"Outback Opal Hunters" Race Against Time

1 00:00:01,448 --> 00:00:02,551 Narrator: ON "OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS"... 2 00:00:02,586 --> 00:00:04,586 IT'S GETTING EVERYWHERE. IT'S OUT. 3 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:05,827 IS THAT HYDRAULIC FLUID? 4 00:00:05,862 --> 00:00:07,482 -THE ROOKIES... -HEY. 5 00:00:07,517 --> 00:00:08,931 Narrator: ...BATTLE BUSTED HOSES... 6 00:00:08,965 --> 00:00:11,000 -OH. -OH, THERE'S A PIPE. 7 00:00:11,034 --> 00:00:12,310 -OH. -BECK, THERE'S A PIPE. 8 00:00:12,344 --> 00:00:14,103 Narrator: ...AND FINALLY HIT TREASURE. 9 00:00:14,137 --> 00:00:16,448 OH, MY GOD. 10 00:00:16,482 --> 00:00:17,793 THE BOULDER BOYS... 11 00:00:17,827 --> 00:00:19,413 WE'RE GOING TO GO BROKE THE WAY WE'RE GOING. 12 00:00:19,448 --> 00:00:22,827 ...BRING IN AN OLD MONSTER ABOUT TO SELF-DESTRUCT... 13 00:00:22,862 --> 00:00:24,034 WHAT'S WRONG, MATE? 14 00:00:24,068 --> 00:00:25,620 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIRE, ELECTRICAL. 15 00:00:25,655 --> 00:00:28,896 GO AND GET YOUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON THE DOZER. 16 00:00:28,931 --> 00:00:31,586 ...AND AT THEIR WASH PLANT, THE COOKE BROTHERS... 17 00:00:31,620 --> 00:00:33,965 I THOUGHT WE HAD ENOUGH LEFT IN THE DAM TO FINISH THAT. 18 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,620 ...RACE TO BEAT THE WORST DROUGHT IN A DECADE. 19 00:00:36,655 --> 00:00:38,517 YOU'RE MAKING IT HARD ON ME, JEFF. 20 00:00:38,551 --> 00:00:41,206 -LOOK AT THAT. -OPAL! HA HA HA. 21 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:49,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 22 00:01:02,103 --> 00:01:05,068 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 23 00:01:05,103 --> 00:01:08,068 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 24 00:01:12,724 --> 00:01:16,793 Narrator: COOBER PEDY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 25 00:01:16,827 --> 00:01:20,448 WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING UP TO 47 DEGREES CELSIUS, 26 00:01:20,482 --> 00:01:24,482 IT'S A BRUTAL DESERT LANDSCAPE. 27 00:01:24,517 --> 00:01:29,103 IT ALSO PRODUCES MORE OPAL THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. 28 00:01:31,137 --> 00:01:35,275 32 KILOMETERS NORTH OF TOWN AT VENO MINEFIELD, 29 00:01:35,310 --> 00:01:38,827 ROOKIES JUSTIN LANG AND FIANCéE BECKY MacALLAN 30 00:01:38,862 --> 00:01:41,068 ARE STRUGGLING TO REACH THEIR TARGET 31 00:01:41,103 --> 00:01:46,068 AFTER A SERIES OF UNLUCKY CLAIMS THAT HAVE YIELDED THEM NO OPAL. 32 00:01:46,103 --> 00:01:48,551 IS THAT SOMETHING IN THE WALL IN THAT TOP LEVEL? 33 00:01:48,586 --> 00:01:50,379 THERE'S A FEW BARS OF SOMETHING. 34 00:02:05,827 --> 00:02:09,103 Justin: NOTHING, DARLING?NO. 35 00:02:09,137 --> 00:02:12,206 JUSTIN IS CONVINCED THEIR NEW CLAIM AT VENO 36 00:02:12,241 --> 00:02:13,655 HAS GREAT POTENTIAL. 37 00:02:13,689 --> 00:02:17,172 IT'S AN OLD FIELD, AND IT HAS PRODUCED A LOT OF OPAL. 38 00:02:17,206 --> 00:02:20,000 Narrator: BUT IT'S THE TOUGHEST GROUND THEY'VE EVER TACKLED. 39 00:02:20,034 --> 00:02:23,379 IT'S JUST SLOW GOING. 