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NARRATOR: On Outback Opal Hunters...

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Whoa! I've never seen the opal fields like this before.

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Record breaking floods mark the end of the mining season...

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We have to call it quits,

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this weather is just too unpredictable at the moment.

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..forcing the Misfits to abandon their open-cut mine.

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She's hard!

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..and excavate an overworked claim with customised machinery.

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These are failed as far as I'm concerned.

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This is the last roll of the dice to meet our season's target. Look out.

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In their final week, Sofia and Isaac, the Opal Whisperers...

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Come on, baby! I've got red!

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..go deep underground in a crumbling mine...

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Constantly thinking... ..risk versus reward.

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..to unearth a haul of exquisite opal.

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Look at that. Are you kidding me?

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I can tell by the sound that it's still blocked.

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After a disastrous year,

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the Bushmen's overworked machinery...

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What's going on, Les? ..fails again...

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Engine mounts have cooked to pieces.

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..forcing emergency repairs for a final chance

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to rescue their season. I've had colour!

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You ripper!Good piece.Yeah.

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Les, you're a beauty!

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# Money

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# And fancy clothes #

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Because it's this late in the season,

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and we're not doing real good,

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we've sort of decided to split the team up.

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We're hoping it'll double our chances.

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So, Les and Ty have gone over to Dead Dog.

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And I'll do all this here on me own.

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It's not ideal working by yourself with this big machinery.

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If something happens to me down here,

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ain't no-one to save me.

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A little bit of peach up here, a little bit of black.

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All you need is a bit of colour

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in the top of that, you got some serious money.

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That's the most valuable opal you can get.

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Black opal. I'm gonna have another swipe.

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Can't be serious.

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The digger arm's frozen. It won't turn.

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I'm pulling the stick to make it go left, it won't go left.

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It'll only go to the right. Why?

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The Bushmen, Rod Manning, Les Walsh, and Ty Gross...

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Not looking good. It's just blocked.

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..have just days to rescue

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one of their worst seasons on record...

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Still a fair bit of water down here.

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..as once in a generation flooding

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and extreme temperatures shut down the season.

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Yeah, this year has been pretty tough for us.

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We've changed a lot of different mines.

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Put it down. We haven't found hardly anything.

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Yeah, I think we're sitting at about 110,000 for the season.

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Between the three of us, that doesn't go far.

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Their plan is to divide and conquer.

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Les and Ty are working the Dead Dog claim,

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and Rod at Ding Dong,

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operating a four tonne digger and blower alone.

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ROD: This late in the season, we've got to do something drastic.

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And drastic is splitting the team up.

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Any opal the Bushmen find,

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they want to sell on their new website...

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What, for real?Yeah, for real.

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..launched at the eleventh hour

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in a desperate effort to increase profit.

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ROD: You know, of course, the biggest problem we got now,

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it's always the same, no matter who you sell it to

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is finding enough. Opal's 10,000 times rarer than diamond.

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So, it's hard to find.

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Oh, hello, she's going again. She's going again.

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It's got to be here in this controller.

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Started working again, so I'll keep an eye on it,

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and then I'm gonna have to go and get some tools.

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The ground is wet from all the water that's coming through.

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You got to constantly bang your pipes,

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trying to loosen up the mud that's on the inside of them.

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The blower is a huge vacuum that extracts waste dirt

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from the mine through 11-inch pipes

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and dumps it into a truck above ground.

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I can tell by the sound that it's still blocked.

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The end of me pipes folded in.

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The folded section of pipe is preventing a proper seal,

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jamming rocks and decreasing suction power.

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This quarter-inch pipe takes a hell of a lot bending.

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Never stops, does it?

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ISAAC: Have a look at this.

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See this plate?Oh, wow. That's fallen off the roof.

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Yeah, it looks fresh, doesn't it? Listen to the difference. Ready?

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And here. Definitely a death trap.

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OK, so this this area doesn't have the clear to mine.

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We shouldn't even start the jackhammer up in here

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so the vibration...Really? Yeah.So, what's the plan then?

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Well, this level, it dips down directly towards the shaft

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and it's on a downward slope, so if there's any opal in it,

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it would be better down there.

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Yeah, let's go. I think that's a good idea.

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Safely.

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In the last days of the mining season,

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siblings Sofia and Isaac Andreou,

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the Opal Whisperers, are risking their lives working

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a crumbling, 30-year-old mine.

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It's super hot now. We're getting close up to the 50s.

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Anybody in their right minds has left this entire area.

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Opal waits for no man.

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We need this new mine for a payload.

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I want to come back in next season with big machinery.

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Time's ticking.

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Now to walk into another one of our mines.

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Dad's had this one for a while. Yeah, come on down, love.

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Our family legacy is one of the most important,

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dynamic driving forces of this entire operation.

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Well, I'm just looking at

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a number of pieces that have just been finished.

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Magic, sheer magic.

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Our parents did this before us, and opal's all I've ever done,

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and Opal is all I'm ever going to do.

