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NARRATOR: On Outback Opal Hunters...

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ANGEL: It's like an avalanche.

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There's just weeks left
in the mining season...

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JOE: So, why are we here?
We can't reach the base anymore.

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Right. Week and a half only.
If you don't find anything,
I'm canning it.

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..and the Misfits are forced to move
to a new claim...

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ISABELLE: That looks awfully loose.

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That's a tunnel, Issy.
Is that a drive?

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..unearthing the rarest opal
they've ever found.

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I've not seen anything like this,
ever.

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Oh, my God, it's got colour.
That is stunning.

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The Bushmen attempt to work
their flooded mine...

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ROD: (GROANS) Just got
a boot full of water.

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That's five- four or five metres
deep, innit, Les?LES: Yeah.

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And then once the water
hits the walls,

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it's just gonna keep on going
down there.

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It'll get higher and higher
and they start collapsing.

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..and are hit with
catastrophic machine failure.

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Hey, I've lost controls, Les.
Where's that coming from?

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The Blacklighters work
a mammoth night shift

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to unearth opal...

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MARK: Oh, look at that!

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Let's just load it into the bucket
and get on with the night.

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..and are lowballed
by one of their regular buyers.

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$38,000, Mark.
That's half, man.

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It's not happening, ay.

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I'm not gonna make
enough out of it.

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ISABELLE: How close do you
reckon you can get there, Angel?

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ANGEL: Still got
a couple more inches.

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The excavator's right on the edge
of this loose dirt

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and I don't want to accidentally,
yeah, fall in the hole with ya.

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(OVER RADIO) Yeah, well,
I don't want you doing that either.

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Got a 25 tonne machine
in front of me.

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Our ramp here is getting
steeper and steeper,

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so we're not gaining the reach

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that we need to get onto this wall.

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There's no point in working
if you can't reach the opal face,

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cos that's where the opal is, so...

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Normally, we'd bring
the bulldozer in

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to push out this dirt
to give us more room,

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but unfortunately, that's at home
getting repairs and a service.

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(OVER RADIO) Yeah,
I can't reach that wall, Issy.

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I'm just gonna hop out
and have a bit of a look.

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Yeah, no worries.

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Oh! That's so damn steep, man.
I know.

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It's like an avalanche.

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That's teetering right on the edge

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of actually slipping into
this hole with you.

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That's what worries me
and I've got nowhere to go...

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No, you don't...cos there's
no way out of here, quick.

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Yeah, I think
we're stuffed here, Angel.

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NARRATOR: Just weeks
of the mining season remain

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and the Misfits, Angel Dempsey,

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new recruit, Issy Glen,

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and mentor and financer,
Opal Joe Kalmar,

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have been forced to down tools,

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waiting for vital bulldozer repairs.

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JOE: Hunting opal's hard work.
And the summers,

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the summer's already encroaching.

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Then we've got to deal with
the (BLEEP) storms

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that are happening in between.

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ISABELLE: Oh.ANGEL: I think
we should ah head back to camp

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before we get stranded.Yeah.

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We're behind on our opal target

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and there's only a few weeks left
of the season,

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so, yeah, no,
it's pretty concerning.

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PAUL: So, are you negotiable
on these prices?ANGEL: Yeah, I am.

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OK.I want to be a fully independent
miner one day.

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I need money to be able to do that,

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and to have money,
I need to find opal.

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It's probably gonna take me
a few seasons to get the money

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to buy a $50,000 excavator,

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buy a $100,000 bulldozer,

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but I'm gonna keep going
until that day comes.

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ISABELLE: OK, are we set?

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Go!

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All of the money that I'm gonna make
from opal mining,

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I'd like to put back into the gym.

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We've just had
the Commonwealth Games.

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Most of you would know,
Callum's just won silver,

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which is absolutely fantastic.

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Our target is gonna be able
to fund these kids

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to be able to follow their dreams,
just as I'm following mine.

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I'm hoping we can smash it out,

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you know, in the last
couple of weeks, cos if not,

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I won't be eating, basically.

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ISABELLE: We need somewhere to mine.
ANGEL: Yep.

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What about my mine?

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Yeah, that could work.
It's accessible.

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Very shallow, hey, so that should be
pretty easy to work.Yep.

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At least that way we're still mining
cos, yeah, we can't do it here.