40 00:02:23,413 --> 00:02:29,034 THE TIME IT TAKES JUST TO GET THOSE FEW EXTRA METERS IS -- 41 00:02:29,068 --> 00:02:32,517 IT'S REALLY DRAINING MENTALLY ACTUALLY. 42 00:02:32,551 --> 00:02:34,275 Justin: THIS IS A MAMMOTH JOB TO GET THROUGH. 43 00:02:34,310 --> 00:02:36,862 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE A SMALL TRENCH YOU'RE DIGGING. 44 00:02:36,896 --> 00:02:38,517 YOU'RE ACTUALLY MOVING, YOU KNOW, 45 00:02:38,551 --> 00:02:41,000 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF DIRT WITH A SMALL EXCAVATOR 46 00:02:41,034 --> 00:02:44,517 PROBABLY NOT INTENDED TO DO THAT. 47 00:02:44,551 --> 00:02:47,482 Narrator: ALREADY $60,000 IN THE RED, 48 00:02:47,517 --> 00:02:52,620 EVERY DAY WITHOUT OPAL COSTS THEM AN EXTRA $200 IN FUEL. 49 00:02:52,655 --> 00:02:54,172 Justin: THE PRESSURE IS ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 50 00:02:54,206 --> 00:02:58,275 THE LAST THING I WANT IS TO BE, YOU KNOW, BROKE WITH A FAMILY 51 00:02:58,310 --> 00:03:00,000 AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MINE. 52 00:03:00,034 --> 00:03:01,655 YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD SUCK, SO I'VE GOT TO BE ABLE 53 00:03:01,689 --> 00:03:03,172 TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY FOR A FAMILY 54 00:03:03,206 --> 00:03:04,586 AND ALSO TO KEEP MINING. 55 00:03:04,620 --> 00:03:06,655 THAT'S MY DREAM. 56 00:03:06,689 --> 00:03:08,206 OH, I FEEL SO BAD. 57 00:03:08,241 --> 00:03:11,206 IT FEELS LIKE I'M DOING BURNOUTS IN AN OLD CAR THAT I LIKE. 58 00:03:14,655 --> 00:03:16,793 Becky: IT'S JUST WINDY. IT'S HOT. 59 00:03:16,827 --> 00:03:18,655 THE DUST, IT'S TOUGH. 60 00:03:18,689 --> 00:03:20,586 IT'S REALLY, REALLY TOUGH. 61 00:03:25,896 --> 00:03:27,310 THE GROUND IS JUST TOO HARD TO PENETRATE. 62 00:03:27,344 --> 00:03:29,034 THIS IS . 63 00:03:29,068 --> 00:03:31,896 Narrator: JUSTIN ONLY RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS 20-YEAR-OLD 64 00:03:31,931 --> 00:03:33,655 SECONDHAND EXCAVATOR, 65 00:03:33,689 --> 00:03:35,724 AND HE'S PUSHING IT TO THE LIMIT. 66 00:03:35,758 --> 00:03:39,241 AH, FLAMING MONGREL. 67 00:03:41,517 --> 00:03:43,586 I DO WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT EXCAVATOR, 68 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:44,862 I CAN'T MINE. 69 00:03:44,896 --> 00:03:46,517 I'LL BE FINISHED. 70 00:03:53,724 --> 00:03:56,689 -WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? -I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. 71 00:03:59,862 --> 00:04:01,896 OH, MAN. 72 00:04:05,517 --> 00:04:07,000 LOOK AT THAT EVERYWHERE. 73 00:04:09,137 --> 00:04:11,206 Justin: BIGGEST HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST. 74 00:04:19,758 --> 00:04:22,379 Narrator: DRAGONFLY CLAIM, OPALTON. 75 00:04:22,413 --> 00:04:26,379 A 900-BY-300-METER PATCH OF OPAL-RICH GROUND 76 00:04:26,413 --> 00:04:30,586 120 KILOMETERS FROM THE NEAREST TOWN. 77 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:34,517 PARTNERS AARON GROTJAHN, GREG GERAN, AND RON SELLIG 78 00:04:34,551 --> 00:04:37,379 ARE HOT ON THE HEELS OF THEIR SEASON TARGET. 