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Our season target is $150,000.

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If we don't find opal in the new underground mine

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and we go home empty handed, we've officially failed.

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Let's go. Let's go inside. Come on.

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With most of the mine too dangerous to work,

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Sofia and Isaac must find a section stable enough to dig for opal.

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Constantly thinking... ..risk versus reward.

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I'm getting out of here.

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Sofia, have a look at this. This is boulder layer.

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It's a big layer of pure ironstone, and it disappears here.

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What happens is all of a sudden it reappears down here,

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the ground has slipped, and when you get a slip,

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you get opal pooling.

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So, we should most likely dig right here then.

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It's written on the wall. Absolutely.OK.

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We're running out of time.

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We're looking for a needle in a haystack.

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We need a bit of colour amongst all this beige.

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Brown's not enough. Can we have some red, please?

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Hey, Angel, this rain's starting to come down.

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What do you reckon? Still give it a crack or not?

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Come down a little bit, we'll try it out, it gets too slippery,

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I am going to call it. OK. Heading up.

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The end of the opal season is just days away

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as summer storms break over Andamooka,

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forcing Angel and Izzy to work dangerous conditions

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in one last push.

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That rain's getting pretty heavy.

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Yeah, hopefully it'll stop otherwise you'll have to climb back out.

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Just be careful, Angel.All right.

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Oh, you're sliding there, Angel. Whoops.Get out of there.Whoa.

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The Misfits, rookie miner Angel Dempsey,

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new recruit Izzy Glenn, and mentor and financier,

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Opal Joe Kalmar, are on the brink of a massive season failure.

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We set a pretty big benchmark of 160,000.

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And the last thing on my mind was the weather.

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JOE: Already on the field there's been excavators sunk.

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And one got completely drowned, submerged.

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It's dangerous to mine this time of year with the weather.

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The season is coming to an end,

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and I've got people that are relying on me

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to bring the bacon home, to keep our gym running.

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So, for me to fail is not on the cards.

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It cannot happen.

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I want to be a fully independent miner one day.

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It's probably gonna take me a few seasons

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to get the money to buy a $50,000 excavator,

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buy $ 100,000 bulldozer.

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But I'm going to keep going until that day comes.

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We need to find what we've got to find.

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We need to hit that target to make it worth our while.

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Whoa!Angel, you gotta get out of there. You're plodding.

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Get out of there!

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This is not the ideal situation.

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As much as we want to find opal,

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I don't want to be going scraping around in a hole.

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Check out all that mud.

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Whoo. Ruddy hell. Oh, much better.

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We have to call it quits. It's slippery,

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we're not prepared to die for it either.

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So, you know, call it quits. Try again later.

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We'll see how this weather goes.

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The last couple of months has been really hard.

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You know, the rain, the storms, the flooding has just not stopped.

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It is next level frustrating. I've only got probably

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a couple of weeks' worth in the bank, and then that's it.

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It is quite concerning. I need to get out and find opal.

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I can't be wasting time watching the creek run in bed.

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Yeah. What do you do?

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Time to ground up Dead Dog Gully.

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It's our bread and butter claim. Come down here and find a few bucks.

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Rod's down there at Ding Dong on the digger.

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Yeah, hopefully more chances of finding opal.

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Desperate for cash to survive the unworkable

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40-plus degree days of the off season,

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the Bushmen are mining two claims simultaneously.

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Don't look too bad. There's a good bit.

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What's going on?

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Ah, the engine mount's all busted.

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Can't keep the generator running until I get that fixed.

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40 ft underground, pitch black dark.

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The generator here runs the lights,

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jackhammers, and also runs the hoist.

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You there, Les?

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Ty would have wondered what happened when the lights got turned off.

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What's going on, mate? Got no power or nothing down here.

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If I put the bent end up this side, it will be OK

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because the rocks will be going the other direction.

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Working alone at Ding Dong claim, Rod needs to bush fix

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a bent blower pipe to extract waste dirt

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before he can continue mining.

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If it was easy, everybody would do it.

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See how that goes.

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We have found a couple of nice stones this year.

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It barely all goes in diesel.

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It's just getting a bit like desperation states at the moment.

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Fill out then.

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I might hit that with a screwdriver, there's a bit of a lump there.

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Ooh, that's hard.

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There just might be something behind this.

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Could be 200 or 200,000. Here we go.

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I love this moment. Nine times out of ten, you're disappointed.

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That one time when you drive the screwdriver in there

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and it's just full of gem colour, there's nothing like it.

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I love it.

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Ah, here we go.

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Oh-ho-ho! Pickle me grandma! We got a bit of colour.

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Blue, deep blue. Purple. Green.

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There you go. There's the other half.

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There might be a few grand in this.

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Whoa, look at that.

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Look at the colour in that one. That's a big chunk.

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That cheese right there. Look at it.

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Finally. Finally.

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It's quick. We're slidin'. Whoa!

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That's a lot of water. Here we go again.

