"Outback Opal Hunters" Debts to Settle

1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,559 We're in the middle of the bloody Outback, 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,479 Central Australia and Coober Pedy. 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,919 She's, erm gonna be pushing 50 soon, so... 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,079 Yeah, the machines can't handle that sort of heat. 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,159 I know I can't handle that sort of heat. 6 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:19,839 So, yeah, it's, erm... 7 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:22,759 The window is closing! 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:26,879 Ah, this is gonna be disgusting, man. 9 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,439 Righto. 10 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,919 Oh, dear, I'm gonna get punished. 11 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:34,919 (SIGHS) Righto. 12 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:37,719 Godspeed. 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,359 Can't even see the bucket, man. 14 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:46,959 Oh, here we go. 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,399 Are you for real! 16 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:54,879 Oh, my God! 17 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,079 No! 18 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,359 Oh, it's a (BLEEP) whiteout! 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:08,074 20 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,279 Can't see. Got dust in my (BLEEP) eyes. 21 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:20,959 Dust all over me. 22 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,879 Been a little bit of wind. No worries 'cause it's going 23 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:26,599 the right way, but when it's going this way, it's (BLEEP). 24 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:28,279 (BLEEP) back at Opalzilla. 25 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,799 And the dust can still get into the darkroom box. 26 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,799 I've got a few vents where the dirt comes in, like, with light traps. 27 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,959 When she's pumping, she can come back and annoy the hell out of you. 28 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,559 It's gonna to be an interesting little bit of time, I think. 29 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,719 Yeah, time to process some dirt again. 30 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,639 The opal shoots through the dark room under the UV lights, 31 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,599 and then you sit there waiting for glowing bits, pick it off. 32 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,479 I think this hopper's just about done. 33 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,359 It's thinning out on the belt, with more dust accumulating. 34 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,159 Ooh. It's pretty bloody bad. 35 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,879 You know, a little bit of sou-east sou-west, 36 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,279 not a problem. Northerly, bad news. 37 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,079 So it blows it straight into the darkroom, into the loader 38 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,159 when you're trying to load, and straight into the generator. 39 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,439 It's harmful to breathe in, for both people and machines. 40 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,519 So, you know, you start blowing motors up. 41 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,559 I think we'll just have to bite the bullet 42 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,599 and, yeah, just go hang out with the boys. 43 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,639 NARRATOR: Coober Pedy, South Australia. 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,559 Pretty nasty weather. It's starting to get warm. 45 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:34,839 The summer's on its way. It's a little taste. 46 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:38,239 NARRATOR: With sweltering temperatures fast approaching, 47 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,759 the Blacklighters, John Nassar, Paul Coon, 48 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,239 and team leader Mark I'Anson, are battling to find opal 49 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,079 before the brutal heat brings their mining season to an end. 50 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,719 Oh, it gets over 50 degrees Celsius we're standing right now, you know. 51 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,159 So it's not a place you want to be, that's for sure. 52 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,719 PAUL: With the season target, you know, it's 350 jiggers. 53 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,399 It's a lot of money. You know, 54 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,159 we've still got 40 grand to make to try and reach target, 55 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:11,879 and the season's cracking on. 56 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,399 It's starting to get hot, but, hey, we're gonna stay 57 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,919 and we're gonna try and do our best to get to that goal. 58 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,439 We've got no investors. We're wholly on our own two feet. 59 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,319 We have to do this our own. 60 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,799 We run out of money, we can't work. It's as simple as that. 61 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,879 MARK: Hey, yo yo. PAUL: Bit windy. 62 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,599 It's not the best in here, either. 63 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,079 Once you get a bit of wind, it just keeps swirling. 64 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,279 No, I disappeared. I went... I don't know. 65 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,759 Whiteout?I just basically disappeared in the dust. 66 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,559 John's come over to give us a bit of a hand over here 67 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,999 'cause it's a bit windy over there, and 'cause we're so deep down here, 68 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,959 it's you know, we're sort of a bit protected, so we can keep working. 69 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,279 He'll just come over and, hopefully, dig some opal out the wall with us. 70 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,319 Probably gonna get the bulldozer and push a bit of space out for Paul 71 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,239 so he can try and scrape a bit of the bit of the top off 72 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,039 and we can sneak our way in and get a bit more open, 73 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,959 but we'll see how we go. 74 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,879 JOHN: She's getting big, Paul. PAUL: Yeah, it's ridiculous. 75 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,119 Getting pretty high now. Like, we're getting a bit snowed in. 76 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,759 We've pretty much taken most of the ground that we can 77 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:18,959 until we get up the top and take some more off, 78 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:20,679 which Mark's doing at the moment. 79 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,319 But even sitting down here with him, working up there, 80 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,279 you don't really feel too safe. 81 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:26,959 He's knocking rocks off the edge, 82 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,919 and one hit you on the scone, it doesn't tickle. 83 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,159 Pretty dangerous. So we're trying to strip it as we go. 84 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,479 Keep it low. Not get it too dangerous. 85 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,439 It's hard when you're tunnelling under finding opal, though. 86 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,159 You just want to keep digging. 87 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,599 But you've got to be smart and strip the top off first. 88 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,399 (MACHINE WHIRRING) 89 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,399 Oh, gee whiz, there we go. 90 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,319 PAUL: It's a dust storm here today. 91 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:56,959 Oh, look out, Paul! (BLEEP) 92 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,559 That's not good. 93 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,399 It actually donged me on the head. 94 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,799 Dangerous. Might take some of that top off. 95 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,959 Or do we just risk it? 96 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,399 (BLEEP), we're almost there. Risk it.Almost there, Paul. 97 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,399 MARK: All right. I'm gonna go shut it down, man. 98 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:19,719 (GRUNTS) 99 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:21,999 (GROANS) 100 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,039 The season is ending, 101 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,639 so just to have enough money that, you know, 102 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,919 we can take the summer off would be awesome. 