79 00:04:37,413 --> 00:04:39,724 -TRYING TO MAKE ROCKS GREEN. -IT IS. 80 00:04:39,758 --> 00:04:44,206 NICE BLOCKY SANDSTONE HERE, ALL THE WAY THROUGH HERE. 81 00:04:44,241 --> 00:04:46,724 WITH TEMPERATURES NOW RISING RAPIDLY, 82 00:04:46,758 --> 00:04:49,137 THEY HAVE JUST A FEW MONTHS' MINING LEFT 83 00:04:49,172 --> 00:04:52,793 BEFORE THE SEARING HEAT MAKES WORK IMPOSSIBLE. 84 00:04:52,827 --> 00:04:55,000 A BIT COOLER TODAY, GREG.IT IS, EH? 85 00:04:55,034 --> 00:04:56,448 37, I RECKON. 86 00:04:56,482 --> 00:04:57,827 NICE COOL 37. 87 00:04:57,862 --> 00:04:59,310 HEY, WITH A BREEZE, MATE. 88 00:04:59,344 --> 00:05:01,689 NICE DAY. 89 00:05:01,724 --> 00:05:04,724 THE TEAM ARE WORKING A PROMISING AREA OF THEIR CLAIM 90 00:05:04,758 --> 00:05:06,931 THEY'VE NICKNAMED "THE PIT." 91 00:05:06,965 --> 00:05:08,931 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DUG HERE OVER THE YEARS. 92 00:05:08,965 --> 00:05:11,793 WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY'VE PRODUCED OPAL, YEAH. 93 00:05:11,827 --> 00:05:15,758 Narrator: THREE TO SIX METERS BELOW GROUND IS A LAYER OF CLAY 94 00:05:15,793 --> 00:05:19,931 WHERE THE IRONSTONE BOULDERS THAT CONTAIN THE OPAL ARE FOUND, 95 00:05:19,965 --> 00:05:23,586 BUT THE GROUND IS COVERED WITH DUMPS FROM NEARBY DIGS. 96 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:26,689 FIRST, THEY MUST CLEAR THESE WITH THE BULLDOZER, 97 00:05:26,724 --> 00:05:31,482 THEN USE THE EXCAVATOR TO DIG DOWN TO THE CLAY AND OPAL LEVEL. 98 00:05:32,965 --> 00:05:36,931 Greg: WITH A BIT OF LUCK, WE'LL PRODUCE SOME NICE OPAL. 99 00:05:36,965 --> 00:05:38,758 Aaron: THAT'S BEEN PROPPED OUT AS THE LATEST TO DO THIS, 100 00:05:38,793 --> 00:05:40,965 AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE JOB PROPERLY, 101 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,931 TAKE THE WHOLE LOT, MAKE OR BREAK. 102 00:05:50,689 --> 00:05:55,965 AFTER AN HOUR'S DIGGING, GREG IS THREE METERS DOWN, 103 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,379 AND THE SIGNS ARE LOOKING GOOD. 104 00:06:01,931 --> 00:06:04,931 I THINK THAT'S LEVEL. COME AND HAVE A LOOK, GREG. 105 00:06:04,965 --> 00:06:06,862 SEE WHAT YOU RECKON.TOP OF THE LEVEL. 106 00:06:06,896 --> 00:06:08,931 THAT MUST BE TOP OF THE LEVEL, GREG. 107 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:11,724 YEP. 108 00:06:11,758 --> 00:06:13,551 HEY, WHAT DO YOU RECKON, RON? 109 00:06:13,586 --> 00:06:14,517 THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE AFTER. 110 00:06:14,551 --> 00:06:15,827 YEAH, I KNOW. 111 00:06:15,862 --> 00:06:18,379 THAT'S NOT BAD. 112 00:06:18,413 --> 00:06:20,379 WELL, IT'S LEVEL. WE JUST NEED ROCK. 113 00:06:20,413 --> 00:06:21,965 WE'LL KEEP...WE'VE GOT TO DIG IT OUT. 114 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:22,931 AND THEN WE'LL TRENCH BACK. 115 00:06:22,965 --> 00:06:25,379 SEE IF THERE'S ANY ROCKS. 116 00:06:25,413 --> 00:06:27,551 WE HAVE TO FIND THE IRONSTONE ROCKS. 117 00:06:27,586 --> 00:06:31,448 WE'RE STARTING TO MAKE IRONSTONE ROCKS. 