"Outback Opal Hunters" Last Chance Dig

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,519 MARK: Righty-o. PAUL: You want to climb up there? Yeah, all right. 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,959 Gotta fuel up. Can't have Mark running out of diesel. 3 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:09,799 Just had this one serviced. 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,439 Now it's time to put her to work, hopefully. 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,279 You ready?Righto. 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:17,919 Gotta bring the 'dozer in, 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,359 'cause I'm sort of boxing myself in down there. 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,239 Mark's going to get the 'dozer down 9 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,359 and just push it out the way so I can make another pile. 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,759 That's it.How much is in there? Oh, she's pretty full. 11 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,959 250 litres?Yeah, 600 bucks. 12 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,919 Should be gone. Wait, what's that noise? 13 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,039 What noise? Sounds like water running. 14 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,239 Oh, something's dripping. 15 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,799 Oh, it's the fuel filter, look. Ah, you're kidding me. 16 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,999 That's not good at all, man. 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:55,074 18 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,759 Excellent. So there's no 'dozer today. 19 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:02,479 That's a nightmare. 20 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,919 You want a big fire, go for your life, but... 21 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,799 Yeah, no.Righto. 22 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,159 We got other things to do. No 'dozer.A pain. 23 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:15,319 Bugger. I was pumped to drive my 'dozer. 24 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,079 NARRATOR: In the remote Coober Pedy opal fields, 25 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,999 the Blacklighters - Mark I'Anson and Paul Coon - 26 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,359 have just one more week to find opal 27 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,199 before the blistering heat of the Outback summer shuts down all mining. 28 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,639 Getting too hot late in the season, 29 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,159 so important to get as much dirt processed as we can at the moment 30 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:37,839 before we can't work any more. 31 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:39,759 The 'dozer might not be ready today. 32 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,159 The mechanic's come back to fix it for us, 33 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,159 so just waiting for that to be done, then I can use it. 34 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,679 We're not having much longer out here, eh, 'cause it just gets too hot. 35 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,279 Too hot for the machines, and too hot for me. I want to go to the beach. 36 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,719 While Mark and Paul search for the big opal find, 37 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,559 partner John Nassar is trying to keep their costs covered 38 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,119 with a steady trickle of income... 39 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,839 This is where the money's been coming from. 40 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,439 ...feeding old-timers' waste dirt 41 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,199 into their noodling machine Opalzilla, 42 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,439 looking for opal left behind after decades of mining. 43 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,159 Thinking I'm running out of dirt. 44 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,959 I don't like the overhanging dirt behind me all that much. 45 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,239 I mean, if that comes down, it'll bury me and the machine, so... 46 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,319 At the moment, I might have to go for another plan, I think. 47 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,399 She's starting to run pretty low down here. 48 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,839 Opalzilla, I mean, you just fill the hopper up with your dirt. 49 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:37,039 Feeds it into the trommel, just spins around, 50 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,279 knocks the dust and crap off of it. 51 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,879 That shoots through the darkroom under the UV lights, 52 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,839 and then you sit there, wait for glowing bits, pick it off. 53 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:46,559 If not, it just goes out the back. 54 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,799 You know, they're not 100-carat bits, 55 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,839 but they can go in. They might be colour. 56 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:56,119 Oh, come on, liven up a bit. 57 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,319 I'm not sure if I've got the rest of the good dirt out of the hole 58 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,799 and I'm starting to hit the old processed dirt. 59 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,119 Have to start doing some hard yards to collect. 60 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,919 This is pretty slow at the moment. 61 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,479 The boys are over there mining. 62 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,119 You find a little bit here and there, have a few days where you don't. 63 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,599 Opalzilla just gives you that bit of extra cash. 64 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,879 With the time running out, the heat coming, 65 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,359 yeah, we're gonna have to pull our fingers out and get to it, I think. 66 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,039 Oh, if I was in the 'dozer now, 67 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,119 I'd be clearing this space for Paul so he could get over there, 68 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,079 throw it behind him, throw it in all sorts of different ways, 69 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,679 whereas now he's got one spot he can put the dirt. 70 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,439 Season target's 350 grand 71 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,519 and we're definitely getting close. 72 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,239 Pressure's on to find opal. 73 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,279 We've just got to keep ripping this face 74 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,039 until we find a pocket. 75 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,919 For obvious reasons in the past, I'm staying away from the machinery. 76 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,319 Last year, I had a pretty major accident. 77 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,279 Nearly lost my life. 78 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,119 Excavator hit me in the head 79 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,519 and I ended up getting flown out by the Flying Doctor. 80 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,799 Last year's accident, the Royal Flying Doctor saved his life. 81 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,039 Accidents do happen, and we had a big accident. 82 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,599 I'm glad that I got back on the horse. 83 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,599 He said that if we raised enough money for the Royal Flying Doctor, 84 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,359 he would run down the main street of Coober Pedy in his dick-dacks. 85 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,639 We've got quite a big following online 86 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,679 and we've raised $7,500. 87 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,519 The littlest thing I can do. You know? 88 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,839 Get in my undies and run down there, make some money. Hope to come through with the goods. 89 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,839 Yeah, we've gone so deep trying to get to the alunite. 90 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,159 That alunite acts as a stopper 91 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,879 and then the opal seems to form on top of it. 92 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,759 This is alunite, here. This is your stopper. 93 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:42,639 It's, like, chalky, but it's super hard. 94 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,399 Excavator doesn't like digging it. 95 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:46,999 You know, that was the stopper, 96 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,879 so when the opal in the water, the silica, ran down, 97 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,199 it had somewhere to bottom out and pool up. 98 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:54,359 Pretty much means we're, yeah, bottomed out, 99 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,879 so there's no more level underneath that. 100 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,279 So let's hope we'll just march back a little more, open up some more, 101 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,999 and start facing it up a bit, and never know what could happen. 102 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,319 We're working in two spots at one time. 103 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,719 We're doubling our costs, not looking too good at the moment, 104 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,479 but, hey, it can all change in one swipe of the bucket. 