103 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,279 (BOBCAT SPUTTERS) Oh! 104 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,199 Hang on.That didn't sound good. What's going on? 105 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:51,919 I don't know. She was working fine. 106 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,399 She got sluggish, and now she's just stalled on me. 107 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,999 No, not good. Erm... 108 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,519 I'm just gonna have a look in the engine bay, 109 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,759 see what's happening up there. You've got fuel in it? 110 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,079 Yeah. I can't see nothing. 111 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,719 Hopefully. Yeah, we'll dip it. 112 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,559 Yeah nah, she's dry, hey. 113 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,239 Oh (BLEEP). 114 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,559 We haven't got any diesel in the drum, have we? 115 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,359 No. I mean, I did just fill up the Hilux the other day. 116 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,079 She's got a full tank. 117 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,479 It'll get us out of a shit, and get this out.Yeah. 118 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,799 NARRATOR: In Andamooka, South Australia, 119 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:40,319 The Misfits, Angel Dempsey and Issy Glen, 120 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,639 are nearing the end of their season and are desperate to keep operations 121 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,639 afloat at Lunatic Claim as their resources dwindle. 122 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,479 Just because our season target is 300 grand 123 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,919 doesn't mean we're gonna stop at 300 grand. 124 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,079 We work the whole season and we take whatever it's got to offer. 125 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,319 You know, we might not even get our season target at this point. 126 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,319 NARRATOR: This year, Issy is trying to earn enough money 127 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,399 to send a team of students to a boxing tournament in Brisbane. 128 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,159 ISSY: We've set this gym up so that kids veer away from drugs and alcohol. 129 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,119 Opal, at this point in time for me, 130 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,679 is going to ensure that our fighters get to go away 131 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,359 and hopefully come back with the Golden Gloves. 132 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,519 But, you know, all of these people are relying on me. 133 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,679 to bring the bacon home. 134 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,959 No bacon, no breakfast away. 135 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,959 But the team have been a man down, with mentor and financier, 136 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:42,679 'Opal' Joe Kalmar, stepping back after serious health issues. 137 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,319 I've had another one and what they call mini strokes. 138 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,239 Every day you're living on what's called borrowed time, right? 139 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,639 ANGEL: A bit concerning to see someone deteriorate like that. 140 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,599 But Joe's left me in charge of this operation. 141 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,079 I'm pretty confident I can do him proud, you know. 142 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,999 I realise that Joe is looking towards mainly Angel, 143 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,039 but myself as well, to keep this legacy going of opal mining. 144 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,839 The weather is looking a bit iffy today, hey. 145 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,039 ISSY: Yeah, you can see that rain rolling in. 146 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,799 I'm starting to feel a few drops on my head now. 147 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,399 So I don't know how long we've got to... 148 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,959 ..get some work done, unless we find a way of covering ourselves up down there. 149 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,919 (ROLLING THUNDER) We're gonna have to do something about it, 150 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,639 'cause if it gets too wet, obviously, we won't be able to dig, so... 151 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,799 There's an old tarp at the back in the scrap area. 152 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,239 That's sounding good.We might be able to do something with that, 153 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,199 to keep the rain off the ground that we're working. 154 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,039 Make a bit of a roof. I like that plan. 155 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,639 I don't know how, but we'll go to the scrap yard and make it work. 156 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:55,319 Yeah, why not? 157 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,759 The tarp's just over there, Issy. 158 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,919 Just be careful. There could be spiders, snakes...Oh. 159 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,359 ..scorpions. You'll see me run if there is. 160 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:06,999 Gee, it's heavy. It is heavy. 161 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,879 I don't know how we're gonna put it in the back of the ute. 162 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,799 Looking at this... (GRUNTS) ..we might be better off... 163 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,959 ..dragging it down that way. 164 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,559 (STRAINING) Yeah. Slow, Issy. 165 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,719 Save your energy.(GRUNTS) 166 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,319 This is when Andamooka's longest cut is not good. 167 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,119 No.(LAUGHS) 168 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,799 We've got rain coming. 169 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,479 Being in the desert, we do have freak storms. 170 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:43,599 And it doesn't take much for an open cut to become a dam. 171 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:49,039 So my thought is, if we get a lot of it down the bottom... 172 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,879 Yeah.Dodgy there. 173 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,359 Okay. 174 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,839 Go up a bit with your bucket. 175 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,679 I reckon that'll probably be good. 176 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,119 Hopefully, we don't get any big gusts of wind 177 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:05,879 or we're gonna lose the lot. 178 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,799 And then we've got the rocks that we're gonna be underneath, 179 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:10,759 which is gonna be quite dangerous. 180 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,479 Hey, looking good, Issy. 181 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,519 I like it.You're sussing it out. (LAUGHS)It's so cool. 182 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,119 Sort of sussing out to see if the light works. 183 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,439 And look, it does. Look at that. 184 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,559 Oh, that was tiny. 185 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,919 All opal glows under the UV light. 186 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,879 The idea of the shade tent was basically pressure. 187 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,599 We need opal. And the weather turned on us. 188 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:37,999 We can't afford to catch a cold, get sick or anything like that. 189 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,839 (JACKHAMMER WHIRRING) 190 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,959 Not seeing much, Issy. No. There's not a lot in here. 191 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,559 Season's almost finishing up and we're nowhere near our target, so... 192 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:57,919 ..we've gotta do something to find the opal. We don't wanna miss it. 193 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,119 Do you want another line? ISSAC: Yeah. 194 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,239 We can always push it in later, can't we? 195 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,439 I'll scratch it back if you don't want it. 196 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,479 Yeah, let's have a look at it. 197 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:14,159 Have a quick look at that. 198 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,079 Just nothing here Like, it's got all the ingredients, 199 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,599 but we're just not getting anything out of it. 200 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:24,759 We've been working towards this bloody pocket... 