118 00:06:31,482 --> 00:06:34,137 Narrator: THEY'RE HUNTING FOR BROWN IRONSTONE ROCKS 119 00:06:34,172 --> 00:06:35,517 AMONGST THE CLAY. 120 00:06:35,551 --> 00:06:39,448 INSIDE THESE ROCKS IS WHERE THE OPAL GRADUALLY FORMS, 121 00:06:39,482 --> 00:06:43,241 DEPOSITED BY SILICA-RICH WATER IN A PROCESS ESTIMATED 122 00:06:43,275 --> 00:06:49,068 TO TAKE AS MUCH AS 110 MILLION YEARS. 123 00:06:49,103 --> 00:06:51,448 I THINK IT MUST BE PRESSURE THAT MAKES THE LEVELS 124 00:06:51,482 --> 00:06:54,137 SORT OF PRESS IN AND MAKE THE BOULDERS. 125 00:06:54,172 --> 00:06:55,724 THERE. YEAH. 126 00:06:55,758 --> 00:06:59,103 THAT'S OUR LEVEL. 127 00:06:59,137 --> 00:07:01,793 Narrator: BUT THERE'S BAD NEWS. 128 00:07:01,827 --> 00:07:04,310 NOT A ROCK IN SIGHT. NO. 129 00:07:04,344 --> 00:07:07,689 NO IRONSTONE ROCKS MEANS NO OPAL. 130 00:07:07,724 --> 00:07:09,310 IT'S ALL MIXED TOGETHER. 131 00:07:09,344 --> 00:07:11,482 Greg: YEAH. 132 00:07:11,517 --> 00:07:14,586 Narrator: IT'S A BLOW FOR TEAM LEADER AARON. 133 00:07:14,620 --> 00:07:16,448 IT'S NOT MAKING MUCH SENSE TO ME. 134 00:07:21,965 --> 00:07:24,724 LIGHTNING RIDGE, NEW SOUTH WALES. 135 00:07:28,724 --> 00:07:32,689 HOME OF OPAL-HUNTING BROTHERS PETE AND MICK COOKE. 136 00:07:32,724 --> 00:07:34,241 WE NEVER REALLY DO IT THE STANDARD WAY. 137 00:07:34,275 --> 00:07:37,862 WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. 138 00:07:37,896 --> 00:07:41,275 Narrator: THEY'RE CHASING THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPAL OF ALL -- 139 00:07:41,310 --> 00:07:48,206 BLACK OPAL WORTH UP TO $35,000 FOR JUST A FIFTH OF A GRAM. 140 00:07:48,241 --> 00:07:50,551 THIS SEASON, THE BROTHERS HAVE BARELY SCRATCHED 141 00:07:50,586 --> 00:07:53,655 THE SURFACE OF THEIR $200,000 TARGET. 142 00:07:53,689 --> 00:07:57,448 WE'VE GOT A FAIR WAY TO GO TO GET ANYWHERE NEAR THAT, 143 00:07:57,482 --> 00:07:59,000 BUT NOW THAT CAN BE ONE TRUCK. 144 00:07:59,034 --> 00:08:01,896 ONE TRUCK CAN HAVE A COUPLE HUNDRED GRAND OF OPAL IN IT 145 00:08:01,931 --> 00:08:04,413 IF IT'S THE RIGHT DIRT. 146 00:08:04,448 --> 00:08:08,068 Narrator: IN LIGHTNING RIDGE, THE OPAL FORMS IN THICK CLAY 147 00:08:08,103 --> 00:08:11,724 THAT MUST BE WASHED AWAY IN A REPURPOSED CONCRETE MIXER 148 00:08:11,758 --> 00:08:15,137 CALLED AN AGITATOR TO REVEAL ANY GEMS. 149 00:08:19,758 --> 00:08:22,689 PLENTY OF WATER GOING THROUGH, IT'LL WASH ALL THE DUST 150 00:08:22,724 --> 00:08:24,482 AND THAT OUT FIRST. 151 00:08:24,517 --> 00:08:27,172 Narrator: THEY NEED 10,000 LITERS OF WATER 152 00:08:27,206 --> 00:08:29,517 JUST TO WASH A SINGLE TRUCKLOAD. 153 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:31,586 Pete: OUR SORT OF OPAL, YOU'VE GOT TO WASH THE DIRT 154 00:08:31,620 --> 00:08:33,448 TO FIND IT, IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES 155 00:08:33,482 --> 00:08:35,689 LIKE COOBER PEDY OR EVEN GRAWIN, 156 00:08:35,724 --> 00:08:37,896 SEAM OPAL, IT'S NOT QUITE AS CRITICAL 157 00:08:37,931 --> 00:08:40,482 BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE IT IN THE FACE AS YOU'RE DIGGING. 