105 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,959 Hey, Paul, looks like we've broken into a cut. 106 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,199 We've broken into another cut. 107 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:25,599 That's mined behind there. That's not virgin. 108 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,639 Some man's already been there. 109 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,999 We want to go where no man's gone before, 110 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,959 but it looks like some man has already gone there. 111 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,959 Well, it means the opal's gone. 112 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:38,799 See behind me, here, the red dirt over here? 113 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,239 You can see it's missing, see how it's going down 114 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,359 and all that on top of it, that's all just old workings. 115 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,279 That was their ramp to get down into the cut back here. 116 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,039 So everything, pretty much, in front of that... 117 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,959 ...it's all gone. 118 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,039 There's no point digging it. It's a waste of money and time. 119 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,359 So now we change directions and hope all goes well, 120 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,359 otherwise we're looking for a new spot. 121 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,039 That's pissed me off now. 122 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,399 There's a nice bit of green here. Where's the seam at? Just point to it. 123 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,639 All right.If you just go from there down... 124 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,079 Yeah, I'll just move over a little bit, just to extend it. 125 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,279 I just want a look in there. Yeah, it is looking interesting. 126 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:30,959 Sam.Yes.Just pull this arm down a little bit. 127 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,759 That's it. 128 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:35,479 Now, just holding there, bring the jack-hammer in.Cool. 129 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,279 The colour's not real good, 130 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,079 but it is starting to thicken up. Yeah, I noticed that. 131 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:45,519 I'll just dig away at this corner for a second. 132 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,079 Yeah, what's that, Les? 133 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,559 Jesus Christ. Oh, that's not good. 134 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,239 Better go up and have a look what the hell's wrong now. 135 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,919 What the bloody hell's wrong now? 136 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,759 Alternator's seized up.What? 137 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,999 It's jammed, isn't it? Really locked up. 138 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,919 BOGGER: What's that smell, mate? The alternator's jammed. 139 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,839 NARRATOR: In Grawin, New South Wales, 140 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,239 the Bushmen - Rod Manning, Les Walsh, 141 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:36,479 Sam Mehan, and Jake "Bogger" Wallace - are running out of time. 142 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,999 The end of their mining season is barely one week away. 143 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,559 Bloody burnt that fan belt. Yeah, you can smell it. It's horrible. 144 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,799 The team have been a man down after losing Bogger for almost a month... 145 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,279 Can you go and turn that off, Bogger?Yeah, mate. 146 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,079 Bogger, he got into a tussle at the pub the other night 147 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,399 and broke his jaw, so he's had a big plate put in the side of his jaw. 148 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,639 Happy to finally get back underground and find some more opal. 149 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,039 ...but now mechanical failures are threatening 150 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,039 to end their last chance of finding opal. 151 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,199 We'll just loosen this alternator and see if it's turning. 152 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,559 If it's not turning, then the alternator is seized. 153 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,999 Without the alternator the fan don't turn. 154 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:25,279 The fan don't turn, it cooks, and we can't afford to cook the motor. We got enough problems. 155 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,239 We damage this power pack, 156 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,479 we're not gonna be able to use the digger. That powers the digger. 157 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,559 LES: Season target's 150. 158 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,199 Pressure's on a bit because the end of the season's coming 'round. 159 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,319 SAM: Opal is becoming harder to find and harder to get. 160 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,559 At this point in Rod and Les' lives, 161 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,559 they can't really pick up a new career. 162 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,839 Opal-mining is it for them. 163 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,719 I've got a good crew now, I've got Bogger and Sam, 164 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,999 so that me and old Les aren't doing so much. 165 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,479 Just tighten it up there, mate. Seems free now you've got it where it is. 166 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:57,719 There you go. Now start that up. 167 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,479 Trouble is this is such an old motor, 168 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:03,239 these alternators are very, very hard to come by, 169 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,919 and I doubt we're gonna have one. I might have to go to Dubbo and get one. 170 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,479 LES: Yeah.All right. 171 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:13,039 Ready? Fingers out?Yep. 172 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:14,719 We do have to get a new one, 173 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,199 but we're hoping that we've freed it and it'll just run for a while. 174 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,519 BOGGER: Seems all right. 175 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,079 It's unjammed for now, but it's only a matter of time 176 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,439 before it locks up again. It will lock up again. 177 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,279 Hopefully it'll work for a little while today, 178 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:31,999 'cause I'm gonna fly over to Dubbo, 179 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,119 because we got a bit of colour down there. 180 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,519 These two can carry on with the digger. 181 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,319 Take your time. There's no hurry. 182 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,679 It's been there 120 million years. It'll wait. 183 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,999 But don't go smashing it to bits. Don't go smashing it to bits, no. 184 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,479 Just make sure they don't do anything wrong. 185 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:49,799 The last thing I want to do is have to drive for bloody 10 hours, 186 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,599 but when we built that thing we struggled to find it, 187 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:55,319 so we're not gonna get another one out here. 188 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,639 This is something really serious and we have to take care of it now. 189 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,959 BOGGER: It's a bit of pressure. 190 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,159 Just a little bit. Just a bit, isn't it? 191 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,239 Can't expect us to be going leaps and bounds, or anything. 192 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,359 We're all still working all-out, so...Nice and steady. 193 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,679 Rod's gonna slip down to Dubbo, so gotta keep an eye on them 194 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,359 and make sure they're doing the right thing, 195 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,399 and Sam and Bogger can learn a bit more, 196 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,559 'cause it's quite a few years since I've operated the digger. 197 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,519 All right, we'll start getting into it. 198 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,519 You know what you gotta do, don't you? 199 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,239 Oh, I got a rough idea, Les. 200 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:35,039 Scrape a bit more out of the wall down there. On the left side, you reckon? 201 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,159 Well, it's up to you which way you go. 202 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,399 The biggest challenge is Jake and I learning how to use the digger. 