201 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,919 ..er, and pulling out this level. 202 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,999 But the level's petering out. Pressure's on. 203 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:38,319 NARRATOR: Yowah, sweltering in the brutal summer heat of Outback Queensland. 204 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,079 It's the end of the season, and being here is ridiculous. 205 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,319 Most of the folks have gone home from town. 206 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,279 It must be 40 degrees. There's no one mining anymore. 207 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,639 Yowah is actually nearly the furthest place you could get 208 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,359 away from the ocean in all of Australia. 209 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,639 It's smack bang in the middle. 210 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:01,479 NARRATOR: The Opal Whisperers, Isaac Andreou and Kelly Taylor, 211 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:04,319 along with Kelly's partner, Dan Hollis, 212 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,199 are desperate to reach their seasoned target 213 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,519 before extreme temperatures make mining impossible. 214 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,679 It is getting way too hot to be out here. 215 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,039 And we're not producing what we need to produce, so... 216 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:18,839 Yeah, I'm a little bit stressed. 217 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,839 ISSAC: Don't get me wrong. I mean, we've done around $200,000, 218 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,599 but we set the target at 300,000. 219 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:25,399 We did that to earn a paycheck. 220 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,639 We've paid our costs, it's all gone in diesel, 221 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,399 and, you know, just normal living expenses out here. 222 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,399 So, we need that other 100 grand, mate. We just really need it 223 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,719 so everyone can go home with a nice pay packet 224 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:37,759 and smiles on their faces. 225 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:44,319 NARRATOR: Isaac's family have been mining in Yowah for decades. 226 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,239 My family have been in opals. I'm second generation. 227 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,479 So, you know, I've got to live up to the legacy. 228 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:54,039 And Dad's gone. He left a few dreams behind 229 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,479 and it's my job to sort of fulfil them. 230 00:12:56,560 --> 00:13:00,559 Isaac has an ambition to present Opal to the world 231 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,039 as nature's own work of art. 232 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,799 ISSAC: The Art of Opal, these amazing artworks as copies of the opals, 233 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,439 and that stone goes into the showcase that holds the painting. 234 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,359 That's the peak of a legacy. It's the fulfilment of a dream. 235 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,039 You're only a guardian of the stone for a little while. 236 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,999 It's timeless, whereas we're only around for about 100 years. 237 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:23,119 Dad died like just a year ago, and, erm, here I am. 238 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,359 Er, we didn't get to fulfill that dream while he was alive, 239 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,439 but I did promise him that I would. 240 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,839 ISSAC: Hey, Kell.Hi. 241 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:35,759 You won't believe what's just happened. 242 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,119 What's happened? I've got an email...Yeah. 243 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,799 ..from the event organisers at the London Gem & Mineral Show. 244 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:46,519 And they've invited me over to be, like, the face of the event. 245 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,599 No way.Yeah way. Look. No way!Look. 246 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:54,159 That's pretty hectic.Oh, my gosh, dude! This is massive!Yeah. 247 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,759 And it would be the perfect, absolute perfect event to launch 248 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,199 that Art of Opal dream that my family have had since day dot. 249 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,959 Like, to present these opals as not just as jewellery, 250 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,199 but as artworks, which they really are. You know that.Mm-hm. 251 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,559 Okay, here's one I've always thought would make a beautiful artwork. 252 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:16,439 Imagine that as a massive artwork on the wall 253 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,759 with the stone. Yeah, that would be cool.Yeah. 254 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,119 You got the stone in a showcase with the plates. 255 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,679 And, I mean, that's art! You know, that is art! Isn't it? 256 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,639 People just need to see that like we do. 257 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,479 So these guys want me to run a stall there selling opals too. 258 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,039 You still need stones to sell. And... 259 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,559 But we don't have the stock. So we just need more opal. 260 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,119 So we just got to go back to work. 261 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,599 Continuing on the dig here at Whisperer's Secret. 262 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,119 This is my claim here. And this is the exciting part. 263 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,799 We've actually been working towards this slip the whole season, 264 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,599 and the excavator's now getting itself in position 265 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,559 to be able to dig that up. 266 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,639 I don't see any ironstone in it, but we should check anyway. 267 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,839 Yep. I'll bring it up. Give it a shake. 268 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,199 Thank you. 269 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:09,919 Hold on. What's this? 270 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,919 Hey, opal! 271 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,119 I can see that from here! That's beautiful.(WHOOPS) 272 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,479 It has trace throughout. Where's the bloody money? 273 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,719 Do you think it's just scattered through?It might be.Yeah.Okay. 274 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,919 It's still just trace. I thought it was the money. 275 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,919 It's still just trace. I mean, it's just not producing 276 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,959 and I'm feeling a bit of pressure here. 277 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,639 I just don't wanna disappoint you guys. I really don't. 278 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,359 Yeah, I appreciate that, man, but don't give up. Like... 279 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,199 ..we've got you. If we want to dig somewhere else, 280 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:50,079 you want to keep going. Like, I'm keen to keep digging, man. 281 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,879 I can tell he's really starting to stress out, 282 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:58,399 especially considering that London's going to be, you know, so close. 283 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,119 And we're not going to have anything to take there. 284 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,319 That's gonna be a real letdown. 285 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,319 MARK: All right. I'm gonna go shut it down, man. 286 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,279 (GRUNTS, GROANS) 287 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:17,999 (GROANS) 288 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,079 PAUL: What? I just fell off the bulldozer. 289 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,399 Landed right on the (BLEEP). 290 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,679 Oh!That's gonna bruise up nice. 291 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,359 All up here.Did you actually fall under the track and then the dirt -- 292 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,599 I think I just went "pfff." 293 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,239 You're an idiot. Go and sit down. 294 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,839 The actual pain of falling over, smacking my head, 295 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,559 smacking this, smacking that, breaking, this breaking that. 296 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,719 Opal addiction, it's dangerous. It is deadly. 