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NARRATOR: Issy's mine
is on the Tea Tree Opal Field,

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almost four kilometres
from Angel's claim.

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It's been worked for decades
by old timers,

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but still holds
pockets of virgin ground.

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ANGEL: Joe's got to be a part
of this decision on moving claims

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in the meantime,
cos he's the money man.

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Hey, Joe.JOE: Hey, 'up.
ISABELLE: Hey, Joe.

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What happened to the excavator?
We snookered ourselves, basically.

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You boxed yourself in?
It was-Yep, we did.

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We can't reach the face anymore.
So why are we here?

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Well, I've put it to Angel,
you know,

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basically, rather than wait
week and a half

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for parts for the dozer,

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why don't we come and work here
for the next week or so.

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All right. Shall we have a look?

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It's stagnant at the moment,
so we may as well
do something with it.

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Got way more room than Lunatic here.

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Yeah, but that's because here
is very little virgin ground.

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But this has got a good rep
for good crystal, so...

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So, is that a thumb's up
or a thumb's down?

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We're better off not boxing in
the excavator, to be honest,

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you know, but there is no choice.

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You really gonna have to
prove yourselves here

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cos the pockets are here,
but they'll be very, very small.

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All right, cheers.
All right, let's go get this sorted.

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Let's do it.
A week and a half only.

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If you don't find anything,
I'm canning it.

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Yep.I don't wanna waste diesel.

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ISABELLE: Looks like
we're stuffed today.

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ANGEL: Yeah, definitely no mining.

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Strike one, bulldozer breaking down.

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Strike two, we're boxed in
with the excavator.

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And this is strike three.

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You know, this is normally where
I'd say to you, Angel,

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"You've gotta have faith
and a bit of hope,"

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but you know,
I'm losing it real fast.

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There's only a few weeks left
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and it's been raining.

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You know, it's a dry desert,
normally.

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But yeah, Mother Nature's thrown
a spanner in the works this season.

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Both our mines are built like dams,

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so the water's just gonna run in
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and that can take months
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It could be the end of our season
right now.

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You know, if it's full of water,
that's it, we're done.

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ROD: Is she moving?
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It's just slush.

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The last thing we need.

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No, we're not having much luck.

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We had such big plans for this year.

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Spent all that money on machinery
and here we are,

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end of the season, and we're bogged.

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You just sitting there spinning.

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We just can't afford
to have the truck bogged.

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We need the truck to get rid
of all our dirt from underground.

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Can't dump any more there

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cos we've got to shovel all that
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Yeah. We're stuck.

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ROD: It's just flooding
the whole mine.

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Drag that dirt back this way.

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Hang on.

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NARRATOR: The Bushmen,
Rod Manning,

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Les Walsh and Ty Gross

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have spent the season
abandoning failed mines.

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TY: Here we are at Ding Dong,
ay, boys.

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ROD: Third move for the year, Ty.

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And battling
the unyielding elements.

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You know, it is gonna impact
on our season

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because the longer
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the less chance
you got of finding opal.

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And now,
Ty needs to take time off

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to help his wife Haidee

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while she recovers from surgery.

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TY: We found out that
she had a brain tumour.

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There's no medical services
that can, you know, fix Haidee up.

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It's like a nine and a half hour
drive to Sydney.

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It's just been
one hell of a journey.

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ROD: Keep going. Whoa! Whoa!

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Now we've hit this.

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LES: It gets harder
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Not working?

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But he has to have time out
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But that's how it's going
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NARRATOR: Rod and Les' last hope

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rests on finding
a pocket of crystal opal

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in the final weeks of the season

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worth up to $28,000 a gram.

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ROD: Things are getting
a bit desperate

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and we're nowhere near
where we need to be.

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Me and the old fella,

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we've gotta keep cracking on.
It's all you can do.

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ROD: I'll keep trying to rock it
backwards and forwards, Les.

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LES: Yeah. Gets a bit of grip,
it might.

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(CHEERING) Les!
Well, that worked.

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You beauty!That worked.

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We got to get this off, mate,
and get back mining.

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This season's fast coming to an end.

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You know, with us,
we live here all year round.

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We are here through that
horrible heat in summer,

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you know, 48 degree days,

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and uh, we do like to have a break.
(CHUCKLES)

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We'll try and put some dirt
in these wheel tracks.