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Whoa.Whoa.Whoa, can't see a thing.

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I've never seen the opal fields like this before.

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Oh, wow, this is not good. That's not good. Not good at all.

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The end of the mining season is lapping at the boots of the Misfits,

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with heavy overnight rain flooding their open-cut mine.

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That's the end of this claim. It is the end of this claim.

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This water, it's going to take months to dry up.

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Well, if this is like this, I wonder what my claim looks like.

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If this has got water in it, most likely yours has got water in it.

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Which means, you know, all we got left is the black light.

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Well, that's all we've got.

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One good thing about the rain is that it would have exposed

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a lot of opal in the opal fields.

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00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,960
When night falls, the Misfits will use

251
00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:20,120
ultraviolet light to hunt for opal in unpegged mine dumps.

252
00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:24,360
This is our UV light. When opal reacts to it, it will glow.

253
00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,320
Another beauty down here.

254
00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,640
But there's other creepy crawlies that will shine up like opal.

255
00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,320
You take the torch away, it'll glow a few seconds after,

256
00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,920
and that's how you know it's definitely opal.

257
00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,440
If it's a scorpion, gecko, a spider or anything like that,

258
00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,400
soon as you take the light off, it won't fluoresce like that.

259
00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,280
How you doing over there? Not too bad.

260
00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,080
Picking up some pieces. Pretty good.Oh, frog.

261
00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:53,160
Who'd think you would see a frog out in the middle of the desert?

262
00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,280
Whoa, look at this.

263
00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:01,240
That's a chunker. That makes me smile.

264
00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,320
When you're black lighting, you don't know if it's got colour.

265
00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,600
You know it's some kind of opal. You just don't know its value.

266
00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,720
So, you know, we'll pick it all up.

267
00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,280
Chuck it in our pockets. Take it home.

268
00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,840
Ooh. Angel!What?

269
00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,920
Oh, come and have a look at this beauty.

270
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,480
Oh, my God.Hang on.

271
00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:27,960
It had colours off the reflection of the torch.

272
00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,080
And there's another little chip there.

273
00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:34,760
Oh, wow, another one in a washout.

274
00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,040
It's massive. Look at that.

275
00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,960
I'm happy with what I've got so far.

276
00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,120
Just going to go back to the car to see what I actually have.

277
00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,200
We're about to find out if it's got colour or not.

278
00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,440
Whoa.How are you feeling?

279
00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,760
I don't know. Let's have a look. OK.

280
00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:01,160
Oh, look at that. Isn't that purple there?That one?

281
00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,240
It could be a bit of dirt. Yeah, I think it's a bit of dirt.

282
00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:09,680
Potch, potch, potch. Big chunk of potch.

283
00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,600
Potch is colourless opal with little commercial value,

284
00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,240
and it makes up the bulk of the Misfits' findings.

285
00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,360
Oh, what a shame.

286
00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,520
Looks like we've got at least a couple 1,000 there,

287
00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,680
which is a pretty good haul for black lighting,

288
00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:31,320
but, you know, we need at least another $100,000 to make our target,

289
00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,080
and black lighting it is not going to cut it.

290
00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,440
It's just not happening at the moment.

291
00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,560
SOFIA: Yeah, we're on a nut. ISAAC: Colour?

292
00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,280
I don't know.

293
00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:55,720
But we're getting patterns, and we've got a nut formation now.

294
00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,320
Just days are left in their mining season,

295
00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,840
and siblings Sofia and Isaac Andreou

296
00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,680
are honing in on a promising opal pocket.

297
00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,480
Is there colour in that?

298
00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,440
I don't know yet. I gotta bring 'em out.

299
00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,560
It is a conglomerate, you know?

300
00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:16,000
A conglomerate is a boulder containing Yowah nut and matrix opal

301
00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,320
fused together by ironstone.

302
00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:24,120
I'm getting her out in one piece. Come on, baby.

303
00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,000
It's sort of like a tooth extraction.

304
00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:27,680
Come on, baby.

305
00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,160
Whoo! Oh, here we go.

306
00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,160
Hey. What do you reckon?

307
00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,640
Let's have a look. I was really hoping that it would be full of colour.

308
00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,080
We'll take it and check it. Put it in the bucket.

309
00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,800
Worth storing opal I'd say instead of -You're right.

310
00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,000
Right, time. Swapsies. No more pussyfooting around.

311
00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,600
We're gonna try and get that level at eye level.

312
00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,400
Not afraid of a bit of hard work, are we?

313
00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,160
Certainly not.

314
00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:58,480
Where'd it go?

315
00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,920
Well, that's come out. Look at that. That's some nice nut.

316
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:07,040
And there it is there. Colour, baby!

317
00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:11,320
Red! Red! I've got red! Found colour?Yep.Really?

318
00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,880
Red is the rarest opal colour...

319
00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,480
Let's see.You can't miss it.

320
00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,040
..the most valuable and highly desired by buyers.