297 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,279 NARRATOR: In Coober Pedy, 298 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,159 the Blacklighters are desperate to find opal 299 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,839 and cover their mounting costs before the season ends. 300 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,199 MARK: Money's going out everywhere. 301 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,679 There's a new kitchen going in. That took all our spare fuel money! 302 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,999 So we're really struggling. 303 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,759 NARRATOR: Back in town, 304 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,639 Mark's wife and team finance manager, Rachel I'Anson, 305 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,999 has been struggling to find the money 306 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,439 to repair the kitchen in their underground home. 307 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,679 RACHEL: How's it going, Dale? DALE: Good, mate. 308 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,079 What I found ripping off your cabinets, 309 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,399 there's a bit of damage to the existing wall. 310 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,559 I'll have to box in your flue section there. 311 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,519 It's looking a bit unfinished like that. 312 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,199 What do you think that's all gonna cost me all up? 313 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:38,879 Erm, we're probably looking at another $5,000 on top. 314 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,919 Really? Okay. 315 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,959 Our budget, I just don't think we can let it stretch that far. 316 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:50,639 Would you consider accepting opal as payment? 317 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,879 $5,000 worth of opal, 318 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,959 I'll definitely be interested in having a look.Yeah, all right. 319 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,759 As usual, it's gonna be me cracking the whip at the boys. 320 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,279 They're probably not gonna be very happy with me, 321 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:03,959 but they're gonna have to get out there, work harder, 322 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,599 find us some more opal, so we can get the job finished. 323 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,159 The kitchen money's got to come out of my share, 324 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,319 so whatever I've made this week and probably the last few weeks 325 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,879 is going towards the kitchen. So, erm, it's all on me. 326 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,599 I can't do it up there anymore, man. The dust is out of control. 327 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,079 I can't see. It's like just... (MIMICS DUST STORM) 328 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:33,959 I'm trying to doze like this, man. 329 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,519 Every time you came past, it was bad, man, 330 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,719 like, shocking. I couldn't see down here. 331 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,079 I'm just pushing dust into my face. That's all I seem to be doing. 332 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,999 More dirt going up my nose than it's going in the dump. 333 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,559 Let's keep going. Nice looking lines there, 334 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,799 so we'll have a bit more of a chump of that. 335 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,679 MARK: We're sitting on a seabed. This is an inland sea 336 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,239 from years and years, like, millions of years ago. 337 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:04,399 So, this is where all the cockles and all the silica all ended up. 338 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,159 So, it's pretty amazing to be where the sea was 339 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,119 millions of years ago. 340 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:10,839 Purples. PAUL: Oh, that's red! 341 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,799 Oh!Hey!That is red! 342 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,359 Red's the easiest colour to sell. 343 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,119 It's just blings. I love red. 344 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,119 PAUL: There. 345 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,839 Oh!Oh! 346 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,079 Still going! Look at that! 347 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,959 Ho-ho! Hey-hey! 348 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,959 Pfft. But then that keeps happening Oh, my eyes. 349 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,439 My eye's in that hole -- Can you feel that?I know. 350 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,839 It's like getting sandblasted. It is. Yeah. 351 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,999 (BLEEP) 352 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,039 Oh, it got me right on the finger. 353 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:45,879 That was a big rock. That (BLEEP) hurts. 354 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,399 I won't be down there for long. I need to have a quick look. 355 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,679 I don't like it, dude, but just get in and out as quick as you can, hey. 356 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,159 Be careful, all right? Yeah, okay. 357 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,759 If I'm not back in half an hour, start digging. 358 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:07,759 Mate, If you're not back in five minutes, 359 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,679 I'll start panicking. No worries. 360 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:18,079 NARRATOR: In Yowah, the Opal Whisperers' hunt for opal has gone cold. 361 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,239 I need to be up here, just in case something does happen. 362 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,199 Then I can call emergency services. 363 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,279 ISSAC: I'm down here for a job. I've got something to do. 364 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,399 I've got to read this level. Because the color's just gone. 365 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,079 The pocket didn't continue the way we thought it would. 366 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,839 Doesn't make sense. 367 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,799 Doesn't make sense that the ironstone had carries no colour. 368 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,479 You know what I mean? 369 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:45,839 KELLY: This is really nerve-racking. 370 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,199 The excavator has been moving around a lot. 371 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,679 It's literally just sitting on the top here. 372 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,719 The weight of one of those tracks could just... (MIMICS CRASHING) 373 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,159 If it falls, all of this is coming down in one go. 374 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,679 And look at this. All this here is totally loose dust. 375 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,119 You know why? Because that's crumbled off that wall. 376 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,519 All that loose dirt is the dodgiest part, 377 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,559 because if I pick up one pebble and that stuff lets go, 378 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,839 it rolls in like snow, like a snowball. 379 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,959 It will just all roll in, and once it catches your legs, you're done. 380 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,079 Where are we? 381 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,239 I know what's going on. 382 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,439 I know exactly what's going on. 383 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,639 Oh! Idiot! 384 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,199 We've been going the wrong way the whole bloody time. 385 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:28,879 It goes that way, mate. 386 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,279 It's on the other side of the wall, just behind us. 387 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,119 I know I said It was, like, here. 388 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,359 And there was that colour on the last dig. 389 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,439 And it seemed to peter out this time, right? 390 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,319 Yeah, well, it's not here, obviously. 391 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,439 It's actually...going that way. 392 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,119 I just read it wrong. 393 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,639 So it's not going this way, it's going that way.Yeah. 394 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,119 DAN: It looks like we might've been pulling the wrong way. Erm... 395 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,119 So I've repositioned, and we'll start 396 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,759 and pull this south wall out and see how we go. 397 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,879 If we need to go deeper, we'll just bench down and go again. 