203 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,959 It takes a long time to learn it and we've been thrown in the deep end. 204 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,359 We have to be as safe as possible. Listen to Les. 205 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:51,399 It's gonna take a fair bit of time to get as fluent as Rod is with it, 206 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:56,319 but very nerve-wracking. It's not just, you know, forward, back, up, down. 207 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,839 You've gotta go on angles. It's just remembering the controls, 208 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:01,719 looking at what you're doing 209 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,159 and then trying to remember the same movements on the levers. 210 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,319 Bogger's getting the gist of it. It's a slow process. 211 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,919 You can't learn it all in five minutes. 212 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,879 If something does go wrong, they're gonna get into trouble. 213 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,399 Coz, look at them broken lights there. 214 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,399 There's wires there.Those just go to the tail-lights, mate. 215 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,599 That's it?Yeah, that's it. Bloody hell, mate. 216 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,479 Oh, it's Leif. Yo, bro, what do you know? LEIF: How are you? 217 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:41,399 We're having some troubles with the hydraulics on this digger. 218 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,039 I need a bit of a direction. That's why I called, 219 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,079 to see how things are going. Yeah, mate. 220 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,839 We're struggling, bro. This digger's down at the moment. 221 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,719 It's not moving.What's it like? Completely dead? 222 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,919 We've got no hydraulic control at all, right, 223 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,959 no tracks, no buckets, no nothing. 224 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,879 Give me five minutes. I'll make a call 225 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,919 and I can get someone out to have a look. 226 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,199 I got a mate in town at the moment.Sweet. 227 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,639 That'd be awesome. I'll send him around, all right? 228 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,759 Cozza. He knows somebody in town. 229 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,359 That's what we need, bro. Who's that coming, eh? 230 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,679 Yeah, boy! 231 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,159 NARRATOR: In Andamooka, South Australia, 232 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,719 the Mooka Boys - brothers Matt and Cozza Kathagen - 233 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,079 have been struggling to find opal 234 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:41,199 without their partner and chief mechanic Leif Tanzer... 235 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,319 Got his workshop on wheels. 236 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,439 ...but with their season coming to a close... 237 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,879 Ah, it's good to see you, mate. 238 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,959 ...Leif has made a return for one last attempt 239 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,159 at unearthing the rainbow gem. 240 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,959 Killer, bro. How you been? Yeah, good. Yourself?Yeah. 241 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,839 Good to see you. 242 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,919 So, how's it going?I got no hydraulic control on the digger. 243 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,239 The truck, the only way to start it is underneath with a screwdriver. 244 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,079 We've lost all power to the cab. 245 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:11,959 I've put up the machinery for the boys. 246 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,479 Anything we find is going back in the machines first. 247 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:18,119 After that, when we make a profit, that's when we split the money, 248 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,959 so that's why we've had to all venture off and do other forms of work. 249 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,359 If we can get this done and get some dirt through, I'll 250 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,399 Yeah, Leif brings a whole lot to this team. 251 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,039 These are his machines. He's a heavy-diesel mechanic 252 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:35,639 and he's got all the tools, so he can actually get things fixed up properly. 253 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,279 I didn't want to pull it off 'cause I had no idea what to do. 254 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,679 It's been a tough year. Don't think we're a quarter of the way to the target. 255 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,519 Summer's definitely creeping up on us. 256 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,639 The flies are coming back, so we haven't got much longer to work on the surface 257 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,759 before everything's too hot for it to operate in. 258 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,239 Bit of spaghetti there. 259 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,279 Batteries are probably flat too. 260 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,959 Matty threw the keys at me and ended up losing the keys in a mud puddle, 261 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,359 so we tried to get her going again, 262 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,919 but we could never get power to the cab. 263 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,039 We rely on this truck to get the dirt. 264 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,599 Without this we can't truck any dirt in to find some opal. 265 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:26,319 Hopefully we can fix it all up and we'll have one more stab at hitting this season target. 266 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,039 Sort out some of the bloody chaos. 267 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,319 It's been a hard season without Leif trying to keep everything running. 268 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,039 Everything's dead. Yeah. 269 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,719 The one thing we rely on to get the opal out 270 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,519 is all this machinery. 271 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,839 Just cut all this out and just start again with something. 272 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,879 I want to get it back to, like, a pretty functioning standard. 273 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,759 It hasn't been the greatest mining year, again, for us. 274 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,479 Opal-mining is Cozzy and I's dream. We've been working towards it for 20 years. 275 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,599 We've worked bloody hard for it, for sure, but at the moment, 276 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,479 it's not bringing the money that we need. 277 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,359 Just stripping some wires so Leif can put these joiners on. 278 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,679 These are gonna fix the power issue that we had in the cab of the truck. 279 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,759 He's just gonna run direct power from the battery to the truck, 280 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,759 and then put all the switches on up there. 281 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,999 There we go. Sweet. 282 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,079 So, that's gonna be our connector for the cab. 283 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,039 Leif's got all the wiring all sorted out. 284 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,839 We just need a bit more power in these batteries now. 285 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,639 Hopefully, fingers crossed, it'll be running in a minute. 286 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,519 What's going on, boys? Is it ready to go? Yeah, give it a shot, man. 287 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,359 Ready?Yeah, go for it. 288 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,559 Come on, baby. 289 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,159 Come on, come on, yes, yes, yes. 290 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,679 Yeah, you beauty! 291 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,719 Yeah! 292 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:13,039 There's one more problem. We got no hydraulics on the digger still. 293 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,919 See, Matty, look, this one was loose. 294 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,879 I'll go start her. Let's have a look. 295 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:22,199 Right, watch your fingers.Yeah. 296 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,119 Hey, it's working! 297 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,679 This plug where the clip's broken that holds the wire, 298 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,239 thought I'd make sure that hasn't rattled out. Had problems with it before. 299 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,919 That was easy. Now we got two machines running. 300 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,759 Leif's rocked up. In less than half a day, mate, 301 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,439 he's got the truck up and rolling, the digger going, 302 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,999 so I'm quite excited. We got one more chance at opal this year. 303 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,119 How did you go, John? I can see some colour in here. 304 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,799 Did better than we did. We broke into an old-timer's cut today. 