158 00:08:40,517 --> 00:08:44,862 Narrator: TO ENSURE A CONSTANT SUPPLY, MINERS MUST DIG THEIR OWN DAMS 159 00:08:44,896 --> 00:08:48,448 THAT FILL UP WITH THE WINTER RAINS, 160 00:08:48,482 --> 00:08:52,068 BUT A 6-YEAR-LONG DROUGHT HAS HIT THE ENTIRE STATE HARD, 161 00:08:52,103 --> 00:08:54,586 AND THE BROTHERS' DAM IS NEARLY DRY. 162 00:08:54,620 --> 00:08:57,896 Pete: WE HAVEN'T HAD A DECENT RAIN HERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, 163 00:08:57,931 --> 00:09:01,896 AND THERE'S NO FORECAST OF RAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 164 00:09:01,931 --> 00:09:04,517 IT'S -- YEAH, IT'S A DROUGHT SITUATION. 165 00:09:04,551 --> 00:09:09,241 Narrator: WITHOUT WATER, EVERYTHING STOPS. 166 00:09:09,275 --> 00:09:11,241 , THE WATER STOPPED. 167 00:09:11,275 --> 00:09:14,068 STOPPED? 168 00:09:14,103 --> 00:09:15,827 OH. 169 00:09:18,379 --> 00:09:23,413 I THOUGHT WE HAD ENOUGH LEFT IN THE DAM TO FINISH THAT. 170 00:09:23,448 --> 00:09:24,551 OH, I DON'T KNOW. 171 00:09:24,586 --> 00:09:26,482 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. 172 00:09:26,517 --> 00:09:28,137 WE'VE GOT TO GET WATER. 173 00:09:32,517 --> 00:09:35,206 Mick: THE WATER LEVEL IS NORMALLY UP AROUND THOSE SKIS, 174 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,724 AND I CAN ZOOM AROUND THE DAM, 175 00:09:37,758 --> 00:09:39,551 BUT, YEAH, WE HAVEN'T HAD RAIN FOR A WHILE. 176 00:09:39,586 --> 00:09:40,965 I HAVEN'T PLANTED CROPS OR ANYTHING. 177 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,827 IT'S HARD TIMES FOR EVERYONE, 178 00:09:42,862 --> 00:09:44,758 AND WE CAN'T PROCESS WITHOUT WATER. 179 00:09:44,793 --> 00:09:47,000 SHE'S DRY AS A WITCH'S DOWN THERE. 180 00:09:47,034 --> 00:09:48,206 YEAH. 181 00:09:52,103 --> 00:09:54,206 THAT'S ALL PRETTY SAD, ISN'T IT? 182 00:09:54,241 --> 00:09:55,758 NOT GOING TO WASH MUCH DIRT WITH THAT. 183 00:09:55,793 --> 00:09:57,241 WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. 184 00:09:57,275 --> 00:09:59,793 Narrator: IF THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THEIR OPERATION RUNNING, 185 00:09:59,827 --> 00:10:04,724 THE BROTHERS WILL NEED TO FIND A NEW SOURCE OF WATER FAST. 186 00:10:04,758 --> 00:10:06,689 Pete: IF WE DON'T WASH OUR DIRT AND DON'T PROCESS IT, 187 00:10:06,724 --> 00:10:08,413 WE WON'T FIND THE OPAL. YOU'LL JUST MISS IT. 188 00:10:08,448 --> 00:10:10,517 IT COULD JUST END UP ON THE DUMP SIDE 189 00:10:10,551 --> 00:10:12,344 AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THROWING AWAY 190 00:10:12,379 --> 00:10:14,137 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 191 00:10:26,827 --> 00:10:30,137 Narrator: 32 KILOMETERS OUTSIDE COOBER PEDY, 192 00:10:30,172 --> 00:10:32,965 A BURST HYDRAULIC HOSE HAS BROUGHT JUSTIN LANG 193 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,206 AND BECKY MacALLAN'S MINING OPERATION TO A STANDSTILL. 194 00:10:37,241 --> 00:10:39,068 WHAT IS -- IS THAT HYDRAULIC FLUID? 195 00:10:42,310 --> 00:10:43,931 STAY. 196 00:10:43,965 --> 00:10:46,517 Narrator: ALREADY $60,000 IN DEBT 197 00:10:46,551 --> 00:10:48,413 AND WITH COSTS MOUNTING BY THE DAY... 198 00:10:48,448 --> 00:10:49,793 THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS. 199 00:10:49,827 --> 00:10:52,482 ...IT'S AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE THEY CAN BARELY AFFORD. 