321
00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,480
Nice.Whoo!

322
00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,600
Even a tiny bit gets you so excited.

323
00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:29,320
That's electric red and green. Nice job.

324
00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,040
This is a really nice stone.

325
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,160
Look at that.

326
00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,920
Yeah. So, what do you reckon, hand tools from here?

327
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,560
That's already Yowah nuts, no?

328
00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,840
Yeah, there's nuts up here, like this one.

329
00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:47,160
Awesome.That's a floater. Time to take the babies home.

330
00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:50,520
This level, definitely a pocket.

331
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,680
Yeah, it looks like it. There's a few there.

332
00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,640
How many nuts have we got? We've got about half a bucket now.

333
00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,400
Half a bucket of love!

334
00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,560
The proof is in the pudding. It's time to get these bad boys home

335
00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,680
and see what's inside 'em.

336
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,280
Moment of truth.

337
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,200
My hands are stiff from mining.

338
00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,600
Isaac must cut the Yowah nuts with a 10-inch saw

339
00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,440
in the hope of revealing a crystal centre.

340
00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,520
Pull up.Yeah, no dice.

341
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,320
It's all right. 1,000 to one, we got a few to get through.

342
00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,560
We don't have a 1,000 though. No, we don't.

343
00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,520
Empty. Empty.

344
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,160
We're clutching at straws.

345
00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,280
No colour.

346
00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:47,480
Throw it as far as you can. I don't wanna see it anyone.

347
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,840
What's going on, Les?

348
00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,880
Engine mounts have shook to pieces.

349
00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:03,240
They're that old, the rubber's disintegrated.

350
00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,720
On the last dig of the season,

351
00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,360
the Bushmen's generator powering their mine

352
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,840
has torn off its mounts.

353
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,840
How do we fix that? Go and get a bit of timber.

354
00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,760
Put under it.

355
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,120
What do you want? A bit of gum tree, stick?

356
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,640
Yeah, yeah, something like that. Anything will do.

357
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,400
The last thing I want you doing now.

358
00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,000
You're dodging it up, mate, aren't you?I am.

359
00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,040
This should hold it in place.

360
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,520
That'll do for a quick fix.

361
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,640
I'll go down and dig a bit more out, Les.

362
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,000
Righto.

363
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,400
We haven't had a real pretty big pocket yet,

364
00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,440
but I just got to keep trying.

365
00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,280
Yeah, only one way to do it is keep digging.

366
00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,280
I've hit colour. Look at that!

367
00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:04,080
Well, there's blues, yellows, greens.

368
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,400
Look at that. That's me favourite colour, red.

369
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,640
Les!Yeah?

370
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,880
We're on colour!I'll come down and have a look at it.

371
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:15,640
Come down dig it out with me, mate!

372
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,880
Here, look at her. Look at that. Got red in it too.

373
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:23,400
Yeah, red, green, yellow. That's very good. Very good.

374
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,400
Let's dig the bloody thing out, Les.

375
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,240
Look at this bit, Les!Oh!

376
00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,480
Ah, beauty, mate! Beauty!

377
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,280
Don't kiss me.No!

378
00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:34,240
Well, you can if you want. Look at that!

379
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,280
We're on some good money here, Les. I reckon.

380
00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:40,160
You ripper!I reckon.

381
00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:49,440
Hey! You still alive down there?

382
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:53,800
You want me to take that, Les?

383
00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,680
Oh!

384
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,160
Not bad, aye?Well done.

385
00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,640
Look at that. That's nice calibre, Les.

386
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,880
Hang on a second. What's he got, Les?

387
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,200
I got no idea. Oh, no, he's got the colour tin out.

388
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,840
Look at that, Les.

389
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,120
Oh, that's a ripper!

390
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,040
Good stuff, aye?Oh,  yeah.

391
00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:19,240
I got half a bucket over there. Look.Yeah, that's good.

392
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,800
Now, something I want to run past youse.

393
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,000
Whilst I been down there alone, working away,

394
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,760
I've had a brain wave.

395
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,640
If we're going to move forward in this with a website

396
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,640
and all the rest of it, I think we need to really amp things up.

397
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:37,240
Yeah.So, I'm thinking of bringing on a proper professional cutter.

398
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,320
Cut our stones and get them on the website.

399
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,600
We'll get more money, will we? We've got this stuff here.

400
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,480
Yeah.We take that to a buyer,

401
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,080
we're going to get 1,500, two, three grand for it.

402
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,560
Yeah.I reckon if he cuts this stuff into little stones,

403
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,000
we're looking at $20,000.

404
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,600
So, the way I see it, there's not much choice.

405
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,000
We've got nothing much to lose. We ain't got nothing to lose.

406
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:09,200
We got a beautiful day going, but it's still pretty wet out there.

407
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,960
Angel and I have decided to try and take the Bobcat

408
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,520
out to my claim to the honey hole.

409
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,120
We're going to give it one last nudge. This is it.