305 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,999 Have a go, Paul. 306 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,919 So, what, you got no more dirt? 307 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,959 I don't know. I've been chasing it into that wall, and the wall is stopping me. 308 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,479 Just want to ask Pete where he buried that dirt. 309 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,879 When he had the claim, he reckons, he buried some good noodling dirt 310 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,959 a long time ago, so... Things aren't looking good, man. 311 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,439 At season end, 312 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,279 the Blacklighters are searching for the last remaining stockpiles 313 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:27,719 of old-timers' waste dirt that might still contain opal. 314 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,279 I'm just going to see Pete, one of our mates up here. 315 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:33,479 We do a fair bit of stuff with him from time to time. 316 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,199 We've run out of dirt. We're gonna go see if we can have a chat to him 317 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,439 and see if he can show us where it is. 318 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,879 Hey, Pete.What's going on? 319 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,239 We've bloody run out of dirt over at the old claim there. 320 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,399 Johnny's dug everything we can reach. 321 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,559 Do you reckon we could get hold of a bit of that 1970s' dirt? 322 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,319 It's got a heap of crap on top of it. Lot of finds on it. 323 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,039 Has it?We'd have to move it. 324 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:57,279 Yeah. I can help you do it, but, erm... 325 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:00,199 I'll want a percentage of what you noodle out of it. 326 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,079 All right, fair enough. 327 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,799 Thanks heaps, Pete. You're a bloody legend, mate. No worries, mate. 328 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,359 We can get some bloody nice opal into the parcel this week, 329 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,039 hopefully pay our bills. 330 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:13,959 'Dozer's going. It's all fixed now. 331 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,759 It's good to be back in the machines. 332 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,959 We're gonna take this section, if we can get that out 333 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,479 and if you start pushing that up there, 334 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,399 that dirt down there will all be good. 335 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,039 All right.Actually, I've got a lot of good, big opal down there. 336 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:31,919 JOHN: Pete's come in with a 30-tonner. 337 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,399 Mark's brought the 'dozer over and I think it's gonna take the top off 338 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,959 and knock some of that dirt down for me. Bloody good. 339 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,799 Let's hope something's here, because I tell you what - 340 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,679 I don't want to be going off this cliff, I tell you. 341 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,319 The season's just about finished. 342 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,639 This is our last hurrah. It is our last chance. 343 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,359 Getting a fair bit done there, Pete. PETE: Yeah, mate. 344 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,479 Want to have a look? Yeah, man, for sure. 345 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,399 We've cut a fair bit off. This will be the dirt. 346 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,999 Cheers, Pete. You're an absolute bloody legend. 347 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,999 Got a bit of dirt down there for me, so fingers crossed there's a bit of life in it. 348 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,279 It's getting hotter. Hopefully get that target, 349 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:23,839 and we can move on and spend summer down in Adelaide on the beach. 350 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,279 Give her a shove and we'll see what we got. 351 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,719 Oh, here we go. That was a nice little chunk come through then. 352 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,639 Might get colour, might be potch, but, at least, whatever it is, it's a decent size. 353 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,839 Oh, . You never can tell in here, 354 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,239 but once you've got material that's this size, 355 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,039 in the bucket she goes. 356 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,759 Oh. Another quite substantial bit there, so... 357 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,679 Starting to add up today. I think it's gonna be a good day. 358 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,439 Felt like it's been a bit thicker, a bit healthier, 359 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,799 so I'm happy. We'll see what the bucket says. 360 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,799 Oh, here we go. It's all starting to happen now. 361 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,119 Three in a row. You know, you get it in the tumbler, give it a wash, 362 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,199 and then you get to find out, 363 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,879 but in here you're a millionaire until you have a look in the light. 364 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,519 BOGGER: It works like that, huh? LES: What do you think you're doing? 365 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:36,559 That wasn't supposed to happen. You're lucky it was going the right way, 366 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,479 otherwise you would have been up the tunnel or underneath it. 367 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,599 Yeah, that would have been the end of me. 368 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,639 NARRATOR: At Froggie's Claim, 369 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,959 the Bushmen's youngest team members, 370 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,959 Jake "Bogger" Wallace and Sam Mehan, 371 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:53,639 are learning to operate a dangerous, two-tonne hydraulic digger. 372 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,879 Now lift your legs up at the back. 373 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,679 More. Right down until it comes down. 374 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,479 Right?Righto. We're on the ground. 375 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,759 Now you can put your roof jacks up. 376 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:06,479 Right. That'll do. 377 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,719 With that, I reckon I'm gonna give it a break. 378 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,199 I'll pass the reins over to you. Sounds good to me. 379 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,439 Enough of a performance from me, Les, I think. 380 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,919 Well, that's it. The circus has been here and gone. 381 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,319 Righto, Sam. Okay. 382 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,919 Jump in there. Reckon we start feeding it? 383 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,799 I reckon. Okay, so that... 384 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,079 Short arm up. And then in? 385 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,319 BOGGER: It is very difficult to work out. 386 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,559 Getting the two controls at the one time fluently, it's very difficult. 387 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,959 It does jump around a little bit. It bucks a lot. 388 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,239 It makes all these weird noises, so it's definitely a daunting task. 389 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,559 I'll have a look. Yeah, have a look. 390 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,639 It's definitely travelling up there. Mmm. 391 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,359 Sam! Come and have a look! 392 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,839 There's actually a tiny bit of green in there, Les. 393 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,639 It's not really worth anything yet. 394 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,519 It's still a bit thin, but you never know what's behind it. 395 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,119 If it thickens up, we could be looking at some money. 396 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,799 Yeah. Let's get in behind it. 397 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,199 I get excited about the money, but I also get excited to see colour. 398 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,279 It's such an amazing thing to find. 399 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:07,759 It's died out for now, but I reckon we should keep our eye on it. 400 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,879 Oh! 401 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,159 This is the last week of the season and we're pushing as hard as 402 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,519 we can to get opal, we really need it. 403 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,559 Hey! G'day, gang. Hey, Rod.How are you, Rod? 404 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,639 No trouble? The power pack. 405 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,439 It's on its last legs. It's not gonna go for much longer. 