398 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,079 There's a drive there. It would probably touch 399 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,679 the tip of his tracks there on this side. 400 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,679 Now that the clay has started to dry out and crack, 401 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,159 the excavator could actually just... 402 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,399 It could fall in. He'd get buried. 403 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,679 I can actually see that half the machine's 404 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,359 been sitting over the void for the last couple of days, 405 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,119 but I definitely wasn't gonna tell Kell that. So... 406 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,519 They're an excavator, that's what they're built for. 407 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,839 One track can sink down and hit the car body, 408 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,559 and I crawl me way out. So it's nothing to be scared of. 409 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:34,919 I've just rushed home. 410 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,999 I've got a meeting with the Italian connection. 411 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:42,719 These guys are the artists that have been chosen for the Art of Opal. 412 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,599 Hey, John, Luca. How are you? Ciao, Issac. 413 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,439 Look, I need to see something. 414 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,599 Have you finished Birds of a Feather, or...? 415 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,879 (LAUGHS) 416 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,279 Oh, wow, man! 417 00:22:56,360 --> 00:23:00,999 That is... Oh, my God! That is so beautiful, dude. 418 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,879 That's exactly like... I'm looking at the stone 419 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,519 and I'm looking at the painting, and I feel like I could 420 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,879 literally dive into the painting and I would be part of the stone. 421 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,439 It's happening. I can't believe it's happening. It's... 422 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,759 The painting with the stone, when those two meet... 423 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:23,559 And these artists... Mate, the world has never seen something like this. 424 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,719 Like, I've got goosebumps full on. 425 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,599 When we meld the Australian opal industry 426 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,639 with the international world of fine art, 427 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,719 we're gonna be making history right there. 428 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,839 That's what we're gonna do. 429 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,679 KELLY: Gee, this stuff's hard, Isaac. 430 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,239 Yeah, the ironstone's really, really dense. 431 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:54,999 It's good when you find opal in it, 432 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,559 but it's not when you're trying to crack it open. 433 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,799 (BLEEP) dude!Hey? 434 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,879 What'd you hit? Did you find colour? 435 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,759 I just smashed this. 436 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,919 Look! Look! (LAUGHS) 437 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,959 Okay, okay. Let me see it. 438 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:12,879 (WHOOPS) Hey-hey!Yes!Oh! 439 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:14,799 That is beautiful, man! 440 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,679 There's red, there's blue, there's green, there's yellow. 441 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,479 You ripper! That's unreal. 442 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,239 DAN: Are we on? Look! 443 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,959 Oh.Look at that!Holy! That's the best bit, yet, Kelly. 444 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,159 Oh, wow. If you found something like that... 445 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:30,999 That is what dreams are made of. 446 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,719 These are rainbows underground. That's like a traffic light 447 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,119 Blue, green. And when you turn it, it goes red. 448 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,599 It's more than investment quality. That's almost museum quality, 449 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,719 which means I can go to London, and we can fulfil the family dream. 450 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,959 (LAUGHS) 451 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,559 (JACKHAMMER WHIRRING) 452 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,599 (LAUGHS)(LAUGHS) I saw that one coming. 453 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,679 Crikeys.I felt that going. That's why I moved. 454 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,559 Lucky you did 'cause that would have got you on the noggin. 455 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,839 It was probably about 200 kilos that came off the wall, 456 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,879 and they're the things we've got to watch. 457 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,199 Here we've got a lot of overhang. 458 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,519 You know, like, Angel's sitting under the... 459 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:19,639 ..under a digging there, and just that piece there, 460 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,679 if that comes down, yeah, 461 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,639 we're going to sleep for a little while. 462 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,879 NARRATOR: In Andamooka, relentless storms have forced the Misfits 463 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,719 to work undercover in dangerous conditions. 464 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,999 ANGEL: It's very high risk. It is raining. 465 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,239 We're at the bottom of a hole. If it buckets down too much, 466 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,239 the excavator might not be able to climb out. It can get swamped. 467 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,759 Open cuts do become dams in a big rain. 468 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,399 But, yeah, we can't risk losing that machine at all. 469 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,559 NARRATOR: But time is running out for Angel and Issy, 470 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,399 and they must wait for the bad weather to clear 471 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,399 before continuing work in their open-cut mine. 472 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,479 Basically, we're heading towards the end of our season now, 473 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:05,359 and, you know, Angel and I have got a $300,000 474 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,719 target to hit. And, you know, it's proving to be 475 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,639 quite difficult at this point in time. 476 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,839 This weather's getting better. 477 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,839 We're gonna swap the bucket over on the Bobcat to what we call 478 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:24,439 the poker stick, which is gonna poke holes into the wall, 479 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,559 and loosen it all up for us so that we can actually create 480 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,599 what we call a drive here, 481 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:35,079 that eventually we'll be able to walk in and find opal. 482 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:41,439 Angel's actually making a path because a bobcat isn't as steady 483 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,759 as the bulldozer or the excavator. 484 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:49,159 A lot smaller and a lot more chances of tipping over. 485 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,839 The last thing we needed is for it to topple over onto its side 486 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,959 or go forward down the hole. 487 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,879 ANGEL: It's a good feeling to be, you know, almost tunnelling. 488 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:02,839 We get all the gems that we couldn't reach beforehand. 489 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,759 There's... It's just exciting. 490 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:11,279 This has just saved us hours and hours of hand tools... 491 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,319 ..to start this drive. 492 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,679 See, look, they're all tight in there. Look at 'em. 493 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:24,199 Oh, Issy! Wait, wait! You're almost hit him with the pick! 494 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:28,159 Oh, look at it!Ah! That's an awesome sight. 495 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,399 Look at that glow. 496 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,159 And that's during the day. 497 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,599 We found opal!