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That will give us traction
on our back wheels to get out.

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Most of the miners aren't working
at the moment cos of the weather.

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And it is getting late
in the season, you know.

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But we just can't quit.

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You all right?Yeah, the hip's
playing up a bit this morning.

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It will be right when
I straighten up properly.

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From the look of it,
my retirement is a fair way off yet.

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I was hoping it was gonna be
by summertime,

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but I can't see anything happening.

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Back me in, Les.

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Yeah, that dirt, hopefully,
will stop us from getting bogged.

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That will do!

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Righto. Let's do this.

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(CROAKING)

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(GROANS) Just got
a boot full of water.

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Holy ghost! Hey Les, crikey,
have a look at this.

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This- Water-

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That's four or five metres
deep, innit, Les?LES: Yeah.

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Er... around here, look.

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We can go swimming down here.

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Come in the last few days.

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I don't like water
in an opal mine, Les.

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This is a a clay level,

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and clay when it gets wet,

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it starts falling out of your walls.

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Once the walls
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they start collapsing.

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We don't want this
rising any more.No.

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Water and opal dirt don't mix.

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MARK:
Uh, this is the pointy end now.

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We have done months upon months

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and breakdowns and every scenario
you could ever imagine.

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Now, we are finally getting to where

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we are expecting some pay,
so pretty excited.

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Go right down into the ground.

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Hey! Hey!

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(LAUGHING)
That is a full cockle, mate.

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(CHEERING)
Yeah! Cockle time.

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Oh, Paul, look at the colour in it.
I know.

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Man, that is a big shell.

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Oh, mate, we are just gonna
have to be so careful.

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We were gonna miss that.
It is just thrown out.

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Stop talking about.
Let us get some more.

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There is gotta be more.

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NARRATOR: The Blacklighters,

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team leader, Mark I'Anson,

241
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stepson, Xavier,

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Paul Coon and John Nassar

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have spent the lion's share
of the mining season

244
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and $50,000 in cash

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excavating a huge open cut mine.

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MARK:
If we are just gonna keep breaking,
we are wasting our time.

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RACHEL: It is ending up
costing us an absolute fortune.

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This is just one
massive money pit, man.

249
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I feel the bank account
just disappearing.

250
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If we don't find opal,

251
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there is no auctions,
there is no team.

252
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There is just nothing.

253
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Both Mark and I and the others,

254
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we have all come from harder times.

255
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Family is the essence
of our business.

256
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NARRATOR: Just weeks are left
in the season

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and time is running out

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to reach their $350,000 target.

259
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MARK: Which is a lot of money,
but it is only just breaking even.

260
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It is not superstar wages
whatsoever.

261
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It is just getting there.

262
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RACHEL: Now, it is more important
than ever

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that we have the opal in stock
to be able to sell.

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PAUL: Righto, Xavvy.

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(ON RADIO) Park her up the top.
We are all good for now.

266
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XAVIER: Pretty excited
to get some dirt through Opalzilla.

267
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It has been a few months since
we have actually hit some opal.

268
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Hopefully, in the darkroom
the whole belt will be lit up.

269
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We will be on the money.

270
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Ready to go. Woo!

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NARRATOR: The Blacklighters
open cut mine

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is now at the opal level,
15 metres down,

273
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so every truckload of dirt
must be processed

274
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by their ten-tonne noodling machine,
Opalzilla.

275
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Fire her up. Let us have some fun
and collect some stones.

276
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JOHN: Righto, Mucky Mark.
Put some of that good dirt through.

277
00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,160
I don't want to be bored
in here today. Give me some colour.

278
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After dust and dirt is tumbled
from the opal bearing rock,

279
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the conveyor then passes it through
their blacklight room

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where ultraviolet light
causes the opal to fluoresce,

281
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making it easier to see on the belt.

282
00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:16,280
We are pretty well
in the zone now, but...

283
00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,880
Yeah, could be few and far between
or it could go crazy, so...

284
00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,560
We will soon find out.

285
00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,480
MARK: G'day, mate. How you going?

286
00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,400
All right. Yeah.

287
00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,680
No, I will talk to the boys,
see what we can do for sure, mate.

288
00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,360
See you, mate.

289
00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,520
Just had a pretty interesting call
from Peter Watson.

290
00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,120
Um, he is asking for our help.