406 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:28,159 Yeah, it spun for a little bit longer, but it's seized up. 407 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,079 Luckily, I got one from the wreckers. 408 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,999 It's not much good, but the only one I could find. Might fit. 409 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,199 So why don't we go and see if it does?Yeah. 410 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,759 Ah, well. Will it work? 411 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,319 Looks like it's been laying out in the weather a bit. 412 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:44,999 It's like you. Yeah. 413 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,959 Are you all right, Les? You need a hand?No. 414 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,679 I'll buggerise along with it. 415 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,159 As long as this gets us out of trouble, we'll be all right. 416 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,279 I know. That's one out. One out. 417 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:57,959 One in. 418 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,639 That's it. 419 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,439 It's the wrong size, isn't it? Yeah. 420 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,039 What are you doing? Aah! the thing. 421 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,399 Aah, that's another problem. 422 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,879 I found it.What did you find? Oh, Dad's... Dad's old book. 423 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,399 Oh, yeah? Yeah. 424 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,519 I was flicking through this last night. 425 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,679 The old spots here they did when they first brought 'dozers here. 426 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,119 A lot of them just pushed a level out. In here... 427 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:37,079 He had... 428 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,519 NARRATOR: In the final week of their season, 429 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,799 the Mooka Boys need to find a new source of opal. 430 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,919 They're searching for clues in a mining diary 431 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,279 left behind by Leif's late father, Paul. 432 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:52,519 He was talking about over near Gunns Gully, 433 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,079 on this side of the hill and going through an old bucket of stuff, 434 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,959 this was one of the sample pieces. 435 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:02,159 I think it says...Yeah, I reckon it says. Was this what your dad had? 436 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,839 Yeah, he had bits and pieces from all the fields, 437 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,599 for comparisons with the opal. 438 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,479 That's sizable material, man. 439 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,519 A big flash over the top. That's red, bro. 440 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,879 Well, that's what caught my eye was the red. 441 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:14,559 Yeah, that's nice. Look at that. 442 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,639 I'm down for that, mate. That's better opal 443 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,519 than we've seen all year. Yeah. 444 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,839 Gone through Paul's old Bible here, got the GPS coordinates off it. 445 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,439 We'll go out there in the cars now, see if we can find it on our feet. 446 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,999 Yeah.Let's go, boys, I'm excited. That's us. 447 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,679 Let's find some opal. 448 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,799 We're just taking a tour through Gunns Gully field. 449 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,879 From what we're seeing in Paul's notes, 450 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,839 actually, he was out to the west here. 451 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,919 I think this is where we're gonna find it. 452 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,479 A week left in the season, only a quarter of the way into the target. 453 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,159 Really got to find some opal 454 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,479 to keep the family here, keep them all happy. 455 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,039 This is a really good clue that we're in the right spot. 456 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:55,119 We've got some actual opal here, even though it's not precious. 457 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,439 Well, we're definitely on the right trail. 458 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,319 Yeah, oh, we'll come back tonight. 459 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,039 Sounds good, mate. Let's get out of this sun for now. 460 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,159 Yeah, we use UV lights. The silica rocks that we're looking for, 461 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,359 they seem to glow up under these blacklights. 462 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,559 It makes it really easy for us at night-time. 463 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,839 We can only see what's on the surface. Hopefully, we can pick up some rocks here. 464 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,039 We've got a big area to cover, so a good spread of lights is about 465 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:23,719 the best way we can do that. 466 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,199 Years ago, we built blacklights all over the front of the loader 467 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,599 and called it Blacklightasaurus and we're gonna do it again tonight. 468 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,839 Right, ready?Are you ready? Yeah, I'm ready. 469 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,719 Pretty risky situation. Got to watch the speed of the loader compared to 470 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,319 the speed Cozza and I are at, if one of us slows down 471 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,039 and Matt doesn't see us, we could end up like a pancake! 472 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:51,319 Hey-hey! Hey. 473 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,199 There's some bits of shell to go in the bucket. 474 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,799 The lights have just come over it. 475 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,479 Got us under a little bit of a patch here. 476 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,319 Yeah, it's starting to expose some stuff. 477 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,599 A bit of opal on the ground. It's always good to see. 478 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,599 Blacklightasaurus is working for us. Definitely a good sign. 479 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,559 Yeah, no, I can't see all, hey, so... 480 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:19,959 Yeah, just keep coming, bro. 481 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:21,839 Watch out! Hey-hey! 482 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,719 Shit! Oh! 483 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,719 The bucket! Oh, the bucket! 484 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,639 This wasn't the right size, 485 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,239 so what we've got to do is just sort of dodgy this up a bit, I think. 486 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,319 NARRATOR: In Grawin, mechanical problems 487 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,799 are threatening to shut down the Bushmen's season. 488 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:43,919 Without a power pack, there's no digger, 489 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,799 so that's kind of put a bit of a spanner in the works. 490 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,079 Everything rests on Rod fitting a new alternator 491 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,199 on the power pack for the digger. 492 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,239 I can't get the tensioner on it, so I'm gonna make a bit of 493 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,319 a homemade tensioner here to try and hold the belt on. 494 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,159 It should keep the belt tight enough to run the fan. 495 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,039 We're committed to this claim now. We've put a lot of time, 496 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,799 energy and money into getting here, 497 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,199 so we have to find opal, it has to work, 498 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,879 because we don't really have any other options. 499 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,719 Righto, stand back. Fire it up. 500 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,679 Let's see if we can get it to work at least.Here goes.Yeah. 501 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,719 Sounds all right. LES: That'll do. 502 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,999 Beauty! Yeah. 503 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,039 Not the best, but it'll work. For a while at le 504 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,159 All right. You happy with that? Yeah. 505 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,919 Well, speaking about driving around, I've got to go back to Sydney again. 506 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,399 The surgeon wants to check over his work.Really?When?Today. 