200 00:10:55,344 --> 00:10:59,344 WHAT A DAY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S HAPPENING TO ME. 201 00:11:01,965 --> 00:11:03,655 Narrator: WITH THE HYDRAULICS SHOT, 202 00:11:03,689 --> 00:11:08,758 THE EXCAVATOR AND THEIR MINING OPERATION HAS GROUND TO A HALT. 203 00:11:11,103 --> 00:11:13,620 SO THAT WAS ALL HYDRAULIC OIL THAT JUST WENT SPURTING... 204 00:11:13,655 --> 00:11:15,172 THAT'S PROBABLY, LIKE, A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS 205 00:11:15,206 --> 00:11:17,206 OR MORE WORTH OF HYDRAULIC OIL, 206 00:11:17,241 --> 00:11:22,413 AND THEN THAT HOSE WILL COST NEARLY CLOSE TO $1,000 TO FIX. 207 00:11:22,448 --> 00:11:24,724 WHAT? 208 00:11:27,103 --> 00:11:32,586 IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY WORSE A TIMING THAN RIGHT NOW. 209 00:11:32,620 --> 00:11:35,068 OH, MATE, I WANT TO CRY. 210 00:11:38,482 --> 00:11:39,896 BLOODY HELL. 211 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:44,793 THE EXCAVATOR IS OUT OF ACTION. 212 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,689 OKAY. 213 00:11:51,724 --> 00:11:54,310 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE AN OLD MACHINE. 214 00:11:54,344 --> 00:11:56,896 MAN. OH, ALL RIGHT. 215 00:11:56,931 --> 00:11:58,241 I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A PHONE CALL, BECK. 216 00:11:58,275 --> 00:12:01,000 YEP. 217 00:12:01,034 --> 00:12:05,448 Narrator: JUSTIN NEEDS COOBER PEDY'S ONLY HYDRAULICS MECHANIC. 218 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,724 Automated voice: HI, THE PERSON YOU HAVE CALLED IS -- 219 00:12:11,758 --> 00:12:15,413 NO ANSWER, GREAT. 220 00:12:15,448 --> 00:12:17,620 IT LOOKS LIKE I'M ON MY OWN DOING THIS. 221 00:12:27,689 --> 00:12:29,931 COME ON, PENNY. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, MATE? 222 00:12:29,965 --> 00:12:31,448 DAM IS DRY. 223 00:12:31,482 --> 00:12:34,000 Narrator: IN LIGHTNING RIDGE, LACK OF WATER 224 00:12:34,034 --> 00:12:37,379 HAS CRIPPLED BROTHERS MICK AND PETE'S OPAL BUSINESS. 225 00:12:37,413 --> 00:12:38,655 Pete: WE CAN'T WASH OUR DIRT, 226 00:12:38,689 --> 00:12:41,000 SO IF WE CAN'T WASH OUR DIRT, WE'RE NOT WORKING. 227 00:12:41,034 --> 00:12:43,517 WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIND ANY OPAL. 228 00:12:43,551 --> 00:12:46,862 Narrator: THE BROTHERS NEED A PLAN. 229 00:12:46,896 --> 00:12:49,482 WE COULD RUN WATER FROM MY BLOCK IN TOWN. 230 00:12:49,517 --> 00:12:51,172 YEAH, YEAH.WE'VE JUST GOT TO PAY FOR IT. 231 00:12:51,206 --> 00:12:52,551 THAT'S ALL. 232 00:12:52,586 --> 00:12:54,448 THAT'S A KILOMETER AND A HALF OF POLYPIPE, MATE. 233 00:12:54,482 --> 00:12:55,862 THAT'S --WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? 234 00:12:55,896 --> 00:12:58,344 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY MONEY IF YOU CAN'T WASH DIRT. 235 00:12:58,379 --> 00:13:01,724 THEIR NEAREST MAIN SUPPLY IS AT MICK'S WORKSHOP, 236 00:13:01,758 --> 00:13:05,137 NEARLY 2 KILOMETERS FROM THEIR AGITATOR WASH PLANT. 