the money, but
I also get excited to see colour.

405
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,279
It's such an amazing thing to find.

406
00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:07,759
It's died out for now, but I reckon
we should keep our eye on it.

407
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,879
Oh!

408
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,159
This is the last week of the season
and we're pushing as hard as

409
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,519
we can to get opal,
we really need it.

410
00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,559
Hey! G'day, gang.
Hey, Rod.How are you, Rod?

411
00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,639
No trouble?
The power pack.

412
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,439
It's on its last legs. It's not
gonna go for much longer.

413
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:28,159
Yeah, it spun for a little bit
longer, but it's seized up.

414
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,079
Luckily, I got one from
the wreckers.

415
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,999
It's not much good, but the only one
I could find. Might fit.

416
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,199
So why don't we go and see if
it does?Yeah.

417
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,759
Ah, well.
Will it work?

418
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,319
Looks like it's been laying out
in the weather a bit.

419
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:44,999
It's like you.
Yeah.

420
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,959
Are you all right, Les?
You need a hand?No.

421
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,679
I'll buggerise along with it.

422
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,159
As long as this gets us
out of trouble, we'll be all right.

423
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,279
I know. That's one out.
One out.

424
00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:57,959
One in.

425
00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,639
That's it.

426
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,439
It's the wrong size, isn't it?
Yeah.

427
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,039
What are you doing?
Aah! (BLEEP) the thing.

428
00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,399
Aah, that's another problem.

429
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,879
I found it.What did you find?
Oh, Dad's... Dad's old book.

430
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,399
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.

431
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,519
I was flicking through this
last night.

432
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,679
The old spots here they did when
they first brought 'dozers here.

433
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,119
A lot of them just pushed
a level out. In here...

434
00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:37,079
He had...

435
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,519
NARRATOR: In the final week of
their season,

436
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,799
the Mooka Boys need to find
a new source of opal.

437
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,919
They're searching for clues
in a mining diary

438
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,279
left behind by
Leif's late father, Paul.

439
00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:52,519
He was talking about
over near Gunns Gully,

440
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,079
on this side of the hill and going
through an old bucket of stuff,

441
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,959
this was one of the sample pieces.

442
00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:02,159
I think it says...Yeah, I reckon it
says. Was this what your dad had?

443
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,839
Yeah, he had bits and pieces
from all the fields,

444
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,599
for comparisons with the opal.

445
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,479
That's sizable material, man.

446
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,519
A big flash over the top.
That's red, bro.

447
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,879
Well, that's what caught
my eye was the red.

448
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:14,559
Yeah, that's nice. Look at that.

449
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,639
I'm down for that, mate.
That's better opal

450
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,519
than we've seen all year.
Yeah.

451
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,839
Gone through Paul's old Bible here,
got the GPS coordinates off it.

452
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,439
We'll go out there in the cars now,
see if we can find it on our feet.

453
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,999
Yeah.Let's go, boys, I'm excited.
That's us.

454
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,679
Let's find some opal.

455
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,799
We're just taking a tour
through Gunns Gully field.

456
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,879
From what we're seeing
in Paul's notes,

457
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,839
actually, he was out to
the west here.

458
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,919
I think this is where
we're gonna find it.

459
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,479
A week left in the season, only a
quarter of the way into the target.

460
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,159
Really got to find some opal

461
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,479
to keep the family here,
keep them all happy.

462
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,039
This is a really good clue
that we're in the right spot.

463
00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:55,119
We've got some actual opal here,
even though it's not precious.

464
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,439
Well, we're definitely on
the right trail.

465
00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,319
Yeah, oh, we'll come back tonight.

466
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,039
Sounds good, mate.
Let's get out of this sun for now.

467
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,159
Yeah, we use UV lights. The silica
rocks that we're looking for,

468
00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,359
they seem to glow up
under these blacklights.

469
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,559
It makes it really easy
for us at night-time.

470
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,839
We can only see what's on
the surface. Hopefully, we can
pick up some rocks here.

471
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,039
We've got a big area to cover,
so a good spread of lights is about

472
00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:23,719
the best way we can do that.

473
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,199
Years ago, we built blacklights
all over the front of the loader

474
00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,599
and called it Blacklightasaurus and
we're gonna do it again tonight.

475
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,839
Right, ready?Are you ready?
Yeah, I'm ready.