507 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,839 Sorry about that. You should be. 508 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,599 All right. There's not much we can do about it. 509 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,319 If you've got to go, you've got to go.I do. I do. 510 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,919 All right.Okay.Come on. No worries, then. 511 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,839 I've got to head back down to Sydney for another check-up, 512 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,599 just to make sure everything's all good inside here. 513 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,319 I'm letting everybody down, not being able to contribute 514 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,359 and help out and find opal, the main thing I'm missing out on, if we do. 515 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,719 Just watch yourself, Sam. I'm just gonna scoot forward a little bit. 516 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,599 So we can dig that bit of seam out. Yeah, okay. 517 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,799 Rod's great on the digger. He's got so much experience. 518 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,159 The way he moves it is pretty much effortless, 519 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,039 but that's what experience brings. 520 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,159 Oh, stop! 521 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,559 Ooh! It's got green in it, this time. 522 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,239 Well, that's a good sign, Sam. 523 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,279 You got that tray, Les? 524 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:32,479 Pop these in there. There's a couple more bits on the ground here. 525 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,159 It doesn't matter. 526 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,439 You start digging in the wall? Swap you sides. 527 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,839 It's not bad, Les, is it? Looks good. 528 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,079 It gets a bit darker and a bit bluer. 529 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,159 Put your bowl under there, Sam, I reckon. 530 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,839 Yeah. All right? 531 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,319 Whoa-oa-oa! Oh! 532 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,799 Did you get him? I caught that bit. 533 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,599 Did more come out? Yeah. 534 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,199 At your knee. Whoa! Hang on. 535 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,319 You all right?Yeah. She's going! 536 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,119 Urgh! Jesus. 537 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,999 There was two pieces that came out. 538 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,919 There is a big lump somewhere in there. 539 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,039 In that piece, I reckon it is. 540 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,399 Yeah. There we go. That's the piece. 541 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,759 Ah, it's got to come this time. 542 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,519 You ready? Yeah, I'm ready. 543 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,719 Wahey! Whoa! 544 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,199 Yes!Wow!I saw colour then, Sam. I saw colour too. 545 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,279 I saw it. Ooh! 546 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,079 Check that piece out. Ooh, that's nice, isn't it?Sure is. 547 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,639 It's got a straight bar. Another big chunk.Yeah, that is bloody nice. 548 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,519 It's got a bit of a flash in it, too. 549 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,199 Oh-ho-ho! 550 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,359 Oh, wow!Look at that! Got to be more where that come from. 551 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,759 Busted right down the middle of the bloody colour bar, but look at it. 552 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,079 Yeah, that's a nice colour.Got to be the other half of it somewhere. 553 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,159 We've got a few dollars here, Les. 554 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,839 A good bucket and a bucket. 555 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,439 There's some opal over in the wall just behind me. 556 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,199 I'll go over and get that just in a minute. 557 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,799 When you find opal, you tend to take even longer. 558 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,679 You've got to enjoy the moment. Right? 559 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:07,959 That can go in the good bucket, that piece. 560 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,639 Boing! 561 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,399 What's going on?I went down and had a bit of a geezo. 562 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,079 You're on? We're on. 563 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,639 The last one of the day, too. Let's have a look. 564 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,719 The last scrape! Oh! 565 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,919 , yeah! Look at it. 566 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,079 So I'm gonna pull this out and that's it. 567 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:24,879 Bloody well done, Paul. 568 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,759 Let's see what we got here. Eh? 569 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,079 Oh, dude, that just was a massive crunch. 570 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,159 Are we gonna need another bucket?Yeah. 571 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,919 This side. 572 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,119 One minute, I'm swinging off the edge of a cliff with a bulldozer. 573 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,399 Next minute, we're pulling out beautiful stuff. 574 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,879 Oi, have a look at it. It just keeps going! 575 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,639 Oh, that's... It's getting a lot better. 576 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,599 Yes, getting some beautiful green. 577 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,119 This one you can see the skin is off it. A lot of the others are thicker, 578 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,359 but they're coated in skin, we won't see them until we tumble them. 579 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,479 Got ourselves a bit of a nice pocket here. 580 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,879 Oh, dude, that is still... I can hear it....crunching. 581 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,679 Oh, like a chocolate milkshake, but only crunchy! 582 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,359 BOTH: Yeah! 583 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,759 Ha-ha! Now we're cooking! 584 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,439 Yeah! 585 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,319 That is just yes! 586 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,279 # I think we've paid for the diesel today! # 587 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,239 Ooh-yeah! 588 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,039 Oh-ho-ho-oh! Still doing it, man. 589 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:35,719 It's still doing it. 590 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,959 This stuff has been here for that long. 591 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:39,839 We're the first people to ever see it. 592 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,559 We won't be the last to see it. 593 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,759 A lot of people are gonna enjoy this stuff. 594 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,919 I've got to be careful once we get... get close. 595 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,319 It's getting better. That's getting better!Oh, yeah. Yeah. 596 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,799 We've actually got a bucket of this colour, man. It's insane. 597 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,039 The bucket filled up quick, too. 598 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,039 All sorts mixed in here. 599 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,879 So once it's tumbled and we get it all clean, 600 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,359 we'll be able to see what we've really got. 601 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,439 Home time?Home time. Well bloody done.Let's get out of here. 602 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,359 Good on you. I wonder how John's going. 603 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,559 Oh, Jeez. 604 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,439 Oh, I can see some colour already. 605 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,719 I don't want to get too excited, but the colour in that is just... 606 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,959 Gee whiz, a bit more green. 607 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,479 I can see the edge of that. Once we tumble that up, we'll soon find out. 608 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,839 We could be here for a good week. 609 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,719 Oh, the bucket! Whoa! 610 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,639 I dropped the bucket! It's under the loader! 611 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,599 The bucket just rolled down the hill. 612 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,759 Everything's everywhere! I lost it all. 613 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,199 Ah, . 614 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,959 We're gonna have to get you to back up the hill, slow as you can. 615 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,439 The boys were picking up opal all over that hill. 616 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,519 I just got to the peak of it and I just couldn't hear the boys. 617 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,879 I was just yelling out, telling them I'm moving. 618 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,599 I guess we lost the bucket under the loader. 