(BOTH LAUGH) 498 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,799 We found it! 499 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,359 Not the million dollar stone, but at least we're on to something. 500 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,599 Hey, where there's some, there's got to be more. 501 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,999 Ooh.Does it have colour? 502 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,359 Oh, that looks like matrix. Look at that matrix. 503 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,159 Awesome. 504 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,079 I could see that without my glasses on. 505 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,639 Yeah, look at that pink?Yep. That is pink. 506 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,399 Oh, Angel! (GASPS) Look at that! 507 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,759 Look at that! I can see the bar! Look! Look! 508 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,999 Oh, that is such a awesome red bar. Oh, my God! 509 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,039 This is what's gonna get your kids to the Gold 510 00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:14,679 We done it.Good job. (WHOOPS) 511 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,319 That hurt, right on me finger. 512 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,799 Look at that monster up there. That's eroding. 513 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,479 That's getting dangerous, hey. 514 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,999 Just a little knuckle, knuckle duster. 515 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,719 Fell from pretty high too. Lucky it didn't split me right open. 516 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:42,399 That's it. That was my calling sign to say stuff today. 517 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,759 I don't want to play another day like that. That was (BLEEP). 518 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,239 It was bad. I sucked it and I can feel it in my nose. 519 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,719 I'm just sneezing.Oh, yeah. I'm gonna be coughing dust balls 520 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:03,799 for friggin months, I reckon. 521 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:08,079 How's your finger? It hurts, like, bad. 522 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:12,119 She's a possible breakage in there. (LAUGHTER) 523 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,199 Think it's a day to sit back and suck a few beers down. 524 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,199 Mark!Oi.Mark!(LAUGHTER) Mark, you're in trouble. 525 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,479 Sounds like a crow, man. What have you done? 526 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,039 Erm, we're in a bit of strife at the moment. 527 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,679 I've just been around to see Dale at the kitchen 528 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,479 and the costs have gone up. 529 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,799 What do you mean? I thought we had it sorted out? 530 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,359 Well, we did, but when he's pulled the old kitchen out, 531 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:35,159 he's found things that need fixing. 532 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,559 We've got to somehow find another five grand, 533 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,159 and I really don't know where we're going to pull that from. 534 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,679 We've had a shocking week out there, too. 535 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,999 I don't know how that's gonna work. I asked him if he'd be willing 536 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:52,359 to take opal as payment, and he said he would be. So... 537 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,439 ..maybe we could sell one of the cars 538 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,919 to find this money. We're not selling my car. No way. 539 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,999 I'm not selling my car for a stupid kitchen. 540 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:01,679 Well, something's got to be done. 541 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,679 There's just no if or buts about it, it has to be done. 542 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,559 All right, all right. I'll see what I can come up with. 543 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,639 Rach put the pressure on us like there's no tomorrow. 544 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,639 She wants her kitchen and she wants it bad, 545 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,319 there's no two ways about it. 546 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,319 Hopefully, today the winds not as bad, 547 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,759 going in a different direction. We might be right. 548 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,399 MARK: Just moving some overburden. 549 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,319 Feel a bit safer up here. There is a bit of overburden there, 550 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,479 but, hey, it's only just over my head. 551 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,399 That's a lot better. No rocks can hurt you falling from there. 552 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,199 PAUL: (SHOUTS) Oh! 553 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:41,879 I've got a pipe! 554 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,119 JOHN: Found some pipe? (BLEEP) pipe. 555 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,079 Righto. Let me get down here with a bucket for you then. 556 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,799 Belemnite? Yeah. Actual yum. 557 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,559 Bit of a chunky pipe there, man. 558 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,279 Honestly, there's seam underneath it. 559 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,759 All right, Pauly. First pipe in the cut! 560 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,439 Good job, man. 561 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,839 Well, belemnite's just an old squid fossil. Over millions of years, 562 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,119 you know, it degraded away and left a void in the ground. 563 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,839 It's filled up with opal, and that's what we're left with, 564 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:09,759 a full opalised pipe. 565 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,399 There's half of it. 566 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,679 Ooh! Yummy colour. 567 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,319 (LAUGHS) 568 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,519 Have a look at that. 569 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,039 Oh, it's got all the colours in there. Red, green. 570 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,079 And half of it's still in the wall. 571 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:31,799 Belemnite. 572 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,639 That's beautiful, man. Yeah. Belemnite! 573 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,679 Yeah! (LAUGHS) You beauty! 574 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,159 Mate, I can't believe this is happening. 575 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,239 KELLY: I can't believe it's the end already. 576 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,239 What do you think of that? Incredible. 577 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,639 And I got you one, too.Aw. I thought you should have a piece. 578 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,639 Thank you.That's all right. That's so kind of you. 579 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:02,999 Ah. 580 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,239 (KELLY WHOOPS) Here we go. 581 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:07,919 Let's do it. 582 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:10,839 England or bust. 583 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,679 NARRATOR: In Yowah, the Opal Whisperers team leader, 584 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:19,119 Isaac Andreou, is taking their opal haul to the world. 585 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,439 He's travelling to England to attend the London Gem Show 586 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,479 with his brother Alex, and mother, Suzanne... 587 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,839 The whole family has jumped on board with this. 588 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,599 You know, they're so excited. 589 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,279 ..showcasing a collection of Yowah Opal Art, 590 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:40,599 roough and polished opal, and finished jewellery. 591 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:44,079 It's just wonderful. It's lovely to see the boys in action. 592 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,639 I, er... I'm very proud of them. 593 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,439 This is a pretty special moment. 594 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,039 It's time to place the first stone into the painting 595 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,359 ALEX: Want to give it a kiss before we put it in? 596 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,679 This is a dream that's been in our hearts for 50 years. 597 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,119 I get very emotional when I speak about it. 598 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,199 And I'm very happy to be here. 599 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,399 ISSAC: Hello, London. How is everyone? 