237 00:13:05,172 --> 00:13:07,758 TO GET THE WATER THERE, THEY MUST LAY A PIPE 238 00:13:07,793 --> 00:13:11,689 UNDER REGULARLY USED TRACKWAYS, ACROSS THE MAIN ROAD, 239 00:13:11,724 --> 00:13:14,689 AND THROUGH THE FINAL KILOMETER OF DENSE BUSH. 240 00:13:14,724 --> 00:13:16,517 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE FUN 241 00:13:16,551 --> 00:13:18,068 WITHOUT A CHALLENGE. 242 00:13:18,103 --> 00:13:21,344 Narrator: TO TAKE ON THIS CHALLENGE, THE BOYS NEED HELP. 243 00:13:21,379 --> 00:13:23,482 ENTER LOOKALIKE GAVIN. 244 00:13:23,517 --> 00:13:24,827 Gavin: I GET THIS QUITE REGULARLY. 245 00:13:24,862 --> 00:13:29,517 AM I A LONG LOST OR MISSING BROTHER OF THE COOKES? 246 00:13:29,551 --> 00:13:31,275 I CAN ASSURE YOU I'M NOT A BROTHER. 247 00:13:32,793 --> 00:13:33,931 WE'RE HERE. 248 00:13:33,965 --> 00:13:35,965 WE'RE HERE, AND WE'VE GOT TO GO UP TO HERE. 249 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,793 WHERE IT CROSSES ANY TRACKS, I WANT TO HAVE IT UNDERGROUND 250 00:13:38,827 --> 00:13:40,620 SO IT'S NOT GETTING RUN OVER BY CARS. 251 00:13:40,655 --> 00:13:42,000 WE'LL HAVE TO CROSS THE ROAD. 252 00:13:42,034 --> 00:13:43,862 WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR A CULVERT UP HERE SOMEWHERE. 253 00:13:43,896 --> 00:13:45,068 -YEAH. -THEN WE'VE GOT TO GET 254 00:13:45,103 --> 00:13:46,689 FROM THERE...THERE TO THERE. 255 00:13:46,724 --> 00:13:47,965 ...TO THAT HIGH SPOT ON THE TANK THERE. 256 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,379 -NICE SPOT UP THERE. -IT'S A BIG TASK. 257 00:13:49,413 --> 00:13:50,931 IT'S A HUGE TASK. 258 00:13:50,965 --> 00:13:53,206 Narrator: MOVING NEARLY 2 KILOMETERS OF PIPE 259 00:13:53,241 --> 00:13:55,206 WILL TAKE ALL THE BROTHERS' INGENUITY. 260 00:13:55,241 --> 00:13:58,413 WE'LL PUT THIS PIPE ON THIS DECOILER, 261 00:13:58,448 --> 00:13:59,793 HOOK THE QUAD BIKE ONTO IT 262 00:13:59,827 --> 00:14:01,931 AND JUST DRIVE OFF INTO THE SUNSET. 263 00:14:01,965 --> 00:14:04,931 Narrator: IT'S PETE AND GAVIN'S JOB TO DRAG THE POLYPIPE 264 00:14:04,965 --> 00:14:06,551 TO THE AGITATOR WASH PLANT. 265 00:14:06,586 --> 00:14:08,931 Pete: IF I GET GOING TOO FAST AND STOP, 266 00:14:08,965 --> 00:14:12,586 IT'LL KEEP ON COILING AND END UP IN A . 267 00:14:12,620 --> 00:14:13,896 JUST TRY THAT, PETE. 268 00:14:18,793 --> 00:14:20,551 NOT MUCH BRAKE HAPPENING. 269 00:14:22,689 --> 00:14:24,827 YEAH, A BIT MORE ADJUSTMENT I THINK, YEAH. 270 00:14:27,517 --> 00:14:29,137 GIVE THAT A GO. 271 00:14:31,275 --> 00:14:35,068 THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD TO ME, NOT OVERCOILING. 272 00:14:35,103 --> 00:14:38,655 BRINGING OUT THE BIG GUNS, MATE, GOT THE BIG GEAR NOW. 273 00:14:38,689 --> 00:14:41,275 Narrator: MICK'S JOB IS TO DIG A TRENCH FOR THE PIPE 274 00:14:41,310 --> 00:14:43,068 UNDER EVERY TRACKWAY. 275 00:14:43,103 --> 00:14:46,068 THIS IS WHERE WE DRIVE IN. I DON'T WANT TO CRUSH THE PIPE, 276 00:14:46,103 --> 00:14:48,793 SO THIS WILL JUST PROTECT IT AND PUT IT UNDERGROUND. 277 00:14:50,827 --> 00:14:54,172 Narrator: PETE AND GAVIN TAKE THE SHORTEST ROUTE POSSIBLE. 