476
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,719
Pretty risky situation. Got to watch
the speed of the loader compared to

477
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,319
the speed Cozza and I are at,
if one of us slows down

478
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,039
and Matt doesn't see us,
we could end up like a pancake!

479
00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:51,319
Hey-hey!
Hey.

480
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,199
There's some bits of shell
to go in the bucket.

481
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,799
The lights have just come over it.

482
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,479
Got us under a little bit of
a patch here.

483
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,319
Yeah, it's starting to expose
some stuff.

484
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,599
A bit of opal on the ground.
It's always good to see.

485
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,599
Blacklightasaurus is working
for us. Definitely a good sign.

486
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,559
Yeah, no, I can't see (BLEEP) all,
hey, so...

487
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:19,959
Yeah, just keep coming, bro.

488
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:21,839
Watch out!
Hey-hey!

489
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,719
Shit! Oh!

490
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,719
The bucket!
Oh, the bucket!

491
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,639
This wasn't the right size,

492
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,239
so what we've got to do is just sort
of dodgy this up a bit, I think.

493
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,319
NARRATOR: In Grawin,
mechanical problems

494
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,799
are threatening to shut down
the Bushmen's season.

495
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:43,919
Without a power pack,
there's no digger,

496
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,799
so that's kind of put a bit of
a spanner in the works.

497
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,079
Everything rests on Rod
fitting a new alternator

498
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,199
on the power pack for the digger.

499
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,239
I can't get the tensioner on it,
so I'm gonna make a bit of

500
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,319
a homemade tensioner here
to try and hold the belt on.

501
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,159
It should keep the belt
tight enough to run the fan.

502
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,039
We're committed to this claim now.
We've put a lot of time,

503
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,799
energy and money into getting here,

504
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,199
so we have to find opal,
it has to work,

505
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,879
because we don't really have
any other options.

506
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,719
Righto, stand back. Fire it up.

507
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,679
Let's see if we can get it to work
at least.Here goes.Yeah.

508
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,719
Sounds all right.
LES: That'll do.

509
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,999
Beauty!
Yeah.

510
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,039
Not the best, but it'll work.
For a while at le

511
00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,159
All right. You happy with that?
Yeah.

512
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,919
Well, speaking about driving around,
I've got to go back to Sydney again.

513
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,399
The surgeon wants to check over
his work.Really?When?Today.

514
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,839
Sorry about that.
You should be.

515
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,599
(GROANS) All right. There's not
much we can do about it.

516
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,319
If you've got to go,
you've got to go.I do. I do.

517
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,919
All right.Okay.Come on.
No worries, then.

518
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,839
I've got to head back down to Sydney
for another check-up,

519
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,599
just to make sure
everything's all good inside here.

520
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,319
I'm letting everybody down,
not being able to contribute

521
00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,359
and help out and find opal, the main
thing I'm missing out on, if we do.

522
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,719
Just watch yourself, Sam. I'm just
gonna scoot forward a little bit.

523
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,599
So we can dig that bit of seam out.
Yeah, okay.

524
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,799
Rod's great on the digger.
He's got so much experience.

525
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,159
The way he moves it is pretty much
effortless,

526
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,039
but that's what experience brings.

527
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,159
Oh, stop!

528
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,559
Ooh! It's got green in it,
this time.

529
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,239
Well, that's a good sign, Sam.

530
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,279
You got that tray, Les?

531
00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:32,479
Pop these in there. There's a couple
more bits on the ground here.

532
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,159
It doesn't matter.

533
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,439
You start digging in the wall?
Swap you sides.

534
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,839
It's not bad, Les, is it?
Looks good.

535
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,079
It gets a bit darker
and a bit bluer.

536
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,159
Put your bowl under there, Sam,
I reckon.

537
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,839
Yeah.
All right?

538
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,319
Whoa-oa-oa! Oh!

539
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,799
Did you get him?
I caught that bit.

540
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,599
Did more come out? Yeah.

541
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,199
At your knee.
Whoa! Hang on.

542
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,319
You all right?Yeah.
She's going!

543
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,119
Urgh! Jesus.

544
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,999
There was two pieces that came out.

545
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,919
There is a big lump
somewhere in there.

546
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,039
In that piece, I reckon it is.

547
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,399
Yeah. There we go.
That's the piece.

548
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,759
Ah, it's got to come this time.

549
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,519
You ready?
Yeah, I'm ready.