410
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,000
In the last week of their mining season,

411
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,200
heavy rain has flooded the Misfits' open-cut mine,

412
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,720
forcing them to dig at Izzy's overworked claim.

413
00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,080
This attachment, the back scratcher, is a beast.

414
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:39,120
The back scratcher is a chainsaw made of high quality

415
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,040
heat-treated steel. Designed for digging trenches,

416
00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:48,640
it's been modified to cut into walls up to a depth of 1.5m.

417
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,720
Try and dig under the opal level here.

418
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,840
And then I'll bring it all down. Sounds good.

419
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,320
She's hard.

420
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:07,120
This is the last push for us.

421
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,400
You know, if we don't find anything today, we're done.

422
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,000
That'll have to do.

423
00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:20,760
We'll go get the jackhammer.

424
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,640
Yep. Fingers crossed we got opal in there.I hope so.

425
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,800
Now we're cooking with hydraulic oil.

426
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,080
Yeah.I'm pretty keen to see this.

427
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,360
I've seen the back scratcher awake now,

428
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,640
so now it's the jackhammer. All right.

429
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:44,440
The 159 kg hydraulic jackhammer mounted on the loader

430
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:50,080
has eight times more impact power than its handheld counterpart.

431
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,440
I'm trying to prove myself to everyone out here,

432
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,200
you know, that I am a miner.

433
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,480
I'm not just someone doing it on a whim. You know, it's not easy.

434
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,800
We're just doing whatever we can, because we've got no time.

435
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,680
That's a bigger thing.

436
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,680
All right. I'm going to try and get out and we'll go through the dirt.

437
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,800
Yay!  Slow down.

438
00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:23,400
Now, all the hard work we've done, all the breakdowns we've had,

439
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,720
you know, a little reward would be nice right now.

440
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,720
Oh, my God! Are you serious?

441
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,840
You see that colour?

442
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,440
Oh, no way. Look at it! Yeah, yeah!

443
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,960
Whoo! We got something. Finally!

444
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,240
That's a massive chunk. That's probably an ounce in itself.

445
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,560
Where did that come from?

446
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,000
Got a bit of a cavity here.

447
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,720
Oh, Izzy.

448
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,800
I just knocked it. I can see that from here.

449
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,440
That's just as intense as this other piece.

450
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:02,000
Oh, my God, that is absolutely gorgeous.

451
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,880
There's gotta be more.

452
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,200
There can't just be two pieces.

453
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,600
And they both got clean breaks on them too, so...

454
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,840
Angel, Angel, Angel, look!Oh!

455
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,840
That's a massive piece. Oh, my God!

456
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,840
Oh, my God, look on the angle, that pink and the blue.

457
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,560
That is awesome.

458
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,800
Keep finding pieces like this, Izzy, please.

459
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,640
I'm going to try.

460
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,720
Yes! Yes! Yes!Show me!Look at it!

461
00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:39,360
Oh, my God, that's a chunker.

462
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,240
Oh, my God! Done it!Whoo!

463
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,040
What an effort.

464
00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:46,400
Whoo! We've done it!

465
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,160
Whoo-hoo!Look at it!

466
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,920
ANGEL: Hey, Joe!JOE: Yeah?

467
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,040
Have a look at what we got. You got the week's findings there?

468
00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:59,400
Yep.

469
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,320
Back at home base, the Misfits are about

470
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,840
to get a dollar value of their final haul of the season.

471
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,480
Come stand here. We're too excited, Joe.

472
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,280
Are you?

473
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,640
Oh, yeah. No, they're nice. They're nice, Angel.

474
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,080
That's what we found when we were black lighting.

475
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,760
They're pretty well finished for the season.

476
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,200
Well, you haven't hit your target, man.

477
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,120
You know, like, I mean -No.

478
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,280
You're not going to make it with this.

479
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:29,840
These are failed as far as I'm concerned, you know?

480
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,520
We're gonna find what we can find.

481
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,240
But we do have one last surprise for you.

482
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,080
What do you got there?

483
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,200
A bag of -That's got colour in it.

484
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,280
Holy . You don't even need a light.

485
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,440
Holy hell, that's semi-black.

486
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:54,080
That's skin to skin semi-black dark crystal. That's money.

487
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:55,880
That's some of the best you'll see.

488
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,440
I mean, that is about as great opal you can get.

489
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,440
That is absolutely stunning.

490
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:06,200
I mean, that is absolutely strong as it gets.

491
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,080
The opal from Izzy's claim is stunning

492
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:14,480
semi-black crystal opal. Awash with rare reds and pinks,

493
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,240
it's in the rough and weighs approximately 200g.

494
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,920
You know, we found real full spectrum colour opal.

495
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,040
Pretty damn cool.That's money.

496
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,560
That's serious money. What do you reckon it's worth?

497
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,120
Well, I put a guess at 35, 40.

498
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,560
What do you reckon, Angel? I said 40, but yeah...

499
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,680
I can tell you now, every day of the week,

500
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,200
in one second, you'll get 60,000 for this.