600 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,599 (AUDIENCE CHEERS) 601 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,439 My name's Isaac Andreou. I'm from Australia. 602 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,759 We hope that you have a wonderful show. Have a look at all the stalls. 603 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,439 Have a look at the ovals. 604 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,399 I now pronounce Box Min Gem Show open! 605 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,359 (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) 606 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:34,279 ISSAC: 100 and that is 120. 607 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,959 Deal. It's done. 608 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,279 There's a lot riding on the sale of this concept, 609 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,919 these Art of Opal pieces. 610 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,999 Haven't sold a piece just yet. 611 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,839 Erm, I'd like to see us go over the line by selling a masterpiece. 612 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,239 It'd be ideal. Yeah. 613 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,079 How are you?BUYER: Looking at these paintings here. 614 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,079 Really nice. I have something I have to go to right now, 615 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,479 but I'd like to come back and look at them. 616 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,199 ISSAC: Good to see you back here. We sort of, er... 617 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,799 Did you sell them? What's that? The painting? 618 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,519 No, we didn't sell them. 619 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,919 We're just putting them away for the evening. 620 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,559 Were you interested in a painting or something like that? 621 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,919 I really like...The centre.Centre. 622 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,479 There was one there that we called Birds of a Feather. 623 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,679 Had --Square stone. Yeah. Yeah, okay. 624 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:28,319 He asked, er, to see the couple of pieces that we've packed away, 625 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,399 so we'll pull 'em out anyway. 626 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,079 What do you have there? 627 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,119 It's a ring that I made before... Fabulous. 628 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,119 ..before I left Australia. Yeah. 629 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,679 Can't believe what happened. He's asked about the ring. 630 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,759 I said 30,000, which is top dollar. 631 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,679 You could see in his eyes that that wasn't too much, you know what I mean? 632 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,279 If you're interested -- So let's talk about the painting 633 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,199 and maybe we can make a deal. Okay. 634 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,719 ISSAC: I cut that stone personally. PETER: I love opal. 635 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,159 I saw these paintings of an opal. 636 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:00,719 Yowah, it's the most amazing thing ever. 637 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,439 ALEX: Birds of a feather's 28,000. 638 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,839 ISSAC: Okay.Okay, for the complete package.Yep. 639 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,159 28,000.Mm-hm. And 30 you said? 640 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:11,839 30,000 for that one. 641 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,199 58.58,000. 642 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,039 How about... 50,000? 643 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,559 I know I can move a little bit on the ring. 644 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,199 I don't know if I can do anything on the on the painting, 645 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:23,879 to be honest -- How about... 646 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,159 ..52?I'll talk to my brother. I'll see what -- 647 00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:29,799 Okay.Thank you. I'll be one sec. 648 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,079 He's offered 52,000 for the ring and the painting. 649 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,279 What's the least you can take for the ring? 650 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:36,959 Er... I mean... 651 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,319 I don't know. It's up to you. 652 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,359 Do what you think's right. I'll allow it. 653 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,199 Hey, Peter, I was wondering if you would consider 654 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,839 maybe meeting halfway between 52 and 58? 655 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,679 What do you consider halfway? 56. 656 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:01,799 Yeah.You'll do 56? We'll do it.Okay. Wonderful. 657 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,199 PETER: I love Opal. I love art. 658 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,879 This is all of it together. It just makes my day. 659 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,599 At the end of the day, he bought the ring and the painting. 660 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,799 It came to 56,000 Australian dollars. Right. 661 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,079 And Mum and Alex did $23,000. 662 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,879 Huh! We've got the season's target by four grand, mate. 663 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,919 Oh, my God, talk about scraping it in. 664 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,359 I've got to ring Kelly. I gotta give Kelly a call. 665 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,239 Kelly!Hello.Hello, girl. How are you? 666 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,079 You know the season's target's 300,000. 667 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,519 Yeah, well, we scraped in by the skin of our teeth. 668 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:39,359 We beat it by four grand. $304,000. Oh, thank goodness. 669 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,079 Isaac, that's great. Yes, dude. 670 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,679 Can't wait for next season, hey. You're gonna be on board again? 671 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,759 Oh, definitely, dude. Yeah.Cool. 672 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,519 Nah, you can't get rid of us now. (LAUGHS) 673 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,039 Well, here's to you. I'm having a beer for you guys. 674 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,639 Oh, okay. I'll up the tea so... (LAUGHS) 675 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:58,079 Well, cheers.Cheers. Cheers to that.(WHOOPS) 676 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,159 Oi, those little bits during the week just added up and added up, 677 00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:13,559 and now we're, I think, not too bad. Not too bad.Decent week, yeah. 678 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,199 That wind was (BLEEP). You got (BLEEP) on your face, man. 679 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,679 Yeah, dust.It's gone now. It was a frigging rock. 680 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,879 Yeah, I'm a rock licker. And we found our first pipe. 681 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,959 Our first pipe. That was a good find. 682 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,199 Some beautiful red and frigging blue in there. 683 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,199 That is just absolutely blinging! 684 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:33,519 NARRATOR: The Blacklighters have crystal and opalised shells, 685 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,679 including a rare belemnite opal pipe, 686 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,879 featuring the full spectrum of colours. 687 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,359 The entire parcel weighs 400 grammes. 688 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,359 Rach, come and have a look at this! RACHEL: Coming. 689 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:48,799 Don't bring the kitchen up, man. 690 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,959 I don't know, some of that jelly there looks nice. I like it. 691 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,359 Some of that red is just absolutely...Stunning...stunning. 692 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,519 Let's get this valued, hey. You know, between these two parcels, 693 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,439 we're sitting on about 15. 