550
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,719
Wahey! Whoa!

551
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,199
Yes!Wow!I saw colour then, Sam.
I saw colour too.

552
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,279
I saw it.
Ooh!

553
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,079
Check that piece out.
Ooh, that's nice, isn't it?Sure is.

554
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,639
It's got a straight bar. Another big
chunk.Yeah, that is bloody nice.

555
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,519
It's got a bit of a flash
in it, too.

556
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,199
Oh-ho-ho!

557
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,359
Oh, wow!Look at that!
Got to be more where that come from.

558
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,759
Busted right down the middle of the
bloody colour bar, but look at it.

559
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,079
Yeah, that's a nice colour.Got to
be the other half of it somewhere.

560
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,159
We've got a few dollars here, Les.

561
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,839
A good bucket and a (BLEEP) bucket.

562
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,439
There's some opal over in the wall
just behind me.

563
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,199
I'll go over and get that
just in a minute.

564
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,799
When you find opal,
you tend to take even longer.

565
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,679
You've got to enjoy
the moment. Right?

566
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:07,959
That can go in the good bucket,
that piece.

567
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,639
Boing! (CHUCKLES)

568
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,399
What's going on?I went down
and had a bit of a geezo.

569
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,079
You're on?
We're on.

570
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,639
The last one of the day, too.
Let's have a look.

571
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,719
The last scrape! Oh!

572
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,919
(BLEEP), yeah!
Look at it.

573
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,079
So I'm gonna pull this out
and that's it.

574
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:24,879
Bloody well done, Paul.

575
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,759
Let's see what we got here. Eh?

576
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,079
Oh, dude, that just was
a massive crunch.

577
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,159
Are we gonna need
another bucket?Yeah.

578
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,919
This side.

579
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,119
One minute, I'm swinging off the
edge of a cliff with a bulldozer.

580
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,399
Next minute, we're pulling out
beautiful stuff.

581
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,879
Oi, have a look at it.
It just keeps going!

582
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,639
Oh, that's...
It's getting a lot better.

583
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,599
Yes, getting some beautiful green.

584
00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,119
This one you can see the skin is off
it. A lot of the others are thicker,

585
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,359
but they're coated in skin, we won't
see them until we tumble them.

586
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,479
Got ourselves a bit of
a nice pocket here.

587
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,879
Oh, dude, that is still...
I can hear it....crunching.

588
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,679
Oh, like a chocolate milkshake,
but only crunchy!

589
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,359
BOTH: Yeah!

590
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,759
Ha-ha!
Now we're cooking!

591
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,439
Yeah!

592
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,319
That is just yes!

593
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,279
# I think we've paid for
the diesel today! #

594
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,239
Ooh-yeah!

595
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,039
Oh-ho-ho-oh! Still doing it, man.

596
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:35,719
It's still doing it.

597
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,959
This stuff has been here
for that long.

598
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:39,839
We're the first people
to ever see it.

599
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,559
We won't be the last to see it.

600
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,759
A lot of people are gonna enjoy
this stuff.

601
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,919
I've got to be careful
once we get... get close.

602
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,319
It's getting better. That's getting
better!Oh, yeah. Yeah.

603
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,799
We've actually got a bucket
of this colour, man. It's insane.

604
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,039
The bucket filled up quick, too.

605
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,039
All sorts mixed in here.

606
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,879
So once it's tumbled
and we get it all clean,

607
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,359
we'll be able to see
what we've really got.

608
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,439
Home time?Home time. Well bloody
done.Let's get out of here.

609
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,359
Good on you.
I wonder how John's going.

610
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,559
Oh, Jeez.

611
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,439
Oh, I can see some colour already.

612
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,719
I don't want to get too excited,
but the colour in that is just...

613
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,959
Gee whiz, a bit more green.

614
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,479
I can see the edge of that. Once we
tumble that up, we'll soon find out.

615
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,839
We could be here for a good week.

616
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,719
Oh, the (BLEEP) bucket!
Whoa!

617
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,639
I dropped the bucket!
It's under the loader!

618
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,599
The bucket just rolled down
the hill.

619
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,759
Everything's everywhere!
I lost it all.

620
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,199
Ah, (BLEEP).

621
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,799
(BLEEP)

622
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,959
We're gonna have to get you to back
up the hill, slow as you can.

623
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,439
The boys were picking up opal
all over that hill.