501
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:43,720
Oh, my God, yes! In a heartbeat.

502
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:45,720
Give us a hug!You know?

503
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,000
I valued it at 60,000 because I figure

504
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,960
what Angel's gonna do was quick sell it.

505
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,120
But in truthfulness, that's worth a hell of a lot more than that.

506
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,840
We're short of the 160,000 that we set,

507
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,400
but back before I started opal mining,

508
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,560
I never even thought about that much money.

509
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,880
So, I'm quite proud of myself. I'm quite proud of Izzy. It's awesome.

510
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:05,640
So, we haven't done too bad.

511
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,360
Considering the whole weather has been against you, youse have done all right.

512
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,200
I've left nothing on the table.

513
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,200
I've put in everything I possibly can

514
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,800
to be able to have this opportunity in this partnership.

515
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,680
I'm still going home with some money in my pocket.

516
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,320
You know, all of that money will be going back into my gym.

517
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,600
That was pretty good, but I've got no doubt Izzy'll be back.

518
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,360
I've no doubt Angel will be back.

519
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,640
Definitely bigger and better things next year.

520
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,080
Joe's given me some hints on what's happening.

521
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,040
And I can't wait to, you know, start moving and do it again.

522
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:45,200
We've gone through half the bucket. We found nothing.

523
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,160
I'm going to get that conglomerate.

524
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,600
That big block that you found. That looks good.

525
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,320
Sofia and Isaac are down to their final pieces of opal...

526
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,600
I'm glad that he's optimistic.

527
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,600
..desperate to reach target before season end.

528
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:00,920
Really hoping there's something in this one.

529
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,720
Nearly there. Come on, baby.

530
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,520
Hey!

531
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,640
That's only the tip of the iceberg as well.

532
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,760
If there's colour on the outside like that,

533
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,160
hopefully the inside's got more.

534
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,720
Opal always pools to the bottom, so I want to get to the bottom.

535
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,440
Here's the first piece.

536
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:31,160
Very good! That's very good!

537
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:37,160
I'm going to keep going. Isaac, have you seen this?

538
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:42,400
Nice colour. Whoo!

539
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,000
There's every colour in this. Can you see the red?

540
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,320
Hey. Hey.

541
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:52,080
One more cut, Sofia. This is our money.

542
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,840
We've got a crystal centre in this for sure.

543
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,200
And this means that we've got immediate material to sell

544
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,160
right at the bloody end of the season.

545
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,760
You know, twelfth hour. Dodged a bullet at the twelfth hour.

546
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,680
It has everything inside.

547
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,520
Whoa! Look at that.

548
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,840
Look at that.Are you kidding me?

549
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:23,920
This has everything.Oh, shit! A matrix. It's a conglomerate.

550
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,920
It's got flaming red inside there. Can you see that?Yeah.

551
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,760
A double-sided crystal centre with matrix around it, so...

552
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,560
That's ridiculous. That's ridiculous.

553
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,560
Yeah, you want red, baby? You got red.

554
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,440
You want matrix, you've got matrix. Crystal centre?

555
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,680
Why not?I feel blessed.

556
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,440
I really feel blessed tonight.

557
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,200
Ah.

558
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:50,280
We've had a big day mining and an even bigger day cutting.

559
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,840
But I can't rest until I've cut all these pieces.

560
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,000
There's a couple of nuts from the level

561
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,680
that I've kept to the side,

562
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,920
and I need to know what's inside them

563
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,640
now that we've seen that colour out of the conglomerate.

564
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:06,240
Isaac is using lapidary wheels to strip back the ironstone layer

565
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,920
of the Yowah nuts to expose any opal beneath.

566
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,280
I can't believe what I'm seeing. That's black opal.

567
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:13,960
It's red as lightning rich.

568
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,200
It's red on black. Um, somebody pinch me.

569
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,440
Where's Sofia? This is incredible.

570
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,120
Ho-ho, wow!

571
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,120
Wow!

572
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,040
It's like an opal party. I never imagined that something like that could come out.

573
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,520
It's a red on black. That's a red on black.

574
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,800
I'm extremely pleased.

575
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,800
I am not really a commercial cutter, I've never been someone

576
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,600
who needs to pump out 50 stones

577
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,760
in three days to be able

578
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,640
to make quite $40 an hour, that's not me.

579
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:49,800
I'll treat $50 stone the same as I'll treat $500 stone,

580
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:53,800
the same as I'll treat... Well, maybe a $5,000 stone, I'll treat a little bit nicer.

581
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,240
Would go a bit slower. That's pretty much what we're coming out with.

582
00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,600
Look at that. Look at that. Whoo!

583
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,920
He's gonna hear me screaming in a minute.

584
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:07,320
Watch this. Look at that under there. How electric that is.

585
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,120
We've got a crystal centre coming up.

586
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,240
There is a risk, mainly that I'm excited.

587
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,760
I should really calm down and look at it tomorrow.