694 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,359 With the pipe?Yeah. Don't forget about him. 695 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,119 And I reckon we're sitting on about five.JOHN: Nice. 696 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,999 All up this week, you're sitting on about 20 grand, guys. 697 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,119 That's all right, man.Oi, that's a turn around for this week. 698 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,039 Nah, I'm impressed. Well done. 699 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,759 That's good, man.Cheers, Rach. Well done.Give it here. 700 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,519 Bloody oath. 701 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,239 We rock, hey.We do. We find opal. We find opal! 702 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:24,919 Can't complain with that. 703 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,479 Everyone's got a couple of bucks and move on, 704 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,759 and, hopefully, the opal can keep on running. 705 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,079 20 grand away from our target, which is 350, 706 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:33,759 so, yeah, that's pretty good. 707 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,079 Blowing it out of the water would be even better. 708 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,639 It's still good, but, yeah, we still got a bit to go. 709 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,879 Let's go check this kitchen out. 710 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,839 Bloody kitchens. 711 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,119 Oh, wow. Oh, wow. 712 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,039 Jeez, that looks amazing. 713 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:52,719 Jeez!That's incredible. 714 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,679 How's the tap, man! 715 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,919 Oh, that looks awesome. Dale. 716 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,319 You like that one? You've done a great job, mate. 717 00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:03,039 That extra five grand, mate. 718 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,519 This is some beautiful opal we've found. 719 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:08,399 There's more than five grand in there. 720 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,879 Yeah, wow.If you're just beginning, 721 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:12,999 you'll cut some beautiful stones out of that. 722 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,199 Yeah. Nah, that's amazing, mate. 723 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:18,279 All right. So I've just got about a day and a half, two days left, 724 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,799 to put some cement sheet on here, give it a paint, 725 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,719 and I'll just box your rangehood out, 726 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,119 paint that up and finish it off. That'll be awesome. 727 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,239 All right. Good deal, man. No worries. 728 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,519 Nah, thanks. You've done an amazing job. 729 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,359 There's all colour there. It's all gem. 730 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,759 There's a bit of red. There's some quality opal. 731 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,239 Listen to how nice and quiet it all is. 732 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,519 It's very rare to get paid in opal 733 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,239 for the bonus on top, but that's Cooper Pedy for you. 734 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,599 But in the end, Rach has made the right decision. 735 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,279 The kitchen looks awesome. 736 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:49,879 Well, Rach, cheers to the new kitchen, man. 737 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,639 Cheers.Go us.Yay. 738 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,759 JOE: Good morning. Morning, Joe.Good morning. 739 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,239 We've got a bit of a find.Yeah. 740 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,079 Bit of a mix. We've got some opal and matrix. 741 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:09,959 Yeah, it looks all right. 742 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,679 You get slabs like that with colour, you'll have serious money. 743 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,719 There's some nice ones That'll make a beautiful picture stone. 744 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,839 Definitely.Got colour in there 745 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,839 Real deep.Really deep. It's pretty. 746 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,439 It's not a fortune here, Angel, but there's some... 747 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,479 It's got some value to it. 748 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:40,719 You've got solid colour, hey.Yeah. (LAUGHS)Look at the oranges in it. 749 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,439 Yep.That's the full face. Look at that. 750 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,639 That was winking at us.Yep. 751 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:52,199 NARRATOR: The Misfits have a collection of matrix and seam opal, 752 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,999 with flashes of pink, purple and orange. 753 00:40:56,080 --> 00:41:00,359 It's in the rough and weighs 935 grammes. 754 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,639 Oh, this is, like, bottom dollar on this. 755 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,319 Probably 14, say15 as is untreated. ANGEL: Yeah. 756 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,679 Say 15. 15 grand? 757 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,079 15 grand bottom. That's all right. 758 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,239 Issy's taking a lot of kids over to the Golden Gloves. 759 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,239 That's on the other side of the country. She needs money for that. 760 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,719 I'm gonna give her my share, because it'd be a shame 761 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,399 for these kids to miss out. They deserve it. Issy deserves it. 762 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,279 I'm really pleased with our result. 763 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,839 Every cent helps the Golden Gloves. 764 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:35,719 Never thought I'd see the day where I'd be able to take nine fighters 765 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,239 away. and th 766 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:43,079 Very happy. Very fulfilling when I can, you know, see 767 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,319 the joy in Issy's face. She works hard. She deserves it. 768 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:47,999 She's a great person. 769 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:52,559 And, yeah, it's just great. (LAUGHS) 770 00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:02,439 Awesome feeling. We've actually made it. 771 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,559 You know, Golden Gloves, it is a major event. 772 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,079 And, yeah, we're going for gold 773 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:12,399 With Katie, she's 13, 774 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,279 and she's got two brothers that are competing. 775 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,159 Her mother's competing. Erm... 776 00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:20,039 But they have had a hard life. 777 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:23,079 They haven't had any opportunities in life. 778 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,719 So they're here. They're gonna box. 779 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,119 Issy means a lot to me, really. 780 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,799 She's a really good coach and I love working with her. 781 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:37,879 My nerves are pumped at the moment, 782 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,799 but we've done everything we can to prepare it. 783 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,879 And win, lose, or draw, she's a winner to us. 784 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,039 OFFICIAL: Ring B. 785 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:47,839 63 third grade division. 786 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:49,879 Introducing from North Central Boxing 787 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:51,959 in the red corner Katie, Mitchell. 788 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,719 (APPLAUSE, CHEERS) 789 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:55,399 MAN: Go for a lunge. 790 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,599 Keep the pressure Katie, pressure.Go, Katie! 791 00:42:58,320 --> 00:42:59,919 Get in there! 792 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,319 Go, girl!Keep coming.Go, Katie! 793 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,199 Keep up the pressure! 794 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,119 Pressure. 795 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,279 (APPLAUSE, CHEERS) 796 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:15,959 OFFICIAL: From the red corner. 797 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:17,759 (APPLAUSE, CHEERS) 798 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,159 So proud. (LAUGHS, CRIES) Don't cry. 799 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,999 Oh, she did it. You're making me cry, thank you. 800 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:35,679 Yous did it. What about you, so. Wow. 801 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,519 Thanks, Issy, heaps. 802 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:52,799 Subtitles by Deluxe 803 00:43:53,305 --> 00:44:53,208 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=-