624
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,519
I just got to the peak of it
and I just couldn't hear the boys.

625
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,879
I was just yelling out,
telling them I'm moving.

626
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,599
I guess we lost the bucket
under the loader.

627
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,959
Once you drop a rock
in the soft dirt,

628
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:03,919
it's really hard to find it again.

629
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,479
I guess we just try and recover it
now, that's all we can do.

630
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:10,999
You want to call it quits
for the night?

631
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:12,959
Well, mate, I'm pissed off now.

632
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,719
Get this up in the truck tomorrow,
get it in the noodler.

633
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,119
Go and park this up, mate. Let's
call it a night.All right, mate.

634
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,399
We're just back here, where we were
blacklighting last night

635
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,479
and the boys dropped the opal
on the ramp.

636
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,959
Get it to the noodler
and run it through.

637
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,959
Hopefully, we find some more opal,
like we did last time.

638
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,719
NARRATOR: In South Australia,

639
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:40,199
the Mooka Boys are removing
the top layer of waste dirt

640
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,399
to run through their processing
machine, known as "a noodler",

641
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,879
in the hope of finding
the lost opal.

642
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,119
All right.
First load off to Hallion Hill.

643
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:53,999
Hopefully, this is the one with the
opal in it that we lost last night!

644
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,599
We're gonna take this material
to the noodler,

645
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,519
run it through and, uh,
that's it for our season.

646
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,319
We'll go in.

647
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,599
Good to go whenever you are, mate.

648
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,239
All right, Matty,
what have you got for us?

649
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,559
Mate, hey, here we go.
Big chunks?Yeah, yeah.

650
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:19,239
Hey-hey!

651
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,319
There's a few big chunks
coming through now.

652
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,479
Definitely a good sign.

653
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:31,719
We won't know if it's got any colour
until we get it out in the sun.

654
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,799
Seems like the dirt is running out.

655
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,999
You on channel, Matty?Yeah, just
cleaning the hopper out now, mate.

656
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,679
I hope you got some opal.
That's it for the year.

657
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,599
Nothing left now, so whatever
the boys got, the boys got.

658
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,359
That's the season.

659
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,679
Oh, yeah, there's some colour
in here, man.

660
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,359
What have we got?
Ho-ho! Damn, look at that!

661
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,919
We've got some opal concrete,
got some matrix.

662
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,839
This is some top-grade stuff, mate.

663
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,119
Look at the colour
beaming off of that.

664
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,879
What have we got here?
About... What?

665
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,559
Three ounces of crystal and jelly.

666
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,199
Something we can do something with.
Yeah, bloody oath.

667
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,079
Look at this bit here.
It turned into a bit of colour.

668
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:19,839
The Mooka Boys have a mixed parcel
of matrix and crystal opal.

669
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,239
You know, once that stone is cut,

670
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,639
what do you reckon
the value on that would be?

671
00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:32,119
A few grand stone there.

672
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,079
Yeah?Yeah.
A crystal like that.

673
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,559
What do you reckon for
this pile of matrix, bro?

674
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,719
That colour is unbelievably bright.

675
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,799
We will cut some nice pieces
out of this.

676
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,239
All right, so 1,000 bucks
for the matrix.

677
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,119
What do you reckon for
this little pile of opal here?

678
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,159
At a fair price, 1,000 bucks.

679
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,839
What about this? This is
on its own, this king stone.

680
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,999
I'd put 3 grand on that all day.

681
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,639
Wow!Yeah, boy!
Yeah, killer!(LAUGHS)

682
00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:58,719
I think it's a safe bet
we've got 5 grand sitting there.

683
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:03,999
Not the biggest win we've had ever,
but it's nice to top this end of

684
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,759
the season off
with some colour like this.

685
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,799
Hitting that target would have meant
a lot to us this year.

686
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,599
A lot of people come out here
to dig.

687
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,359
Not everybody gets to go home rich.

688
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,479
It's been a pretty
challenging year for us.

689
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,999
We had a bit of a hard time
with the machinery.

690
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,279
We've just been trying
to find a way all year.

691
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,159
A few collapses, going into
a bit of dangerous ground.

692
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,639
We managed to make
a little bit of money.

693
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:29,719
Oh, hot dogs.
Chuck some bread down.

694
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,399
We're gonna have
another high target next year.

695
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,679
I think we're all gonna be
coming back.

696
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,159
Starting fresh on a new season, with
a new diesel system in the truck.