291
00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,600
Pete is one of the very few
in this town that

292
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you could say
are real serious miners.

293
00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,280
If everyone could probably
head on up to the genie.

294
00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:50,960
We gotta have a chat.

295
00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,600
There is not many people out here
to give you a hand,

296
00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,800
so you gotta bend over backwards
for everyone

297
00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,480
when you get half a chance.

298
00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,760
Now, I have had a call
from Peter Watson,

299
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and um-PAUL: Oh, what at?

300
00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,600
He needs a hand
for a couple of nights.

301
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XAVIER: Doing what?

302
00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,720
He gotta finish his cut.
He wants us to blacklight
behind his machine.

303
00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,400
The ratters are getting to him,

304
00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,880
so he wants to finish the job
and get out of there.

305
00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,880
Do we shut down here
for a few days?

306
00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,400
We shut down.
A couple more days man.

307
00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,080
He likes to do things on his own,

308
00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,040
so he must need a hand
definitely, ay.

309
00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,320
Shit. Bad timing. We are on it here.
(CHUCKLES)

310
00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,200
I know we are and how long
have we waited for this.

311
00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,240
We are just gonna have to
come back to it.

312
00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,040
Come back to it, ay.

313
00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:31,880
It is a tough decision
to go help him

314
00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,360
cos we have not got
much time left in the season.

315
00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,960
We wanna knock this cut over.
We wanna finish it.

316
00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,240
Awesome, guys.
Pack up all this, I guess.

317
00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,520
It sucks cos we are getting left
wide open for ratters now,

318
00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,960
so we have just got to hope
no one is gonna come and steal

319
00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,720
what we have worked so hard
to try and get to.

320
00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,120
We were on, mate-
We were on and...Mm.

321
00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,080
..we are shutting down,
but we wanna get something out of it

322
00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,520
cos we shut down
on such a good time, you know.

323
00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,800
Just hope we find something.
That would be the best thing.Yeah.

324
00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,600
Season is disappearing.
We have still got another 50 grand

325
00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,880
to get to hit our target,
so not easy.

326
00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,320
ANGEL: Yeah, the biggest problem
today is it is so boggy,

327
00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,880
like, it is ridiculous,
but we have got no choice

328
00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:17,800
but to get out there and find opal.

329
00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,280
Yeah, just a little stretch to go.

330
00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,800
NARRATOR: After heavy storms
over the past 24 hours,

331
00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,800
the Misfits need to get their bobcat
across boggy roads

332
00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,880
to work Issy's claim, Honey Hole.

333
00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,200
Oh, whoop! (CHUCKLES)

334
00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,400
That was slippery. (LAUGHS)

335
00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,240
I saw that.

336
00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,960
So, at this point in time,

337
00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,680
we are gonna shift as much dirt
as we can on the bobcat

338
00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,080
and probably get back
on our jackhammers,

339
00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,760
you know, and do
what we do best, mine.

340
00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,240
You wanna show me
where you want your dirt, Issy?

341
00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,640
I want to be a fully independent
miner one day,

342
00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,720
yeah so, you know, I need money
to be able to do that,

343
00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,040
and to have money,
I need to find opal.

344
00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,720
The season is coming to an end.

345
00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,080
I need money to be able to put back
in our boxing gym.

346
00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,320
A lot of it is helping kids,
you know, so without it,

347
00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,280
I don't know how much longer
we can keep running.

348
00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,840
Oh, that seems a bit soft.
That looks awfully loose.

349
00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,320
That is a tunnel, Issy!
Is that a drive?

350
00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,760
Oh, that is a good sign.

351
00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,880
I mean, having this drive here
proves that there was opal here.

352
00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,000
I would love to at least
make an entrance.

353
00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,520
Yeah, we are digging it out
and having a look.

354
00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,360
I will jump in and start scooping.

355
00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,040
There is a couple of levels
down here

356
00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:40,920
that I am seeing at the moment.

357
00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000
See that boulder under there?

358
00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,880
Oh, yeah.There is a crack.
Yeah, that is a beauty.

359
00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,080
That would be worth,
you know, digging out.

360
00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,320
What I have noticed
on that boulder is

361
00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,360
it has fractures in it
and that is where the silica

362
00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,800
or the water would have been laying
for millions of years

363
00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:02,200
which in turn will produce opal.

364
00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,560
Look at that crack.