588
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,520
But I can't stop.

589
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:22,480
When you get the bug, you know you've got it. I just need to get to the colour.

590
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,680
Red!

591
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,280
I've never seen anything like that. This is incredible.

592
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,280
Look at that.

593
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:38,200
You see what I've got here? Oh, damn!I... I can... Um, yeah.

594
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,520
OK. Uh, so there's one, two, three,

595
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,200
four, five, and two of them, these two,

596
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,120
this is double sided. There's four faces.

597
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,400
Is this real?Yeah.

598
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,600
Isaac has exposed five exquisite Yowah nuts,

599
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,560
including an exceptional red on black opal

600
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:00,800
rarely found in Queensland.

601
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,680
They also have a unique matrix and Yowah nut conglomerate.

602
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,800
The entire package features the full spectrum of colours,

603
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:12,200
has been partially rubbed, and weighs approximately 600g.

604
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,120
We need to confirm the value of this parcel.

605
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,400
We're going to take it to Eddie McGuire.

606
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,240
He's been here ever since I remember, since I was a child.

607
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:26,800
He's a mentor, he's a friend, and he's an inspiration.

608
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,520
So?We'd like to get your evaluation, if you will.

609
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,800
Yeah.So, I've brought them here. We've brought them here.

610
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:35,720
You want to show? You ready? Go for it.

611
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,960
These are the stones we produced.

612
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,160
Wow! Wow, yeah.

613
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,560
Look at this! Electric colours coming from there.

614
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,200
Look at the kernel. I know! Are you impressed?

615
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,480
That's black, this gem. Gorgeous.

616
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:56,640
So, here comes the tough question. The values. What's it worth?

617
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:59,760
I understand.Your expertise. It's really hard.Yeah.

618
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,640
Different colours, different patterns.

619
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:05,160
So, it becomes difficult to sometimes really get this to a value.

620
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,960
I think 20 grand for a piece like that.Hm?

621
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:13,200
Look at this cut.

622
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,160
It's deep, it's black. Yep.Ten grand.

623
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:19,600
Yeah.That's about 30 for the two stones.

624
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,800
It's a kicker.6,000.

625
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,760
So, now we're at 36.Thirty-six.

626
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:26,960
When there's... Without looking closely,

627
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,960
but I can still see it's really clean stone...Yes.

628
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,480
Four to five.Four to five? Four and a half.Yeah.

629
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:36,640
So, now we've got a family or a set of conglomerate slabs.

630
00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:38,360
I can see the gem in there.

631
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,640
This beautiful green blends in with the blue.

632
00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:47,320
Nine and a half.Nine and a half plus the 40,500, we're up to 50.

633
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,080
I like that one. It's a cool piece. It looks deep.

634
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:55,840
Six or seven.So, that's six and a half?Yeah.

635
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,720
Fifty-six and a half. This little baby.

636
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,680
Yeah, the firefly. It's small, but it's bright.

637
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:06,640
Three grand.Fifty-nine and a half, and there's one to go.

638
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:11,080
And then we have the little baby of the family, tribal pattern,

639
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,160
nice, sound, little commercial piece.

640
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:16,400
It's a vast question of $500, and that rounds up that total.

641
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,800
That makes it 60 grand. Sixty.

642
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,560
Yeah. Yeah.Yee-haw!

643
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,440
Thank you. Thank you. Well done. Well done.

644
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,360
I'm just happy that they found some really beautiful stones.

645
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,520
You don't see that sort of colour every day.

646
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,400
Not a bad end to the season.

647
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,600
The heat, and the bugs, and the cave-ins,

648
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,800
and everything has been worth it because we got 60 grand.

649
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,120
We've ended up with a great value,

650
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:41,920
and it's just an awesome way

651
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,520
to end this mining run. So, very happy.

652
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,040
We've been dreaming of getting an excavator, we need big machines.

653
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,840
Besides that, there's a legacy that we are upholding here.

654
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,240
We didn't just land here by accident.

655
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:57,200
We were put here by Mum and Dad, and we want to uphold that legacy.

656
00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,000
We want to take it to the next level.

657
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,200
We're going back home, Les. You doing all right?

658
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,320
Oh, yeah. Lost all me grub in the fridge

659
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,640
cos it went off, can't do me washing

660
00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:17,640
cos I've got no power.

661
00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:19,560
Things aren't going real well.

662
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,360
Is that because of those real old solar panels?

663
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,080
Uh, could be, yeah.

664
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,160
It's been a tough year, Les. It has been.

665
00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:29,200
We haven't done real well.

666
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,880
You're going to have to saddle up for another year.

667
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,520
Yeah, well, it looks that way.

668
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,800
Just need that big seam of opal to go right across the face.

669
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,960
About an inch thick. Mark's here, fellas.

670
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:42,920
There's the cutter.

671
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,200
Mark, that's Les.

672
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:49,320
How you doing, Mark?All right, Les. And Ty.Ty, how are you doing?