697
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,039
Bloody excellent.

698
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,759
Hey, hey! This is our food, mate.
Go on, get, get, get.

699
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:46,039
Andamooka, there hasn't been a lot
of proper prospecting done here.

700
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,839
There's so much missed ground.
The right attitude,

701
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,559
thinking and positive thoughts

702
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:55,039
that we can sort of make that
become a reality instead of a dream.

703
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,479
After a couple of pretty tough years
out here in the field,

704
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:03,879
not even coming close to the target,
I'd love to call it quits, honestly,

705
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,959
but, look, mate,
I've got that opal fever.

706
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,719
I absolutely love the Outback.

707
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,439
I love the desert.
I love everything about my life.

708
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,319
So I'm gonna work hard
to get back here next season

709
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,079
and live the dream again.

710
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,679
Show us the gems, Les.Got some
pretty good stuff here, I reckon.

711
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,919
I think we might have, too.
Yes. Looking good.

712
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,759
We'll leave that till last.

713
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,519
Put it there.The nice stuff.
See what we've got in here.

714
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,199
There's some big, bloody...

715
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,279
blue-purple stuff in here.

716
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:42,159
Yeah, that's a bright piece there.
Blue there. Purple around there.

717
00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,799
Such a relief to finally see
something in the wall.

718
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,279
Not bloody wrong.
Look at that colour through this.

719
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,999
That's nice. It might be on grey,
but it's still colour.

720
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:51,679
It's still a few dollars.

721
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,959
We're not even looking at
the good stuff yet, the colour tin.

722
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,799
Righto, Les, are you ready?

723
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,799
Let's have a look at
what we've got here.

724
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,639
Ooh! Some of that looks nice.
Starts to get bright.

725
00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:03,519
It's a good, nice piece.

726
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,359
That's a straight bar. That's gonna
cut a stone. We know that.Oh, yeah.

727
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,399
The Bushmen have a parcel
of crystal seam opal.

728
00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:24,319
Just this, not our good stuff,
what do you reckon?

729
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,799
I reckon about 800 bucks.
Potentially. I reckon that's
probably right.

730
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,479
You won't really know
until you clean it up.

731
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,399
So, Sam?
The colour tin?

732
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,599
What do you reckon, mate?
I'll take a proper look at it.

733
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,279
We've got some straight bars.

734
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,919
We've got some cuttable stones.
I reckon...

735
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,359
...2 grand.
Two thousand, eight hundred, Les.

736
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,719
I reckon we'll be eating steak
tonight, Les.

737
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,359
I reckon we could be.
That's not too bad.

738
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,039
It was a bit more
than we had this morning.

739
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,999
It's a little bit off
our season target.

740
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,559
It's really important
that we keep on finding opal.

741
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,999
The season is about to end. It's
getting too hot and too hard to dig.

742
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,679
We've got to find something
before the season is over.

743
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,879
G'day, guys!
Bogger!

744
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,999
You're back!Oh, I tell you now,
I've had enough of all that driving.

745
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:09,759
Go into the toolbox.

746
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:14,279
How is the jaw, anyway, mate?
What did they say?Going great.

747
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,679
Another check-up in a couple of
weeks, take these screws out.

748
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,479
After that, that's it. I don't have
to go back down there.

749
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,559
Fantastic.
Good stuff, mate.

750
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,359
You and Sam are going real well,
you mastered the digger.

751
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,159
The crew we've got now is
a really good crew,

752
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:30,599
so we've got enough time left
to make a quid.

753
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:34,399
Here's to the big push for the end
of the year.The big push.Cheers!

754
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,519
We've tumbled it for hours and hours
to get all the dirt off it.

755
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,719
Get it nice and clean, so you can
really see what you've got.

756
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,599
You've got to clean it properly.
It's been an awesome week.

757
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,559
We were basically on the bones of
our arse and we turned it around.

758
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,359
Our season is coming to
an abrupt end, by the looks of it.

759
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,359
It's getting hot.
The weather is coming.

760
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,439
But, freaking hell,
everyone put in such a big effort.

761
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,359
I'll let Rach and the boys
have a look.

762
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,119
We'll all have a bit of a chat,
see what we price it at,

763
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,119
but, yeah, whichever way it goes,
there's a bit of money here.

764
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:14,199
The Blacklighters have a parcel
of crystal opal.