365
00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,240
She is a beauty.
(GRUNTS)

366
00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,720
That has got a thick opal face
on it.

367
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,680
You can cut the opal off the rock,

368
00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,120
so then if it is really good
crystal opal, we are on a win.

369
00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,080
What do you reckon?
I give it a crack?

370
00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,600
Give it a crack.
Hopefully, she splits open nicely.

371
00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,120
Oh, moment of truth.

372
00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,680
Look how nicely that is broken-

373
00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,480
Oh, watch your toes.Toes.

374
00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,480
No!

375
00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,840
That could have been
something special.Yeah.

376
00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,800
No opal.

377
00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,920
Not meant to be.No.

378
00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,480
ROD: We need to pump this out, Les,

379
00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,960
or we are gonna be
in strife here.LES: Yeah.

380
00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,320
Um, I am going to lift the top
off this shaft, Les. Be careful.

381
00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,720
Yeah. Well, don't you go
for a swim either.

382
00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,400
See this mud,

383
00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,920
this was really solid floor before

384
00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,720
and then once the water hits it,

385
00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,960
it goes like this...

386
00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,320
..and that is exactly
what the walls do.

387
00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,000
Once the walls start going
like that, they start collapsing.

388
00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,120
All right, Les, fire her up.

389
00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,120
NARRATOR: To stop their opal mine
from collapsing...

390
00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,160
She working?Yes.

391
00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,240
..The Bushmen have to pump water

392
00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,240
out of a four metre deep sump hole.

393
00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,720
Got to wait a few hours
to see how much she sucks out.

394
00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,400
So now we got this organised,

395
00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:32,840
we will probably go
and do a bit of digging.

396
00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:34,600
All right, let us get back to work.

397
00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,760
So we have had so much rain,
you know,

398
00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,440
the ground is just up the top
is just so waterlogged.

399
00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,440
Just need to be very, very cautious
of this water up here.

400
00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,560
I have felt pressure
for the last few seasons

401
00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,920
trying to find opal so that Les
can have a decent retirement

402
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,240
and every year
we just have not hit our targets,

403
00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,840
we have not done what we need to do.

404
00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,000
A little bit on the hard side
there, Les.It is a bit.

405
00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,520
It is a bit.
Nothing there is there?

406
00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,520
Oh, we got a bit of green there.

407
00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,280
I will pry it out, mate,

408
00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:08,000
but I think it is just teasing us.

409
00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:10,880
Whoa!

410
00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,840
(COUGHS)

411
00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,640
Just teasing?

412
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,360
Yeah, that is all.

413
00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,640
Might be 35 cents, Les.
Chuck her in the tin.

414
00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,720
Yeah, see that is what
it keeps doing, Les.

415
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,440
Gives you this tiny bit of colour
and then nothing else.

416
00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,280
Yeah, then it just disappears. Yeah.

417
00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,240
We need it to start lining up.

418
00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,560
Got to start getting it out
in kilo lots.

419
00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,280
(CRANKING)

420
00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,360
Hey, I have lost controls, Les.
I have lost controls.

421
00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,080
Oh, what is gone wrong now?

422
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,760
Oh, Jesus.

423
00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,640
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

424
00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,000
Christ, Almighty.
Does it ever end, Les?

425
00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,680
Without this, we ain't working.

426
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,480
I think it is coming from that hose
right there, Les.Oh, righto.

427
00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,400
Oh, no!

428
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,600
It is that one down there as well.
There are two hoses blown.

429
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,720
They have probably
rubbed on each other actually.

430
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,400
NARRATOR: A leak in the hoses

431
00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,600
stops the pistons and motors
from receiving hydraulic fluid

432
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,480
vital for generating pressure
for the digger arm

433
00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,880
to gouge out the tough rock.

434
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,080
You got one, have ya?
There you go.

435
00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,040
Yeah. You have got one more.
That little skinny one in there,

436
00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:27,960
it is gotta come out too, mate.
Oh, this is a messy job doing this.

437
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,720
The oil over everything.
Oil over everything.

438
00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,360
There is the other one.
Yeah? Well done, mate.

439
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,440
Righto, Les. I reckon we go back
to the camp.Righto.

440
00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,240
You all right?
(EXHALES) Oh, yeah.