673
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:53,480
He's been cutting opal for about 30, 40 years, I suppose.

674
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,040
And, yeah, he's a magician with a cutting wheel.

675
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,920
Come sit down, mate.

676
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,680
In Grawin, the Bushmen are about to witness what Mark,

677
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,440
a professional opal cutter, has achieved

678
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,680
with their last find for the season.

679
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,640
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with this.

680
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,280
This is all the grey stuff.

681
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,880
TY: Wow! Oh, look at all these!

682
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,280
Jesus.Holy cow.

683
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,800
ROD: Look at that, Les. Who said I couldn't retire?

684
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:25,440
Look at that. Look at that, Les. Bloody beauty.

685
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,600
Look at all the stones! Oh, that's a beauty, that one.

686
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,640
Look at what you've been giving away.

687
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,480
Giving away, throwing away.

688
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,880
Look at the shape of them, they're perfect.

689
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:36,840
I thought you'd be back with ten stones.

690
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,760
That's the grey stuff. You want to see the black stuff?

691
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,680
I forgot about the black stuff.

692
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,760
That's Ding Dong. This is all from Ding Dong.

693
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,520
Oh, bring it on, Ding Dong!

694
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,840
Look at that! LES: Whoa, got some fire in that one.

695
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,120
That's a beautiful stone, that red one.

696
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,240
I told you boys, didn't I?

697
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,720
This is like walking into a jewellery shop.TY: Look at those.

698
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:03,720
Well, originally, we thought we had 10, 15 grands worth of material

699
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,040
when we gave it to you. Well, you've now set up a website.

700
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:11,160
So, you are now for all intents and purposes a retailer.

701
00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:14,080
Retail, you should be looking around 150 grand.

702
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,480
What? That's too good to be true.

703
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,040
150 grand?150 grand.

704
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,000
Les, you're a beauty!

705
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:29,800
That getting me gabsgobbed... Gobsmacked.

706
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,480
The Bushmen have black and grey based opal,

707
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,520
blue-green with rare red highlights.

708
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,360
It's cut and polished to a retail grade,

709
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,400
weighing approximately 90g.

710
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,800
Paid off big time, getting Mark to cut those stones for us.

711
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:49,160
150 grand!LES: Oh, yeah.

712
00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:52,320
Once Mark takes his cut out of 25%,

713
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,320
we're still seeing the $220,000 for the season.

714
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,880
Good on you, mate. Never in me wildest dreams

715
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,200
I'd ever think that I'd see what I seen today.

716
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:04,440
It just feels like we've hit the top market now.

717
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,200
With the website and Mark cutting for us,

718
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,160
I think sky's the limit.

719
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:10,920
Oh, it's magic. You turn something

720
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,960
from $1,000 into $10,000.

721
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,640
My retirement fund's looking really good at the moment.

722
00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:21,520
Next year, we should have enough to put me in Shady Acres.

723
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,720
Here's to this year, boys. You've all done fantastic.

724
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,480
Thank you, Mark. MARK: You're welcome. You're a legend.

725
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:30,960
We got a little bit of a plan

726
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,520
cos we have made a couple of dollars now,

727
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,520
we might be able to do something for Les.

728
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,760
I'll bet he's still asleep.Yeah.

729
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:46,480
I think he'll be fairly happy with this. Got 'em?

730
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,600
His solar panels are old and buggered,

731
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,480
and he's not getting enough power to go into his batteries.

732
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:54,840
That's why he keeps running out of power and the fridge turns off.

733
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,720
So, me and sort of Ty decided that we'd do something for him

734
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,360
and put some panels up, so that he's got electricity.

735
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,640
A whole different view from up here, Ty.

736
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,400
52 acres of steel.

737
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,200
Trees growing out of the top of this shed over here.

738
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:18,880
Yeah, this should be pretty easy. Who's wandering around all over me roof?

739
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,960
Hey.What are you doing up there?

740
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,680
I'm looking at the view, mate. What are you doing?

741
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,680
I'm working on some solar panels for you.

742
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:29,320
We got you some solar panels, so at least you're going to have more power.

743
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,800
Oh, OK. That sounds good.

744
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:35,160
I might about do some washing now. Yeah.

745
00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:36,920
I've been waiting until it rains.

746
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,840
I hope to hang the clothes on the line,

747
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:42,080
bring a bit of powder over 'em, and get 'em washed that way.

748
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,200
Now I'll be able to get the washing machine going.

749
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:48,120
She's a wailing!

750
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:49,920
Everything has to end.

751
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,040
He will have to retire sooner or later.

752
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,200
Thanks, boys.No, worries, mate.

753
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,360
Me and him have worked together many years.

754
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,600
I'll miss him when he does actually go.

755
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:02,680
You'd it's my birthday, the way they're throwing things at me.

756
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,880
You don't need any more birthdays, Les.

757
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,040
I know.118 of them you've had so far,

758
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:08,760
so you don't need any more. I know.

759
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,080
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760
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760
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