765
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,879
Hey!Hello.Hey!
Look at them biscuits.Whoo-hoo!

766
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,479
Well done, boys.
Phew!There's some opal.

767
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,159
Beautiful stuff.
That is gonna be, like,

768
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:32,919
somewhere in the world
that gets set.

769
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,159
Put it in some jewellery.Gonna have
a tough neck, that's for sure.

770
00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:38,079
That's a bloody good week, boys.

771
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,279
Tough, too, hey.
Heat, flies.Oh, yeah.

772
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,719
So, what do you reckon
we've got here, Rach?

773
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:44,399
Lots.
What do you reckon, Rach?

774
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,639
I reckon...

775
00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:49,359
Johnny's,
I mean, this stuff here is...

776
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,839
50 grand all day, every day.
Yeah.

777
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,119
I think a lot of that was the finds
falling down from Pete.Yeah.

778
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,479
But it was coming out today.
It was just boof!

779
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,839
Paul and Mark come in close,

780
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,199
but I reckon you're sitting at
about 40 grand.

781
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:06,959
Ninety grand for the week, boys.

782
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,559
We had to give Sneaky Pete 15%,

783
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,839
so over 80 grand
we got for the week.

784
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,999
So what does that do? That makes us
smash the target by 60.

785
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,439
Four hundred and ten grand
for the season. Eh?

786
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,679
ALL: Yeah!
Oh-ho!

787
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,199
Bloody well done to you guys
for hitting the target.

788
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,679
That was one of the most amazing
years of mining

789
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,879
I've ever had, ever seen, ever
witnessed in my life, I'm pumped.

790
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:31,919
A good year, boys and girls.
Well done.

791
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,999
Well done, John, for sticking at it.

792
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,439
Just pulling the money out
every week, man.

793
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,799
When we'd find nothing in the wall,
you'd always plug away and have

794
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,679
something for us,
a (BLEEP) good year.

795
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,919
We've put in some hard work, but
honestly, if we can keep pushing,

796
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,199
I think next year is gonna...Gonna
be all right....go pretty well.

797
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,679
Even last week, we were looking down
the barrel, not making our target.

798
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,279
We stuck at it and bang!
Look where we are now.

799
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,639
Here's to you guys, man.
Love working with you.

800
00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,399
Let's go and have a rest, boys.

801
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,999
Well done, guys. Well deserved.

802
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,479
Isn't there something
you're forgetting about?

803
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:06,319
Didn't you promise everyone
something online?(LAUGHS)

804
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,359
Down the main street of Coober.

805
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,639
I will do it, man.You can't renege
on that.Nah. Nah, I'm doing it.

806
00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:14,519
I'm running down the main street
of Coober Pedy in my jocks

807
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,199
for the Royal Flying Doctor.

808
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,959
We've raised $7,500.
I'm backing him all the way, yeah.

809
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,399
Let's hope
the whole town is down there!

810
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,359
Oh, now there's tourists rolling up.

811
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,799
Are we ready? Down we go!

812
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,759
Down it goes! Whoo!
Righto.

813
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:31,839
I'm off! Hey-diddle-diddle.

814
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,999
Leaving!

815
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,119
Oh, dear Lord,
have a look at him go.

816
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:37,999
(HORN BEEPS)

817
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:39,799
Hey! Hey!

818
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:41,879
(LAUGHS)
(HORN BEEPS)

819
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,959
How are you going? Hey!

820
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,359
We're gonna just sit behind him.
Hold up the traffic.

821
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,079
Bloody hell.

822
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:51,479
I should have done some training.
(LAUGHS)

823
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:53,359
Go on, pick the pace up, mate!

824
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,999
(LAUGHS)
(HORN BEEPS)

825
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,559
Oh! Bloody hell, this is hard work.

826
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,639
He's at the finish.
I've crossed the line!

827
00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:04,319
(LAUGHS)

828
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,159
Yoo-hoo!

829
00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:08,839
He's still going.

830
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:12,119
Wow.Good effort.
How's that?That's it.

831
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:13,839
Oh, yes, I made it.

832
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:15,919
Just a normal day in Coober Pedy.

833
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,799
Righto, let's go.Thank you very
much to the Flying Doctor.

834
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,759
You're absolute champions.

835
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,839
(HORN BEEPS)
Hey!

836
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,319
Beauty!
(CHUCKLES) Good job.

837
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,879
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