619 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,959 Once you drop a rock in the soft dirt, 620 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:03,919 it's really hard to find it again. 621 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,479 I guess we just try and recover it now, that's all we can do. 622 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:10,999 You want to call it quits for the night? 623 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:12,959 Well, mate, I'm pissed off now. 624 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,719 Get this up in the truck tomorrow, get it in the noodler. 625 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,119 Go and park this up, mate. Let's call it a night.All right, mate. 626 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,399 We're just back here, where we were blacklighting last night 627 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,479 and the boys dropped the opal on the ramp. 628 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,959 Get it to the noodler and run it through. 629 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,959 Hopefully, we find some more opal, like we did last time. 630 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,719 NARRATOR: In South Australia, 631 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:40,199 the Mooka Boys are removing the top layer of waste dirt 632 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,399 to run through their processing machine, known as "a noodler", 633 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,879 in the hope of finding the lost opal. 634 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,119 All right. First load off to Hallion Hill. 635 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:53,999 Hopefully, this is the one with the opal in it that we lost last night! 636 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,599 We're gonna take this material to the noodler, 637 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,519 run it through and, uh, that's it for our season. 638 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,319 We'll go in. 639 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,599 Good to go whenever you are, mate. 640 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,239 All right, Matty, what have you got for us? 641 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,559 Mate, hey, here we go. Big chunks?Yeah, yeah. 642 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:19,239 Hey-hey! 643 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,319 There's a few big chunks coming through now. 644 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,479 Definitely a good sign. 645 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:31,719 We won't know if it's got any colour until we get it out in the sun. 646 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,799 Seems like the dirt is running out. 647 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,999 You on channel, Matty?Yeah, just cleaning the hopper out now, mate. 648 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,679 I hope you got some opal. That's it for the year. 649 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,599 Nothing left now, so whatever the boys got, the boys got. 650 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,359 That's the season. 651 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,679 Oh, yeah, there's some colour in here, man. 652 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,359 What have we got? Ho-ho! Damn, look at that! 653 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,919 We've got some opal concrete, got some matrix. 654 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,839 This is some top-grade stuff, mate. 655 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,119 Look at the colour beaming off of that. 656 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,879 What have we got here? About... What? 657 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,559 Three ounces of crystal and jelly. 658 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,199 Something we can do something with. Yeah, bloody oath. 659 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,079 Look at this bit here. It turned into a bit of colour. 660 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:19,839 The Mooka Boys have a mixed parcel of matrix and crystal opal. 661 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,239 You know, once that stone is cut, 662 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,639 what do you reckon the value on that would be? 663 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:32,119 A few grand stone there. 664 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,079 Yeah?Yeah. A crystal like that. 665 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,559 What do you reckon for this pile of matrix, bro? 666 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,719 That colour is unbelievably bright. 667 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,799 We will cut some nice pieces out of this. 668 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,239 All right, so 1,000 bucks for the matrix. 669 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,119 What do you reckon for this little pile of opal here? 670 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,159 At a fair price, 1,000 bucks. 671 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,839 What about this? This is on its own, this king stone. 672 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,999 I'd put 3 grand on that all day. 673 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,639 Wow!Yeah, boy! Yeah, killer! 674 00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:58,719 I think it's a safe bet we've got 5 grand sitting there. 675 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:03,999 Not the biggest win we've had ever, but it's nice to top this end of 676 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,759 the season off with some colour like this. 677 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,799 Hitting that target would have meant a lot to us this year. 678 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,599 A lot of people come out here to dig. 679 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,359 Not everybody gets to go home rich. 680 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,479 It's been a pretty challenging year for us. 681 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,999 We had a bit of a hard time with the machinery. 682 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,279 We've just been trying to find a way all year. 683 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,159 A few collapses, going into a bit of dangerous ground. 684 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,639 We managed to make a little bit of money. 685 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:29,719 Oh, hot dogs. Chuck some bread down. 686 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,399 We're gonna have another high target next year. 687 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,679 I think we're all gonna be coming back. 688 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,159 Starting fresh on a new season, with a new diesel system in the truck. 689 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,039 Bloody excellent. 690 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,759 Hey, hey! This is our food, mate. Go on, get, get, get. 691 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:46,039 Andamooka, there hasn't been a lot of proper prospecting done here. 692 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,839 There's so much missed ground. The right attitude, 693 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,559 thinking and positive thoughts 694 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:55,039 that we can sort of make that become a reality instead of a dream. 695 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,479 After a couple of pretty tough years out here in the field, 696 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:03,879 not even coming close to the target, I'd love to call it quits, honestly, 697 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,959 but, look, mate, I've got that opal fever. 698 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,719 I absolutely love the Outback. 699 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,439 I love the desert. I love everything about my life. 700 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,319 So I'm gonna work hard to get back here next season 701 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,079 and live the dream again. 702 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,679 Show us the gems, Les.Got some pretty good stuff here, I reckon. 703 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,919 I think we might have, too. Yes. Looking good. 704 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,759 We'll leave that till last. 705 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,519 Put it there.The nice stuff. See what we've got in here. 706 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,199 There's some big, bloody... 707 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,279 blue-purple stuff in here. 708 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:42,159 Yeah, that's a bright piece there. Blue there. Purple around there. 709 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,799 Such a relief to finally see something in the wall. 710 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,279 Not bloody wrong. Look at that colour through this. 711 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,999 That's nice. It might be on grey, but it's still colour. 712 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:51,679 It's still a few dollars. 713 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,959 We're not even looking at the good stuff yet, the colour tin. 714 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,799 Righto, Les, are you ready? 715 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,799 Let's have a look at what we've got here. 716 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,639 Ooh! Some of that looks nice. Starts to get bright. 717 00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:03,519 It's a good, nice piece. 718 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,359 That's a straight bar. That's gonna cut a stone. We know that.Oh, yeah. 719 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,399 The Bushmen have a parcel of crystal seam opal. 720 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:24,319 Just this, not our good stuff, what do you reckon? 