441
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,120
We have not got
any of these fittings,

442
00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,000
so we gotta go into
the hydraulic place

443
00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,200
and all the roads
are cut off with the floods.

444
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,400
We could well be two or three days

445
00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,480
waiting for our parts
to come through.

446
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,800
JOHN: G'day, Pete.
MARK: Good to see you, mate.

447
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,720
PETE: Bring plenty of fuel with ya?
Yeah, we got plenty of fuel. Yep.

448
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,320
So, what is the, um,
what is the deal? We...

449
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,080
You haven't got a checker.Yes.
Is that what's going on?

450
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,920
My silent partner is silent.
He has gone real silent.Yeah.

451
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,960
(LAUGHS) Oh, no.So, need a hand
to do the last bit of the cut.

452
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,160
Yeah, no worries.
We will be more than happy.

453
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,840
We got plenty of eyes here.

454
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,080
NARRATOR: As season's end looms,

455
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,440
the Blacklighters have been forced
to down tools at their open cut mine

456
00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,600
and help out long time mate,
Pete Watson.

457
00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,520
So what, we get
a bit of a share or...?

458
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,120
Yeah, we will split it three ways.
the easiest way.

459
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,760
Yep. And then you your blind partner
still gets a bit.

460
00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:33,680
That is right.
Oh, geez, that is a bit-

461
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,120
Can't complain then.
He definitely can't complain.

462
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,120
All right, well, let's get into it.
I am excited.

463
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,800
NARRATOR: Pete's mine
is ten kilometres
from the Blacklighters claim,

464
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,080
on the Shell Patch Opal Field.

465
00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,560
It is 100 by 50 metres,

466
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,560
with a shallow opal level
at 4.5 metres.

467
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,520
It's too hard doing this
by yourself. You end up missing it.

468
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,040
You are better off giving
a third away

469
00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:58,880
and getting opal than

470
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,640
getting a 100%
and pushing it up the dump.

471
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,320
PAUL: These are the rippers here.

472
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,680
He is just going to sink those
into the ground

473
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,240
and rip along and we are just
gonna sit behind it

474
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,280
with the blacklight and look
for any material that comes out.

475
00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:15,040
MARK: You don't wanna get run over
by that thing at night

476
00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:16,800
cos he can't see you coming, ay.

477
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,960
There is no reversing camera there.

478
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,200
It is an old machine,
so you fall over, you are dead.

479
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,880
Oh!

480
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,880
There was a big chunk here, but...
JOHN: You lost him?

481
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,120
I thought you were good at checking,
Mark?

482
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,240
It was half way down the ripper.
We need to find it.PAUL: Yeah.

483
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,680
It is a lot harder to see it
with the dozer,

484
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,280
but we will get the ground done
a lot faster.

485
00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:48,280
As soon as we hit a pocket,
we will stop and use the excavator

486
00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,960
so we miss nothing,

487
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,400
but while we are exploring,
we will use the dozer.

488
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,440
Oh, we are getting
a bit fatter here.

489
00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,600
I am a winner.
Keep that one. (LAUGHS)

490
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,040
Got some thicker stuff
in there.Yeah.

491
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,680
Oh, yeah, there is some shells.

492
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,360
Grab the whole bit.

493
00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,880
NARRATOR: Millions of years ago,

494
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,240
a vast inland sea
drained into the earth

495
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,840
and silica-rich water filled voids

496
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,240
left behind by shells
and other organic matter

497
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,080
to form opal.

498
00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,160
MARK: Woah!
JOHN: Oh, Xavvy.

499
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,560
Oh! (LAUGHS)

500
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,600
Hey, Pete!
I will give it to him.

501
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,240
Somebody put the ripper through it.
Look, it is been broken.(LAUGHING)

502
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,560
Ripping with the dozer
is gonna scatter it.

503
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,520
We will get down with the excavator
with the mud bucket on it

504
00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,440
and slowly go through it.
That way we will not miss it.

505
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,040
It's only the beginning. We got
miles of dirt here to go through...

506
00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,880
I just I am excited to get down
even deeper.

507
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,040
Oi, have you guys seen
where Xavier is?

508
00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:02,280
PAUL: To tell you the truth,
I haven't seen him in a little bit.
He has just disappeared.

509
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,680
Oh, Xavier has gone missing,
so there is holes everywhere.