721 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,799 I reckon about 800 bucks. Potentially. I reckon that's probably right. 722 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,479 You won't really know until you clean it up. 723 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,399 So, Sam? The colour tin? 724 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,599 What do you reckon, mate? I'll take a proper look at it. 725 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,279 We've got some straight bars. 726 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,919 We've got some cuttable stones. I reckon... 727 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,359 ...2 grand. Two thousand, eight hundred, Les. 728 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,719 I reckon we'll be eating steak tonight, Les. 729 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,359 I reckon we could be. That's not too bad. 730 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,039 It was a bit more than we had this morning. 731 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,999 It's a little bit off our season target. 732 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,559 It's really important that we keep on finding opal. 733 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,999 The season is about to end. It's getting too hot and too hard to dig. 734 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,679 We've got to find something before the season is over. 735 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,879 G'day, guys! Bogger! 736 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,999 You're back!Oh, I tell you now, I've had enough of all that driving. 737 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:09,759 Go into the toolbox. 738 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:14,279 How is the jaw, anyway, mate? What did they say?Going great. 739 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,679 Another check-up in a couple of weeks, take these screws out. 740 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,479 After that, that's it. I don't have to go back down there. 741 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,559 Fantastic. Good stuff, mate. 742 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,359 You and Sam are going real well, you mastered the digger. 743 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,159 The crew we've got now is a really good crew, 744 00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:30,599 so we've got enough time left to make a quid. 745 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:34,399 Here's to the big push for the end of the year.The big push.Cheers! 746 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,519 We've tumbled it for hours and hours to get all the dirt off it. 747 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,719 Get it nice and clean, so you can really see what you've got. 748 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,599 You've got to clean it properly. It's been an awesome week. 749 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,559 We were basically on the bones of our arse and we turned it around. 750 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,359 Our season is coming to an abrupt end, by the looks of it. 751 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,359 It's getting hot. The weather is coming. 752 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,439 But, freaking hell, everyone put in such a big effort. 753 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,359 I'll let Rach and the boys have a look. 754 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,119 We'll all have a bit of a chat, see what we price it at, 755 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,119 but, yeah, whichever way it goes, there's a bit of money here. 756 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:14,199 The Blacklighters have a parcel of crystal opal. 757 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,879 Hey!Hello.Hey! Look at them biscuits.Whoo-hoo! 758 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,479 Well done, boys. Phew!There's some opal. 759 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,159 Beautiful stuff. That is gonna be, like, 760 00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:32,919 somewhere in the world that gets set. 761 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,159 Put it in some jewellery.Gonna have a tough neck, that's for sure. 762 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:38,079 That's a bloody good week, boys. 763 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,279 Tough, too, hey. Heat, flies.Oh, yeah. 764 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,719 So, what do you reckon we've got here, Rach? 765 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:44,399 Lots. What do you reckon, Rach? 766 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,639 I reckon... 767 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:49,359 Johnny's, I mean, this stuff here is... 768 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,839 50 grand all day, every day. Yeah. 769 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,119 I think a lot of that was the finds falling down from Pete.Yeah. 770 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,479 But it was coming out today. It was just boof! 771 00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,839 Paul and Mark come in close, 772 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,199 but I reckon you're sitting at about 40 grand. 773 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:06,959 Ninety grand for the week, boys. 774 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,559 We had to give Sneaky Pete 15%, 775 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,839 so over 80 grand we got for the week. 776 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,999 So what does that do? That makes us smash the target by 60. 777 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,439 Four hundred and ten grand for the season. Eh? 778 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,679 ALL: Yeah! Oh-ho! 779 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,199 Bloody well done to you guys for hitting the target. 780 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,679 That was one of the most amazing years of mining 781 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,879 I've ever had, ever seen, ever witnessed in my life, I'm pumped. 782 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:31,919 A good year, boys and girls. Well done. 783 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,999 Well done, John, for sticking at it. 784 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,439 Just pulling the money out every week, man. 785 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,799 When we'd find nothing in the wall, you'd always plug away and have 786 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,679 something for us, a good year. 787 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,919 We've put in some hard work, but honestly, if we can keep pushing, 788 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,199 I think next year is gonna...Gonna be all right....go pretty well. 789 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,679 Even last week, we were looking down the barrel, not making our target. 790 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,279 We stuck at it and bang! Look where we are now. 791 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,639 Here's to you guys, man. Love working with you. 792 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,399 Let's go and have a rest, boys. 793 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,999 Well done, guys. Well deserved. 794 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,479 Isn't there something you're forgetting about? 795 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:06,319 Didn't you promise everyone something online? 796 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,359 Down the main street of Coober. 797 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,639 I will do it, man.You can't renege on that.Nah. Nah, I'm doing it. 798 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:14,519 I'm running down the main street of Coober Pedy in my jocks 799 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,199 for the Royal Flying Doctor. 800 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,959 We've raised $7,500. I'm backing him all the way, yeah. 801 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,399 Let's hope the whole town is down there! 802 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,359 Oh, now there's tourists rolling up. 803 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,799 Are we ready? Down we go! 804 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,759 Down it goes! Whoo! Righto. 805 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:31,839 I'm off! Hey-diddle-diddle. 806 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,999 Leaving! 807 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,119 Oh, dear Lord, have a look at him go. 808 00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:39,799 Hey! Hey! 809 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,959 How are you going? Hey! 810 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,359 We're gonna just sit behind him. Hold up the traffic. 811 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,079 Bloody hell. 812 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:51,479 I should have done some training. 813 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:53,359 Go on, pick the pace up, mate! 814 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,559 Oh! Bloody hell, this is hard work. 815 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,639 He's at the finish. I've crossed the line! 816 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,159 Yoo-hoo! 817 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:08,839 He's still going. 818 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:12,119 Wow.Good effort. How's that?That's it. 819 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:13,839 Oh, yes, I made it. 820 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:15,919 Just a normal day in Coober Pedy. 821 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,799 Righto, let's go.Thank you very much to the Flying Doctor. 822 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,759 You're absolute champions. 823 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,839 Hey! 824 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,319 Beauty! Good job. 825 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,879 Subtitles by Deluxe 825 00:43:33,305 --> 00:44:33,590