510
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,920
I just said let me know
where you are

511
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,800
cos I have got to watch him
behind the (BLEEP) dozer

512
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,520
and he has disappeared on us, so...

513
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,400
I hope he is all right.

514
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,240
ANGEL: All right, let's go through
the other dirt

515
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,080
that I took out of there.

516
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:33,520
Then we will have a bit of a dig
around here and see what is there.

517
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,720
Yeah, this is the roof of the cave.

518
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,880
Every clump I see
I am going to smash it up

519
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,240
cos there might be an opal pocket
in the centre.

520
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,600
You know, it is kind of
our last hope.

521
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,760
NARRATOR:
Unable to work their main mine

522
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,800
until their dozer is repaired,

523
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:52,280
the Misfits are attempting to find
opal on Issy's claim, Honey Hole.

524
00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:54,320
ISABELLE: You know, ideally,

525
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,480
we would be finding crystal opal,

526
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,080
you know, and nice crystal opal
by now.

527
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,880
That is just solid gypsum there.

528
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,760
I think I might just move onto
this dirt one.

529
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,360
But not getting my hopes up
because if I get my hopes up,

530
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,760
I might just get dragged
right back down again.

531
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,640
This is still mud.

532
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,680
What is that, Angel?
(EXCLAIMS)

533
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,640
I have never seen that.

534
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,360
That is a good sign. That is a...

535
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,280
A bit of trace, a bit of opal.

536
00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,560
Almost looks like fire opal.

537
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,760
NARRATOR: Fire opal,
named for its flame-like colour,

538
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,160
is predominantly found in Mexico,

539
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,200
with recent discoveries
in Western Australia.

540
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,080
But finding a deposit in Andamooka
is extremely rare.

541
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,760
Depending on quality,

542
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,440
it can be worth thousands of dollars
per gram.

543
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,560
I have seen lots of honey pouch.

544
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,680
It is what Andamooka's famous for,
and yeah, it is brown,

545
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,720
it is ugly, it is not that bright.

546
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,800
But anything, no matter what
the size, we are picking up because

547
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,320
worse case is it is only worth
a couple of bucks.

548
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,040
Well, a couple of bucks will buy you
a sandwich, ay.

549
00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:00,200
So, I am keen to show Joe.

550
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,880
JOE: Youse winning?

551
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,560
Oh, I am not sure.

552
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,360
I don't know what it is.
Like, it is crystal clear.

553
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,600
This is what we found.Yeah.

554
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,160
Oh, that is beautiful.

555
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,640
I have not seen
anything like this ever.

556
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,120
And it is not fire opal from WA,
right, cos we are in Andamooka.

557
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,000
But, I think
this is actually better.

558
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,760
But, it is not the strong orange
like this.

559
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,760
Not this crystal clear, anyway.

560
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,600
OK.Now the excitement
is kicking in.

561
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,080
I will send some away.
I will get them cut quickly.

562
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,120
If it actually ends up with colour
in it, it'll be worth heaps.

563
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,440
I think it is the rarest thing
I have ever seen.

564
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,000
It looks better than diamonds,
to be honest with you.

565
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,880
Well done. (LAUGHING)Cool.

566
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,080
Good day and we will see
if there is any more

567
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,840
because we need money.
(CHUCKLES)

568
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,680
Yeah, we do, desperately.
Pick up everything we can find.

569
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:54,960
TY: Hey, boys.ROD: You turned up
just in time, mate.

570
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,640
The road is closed, so lucky,
I could get through back
into Lightning Ridge

571
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,200
to get old man Terry to fix those
hoses up for us.LES: Yeah.

572
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,680
Yeah, we are lucky that the (BLEEP)
spare parts truck come through, too.

573
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,280
Yeah.Righto, Les,
you got that, mate?Yeah.

574
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:10,040
A bit hard to reach I know.

575
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,120
NARRATOR: Bushman, Ty Gross,

576
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,640
has made the nine-hour journey
from Sydney

577
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,760
with crucial hydraulic hoses
for the team's busted digger.

578
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,160
Ty's had a lot of problems
with his wife.

579
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,840
She has been pretty, pretty sick,

580
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,760
so he is sort of backwards
and forwards

581
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,680
to the big smoke,
to the hospitals there.

582
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,360
And it's wearing him down.
I notice it.That's that one.

582
00:28:33,305 --> 00:29:33,732
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