278 00:14:56,172 --> 00:14:59,068 PETE AND I SORT OF TOOK A BIT OF A DIRECT ROUTE 279 00:14:59,103 --> 00:15:01,068 Pete: WHERE IT'S ALL CLEARED, NO TREES, 280 00:15:01,103 --> 00:15:03,827 SO I'VE JUST GONE AND DONE THAT. 281 00:15:03,862 --> 00:15:06,517 Narrator: BUT UP AHEAD, A DANGER SIGN -- 282 00:15:06,551 --> 00:15:10,551 JUST UNDER THE SURFACE COMMUNICATION CABLES, 283 00:15:10,586 --> 00:15:14,965 HIT ONE OF THESE, AND IT COULD BE A $26,000 FINE. 284 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Mick: I WAS DRILLING A CONTRACT HOLE FOR A GUY, 285 00:15:17,034 --> 00:15:18,758 PUT THE BUCKET IN THE GROUND 286 00:15:18,793 --> 00:15:20,137 AND BROUGHT UP ALL THESE COLORS -- 287 00:15:20,172 --> 00:15:22,482 RED, BLUE, GREEN, ORANGE. 288 00:15:22,517 --> 00:15:26,034 IT WAS A TELECOM CABLE. 289 00:15:26,068 --> 00:15:27,896 YEAH, WRONG SORT OF COLOR. 290 00:15:33,896 --> 00:15:35,000 YEAH, MICK? 291 00:15:37,068 --> 00:15:38,034 WHY IS THAT? 292 00:15:43,655 --> 00:15:46,000 YEAH, THE TELECOM SHOULD BE 600 DEEP. 293 00:15:48,103 --> 00:15:51,413 Narrator: PETE AND GAVIN WILL HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH. 294 00:15:51,448 --> 00:15:54,517 ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 295 00:15:54,551 --> 00:15:56,620 ALL RIGHT. MICK IS HAVING A PINK FIT BACK THERE. 296 00:15:56,655 --> 00:15:59,000 HE RECKONS WE'RE TOO CLOSE TO THE TELECOM WIRES. 297 00:16:14,965 --> 00:16:17,000 Aaron: SO FAR, WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED GOING IN 298 00:16:17,034 --> 00:16:19,275 DOESN'T LOOK REAL GOOD TO ME. 299 00:16:19,310 --> 00:16:23,655 Narrator: 120 KILOMETERS FROM CIVILIZATION AT THE PIT, 300 00:16:23,689 --> 00:16:27,137 AARON, GREG, AND RON'S FIRST TRENCH IS A DUD. 301 00:16:27,172 --> 00:16:29,000 Ron: HAVE YOU GOT ROCKS IN THERE? 302 00:16:29,034 --> 00:16:31,586 Narrator: THERE'S NO SIGN OF THE IRONSTONE ROCKS 303 00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:33,137 THAT CONTAIN THE OPAL. 304 00:16:33,172 --> 00:16:38,517 SO IT'S FROM HERE TO THAT, THE BOTTOM OF THE BUCKET. 305 00:16:38,551 --> 00:16:40,862 Narrator: THREE METERS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, 306 00:16:40,896 --> 00:16:44,724 THIS CLAY BAND IS TOO DEEP FOR THE OPAL BOULDERS TO FORM. 307 00:16:44,758 --> 00:16:46,413 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT MIGHT BE COMPRESSION, 308 00:16:46,448 --> 00:16:49,000 BUT YOU ONLY FIND OPAL WHEN THIS LEVEL GOES TO -- 309 00:16:49,034 --> 00:16:50,448 INSTEAD OF 3 METERS, IT'S A METER, 310 00:16:50,482 --> 00:16:52,344 A METER AND A HALF. 311 00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:54,517 Narrator: THEY NEED A THINNER BAND OF CLAY. 312 00:16:54,551 --> 00:16:55,758 SO WHAT DO YOUSE RECKON? 313 00:16:55,793 --> 00:16:57,172 IS IT STUPID TO TRENCH THAT WAY? 314 00:16:57,206 --> 00:16:59,758 Narrator: BUT FINDING IT IS NOW JUST GUESSWORK. 315 00:16:59,793 --> 00:17:01,206 I DON'T KNOW. 316 00:17:01,241 --> 00:17:03,172 YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH, DO YOU? WITH THAT ... 317 00:17:03,206 --> 00:17:05,482 WELL, THIS THING IS NOT REAL GOOD FOR TRENCHING. 318 00:17:05,517 --> 00:17:07,620 SHE'S BLOODY MIXED UP, THE LEVEL HERE, HUH? 319 00:17:07,655 --> 00:17:08,655 YEAH. EH? 320 00:17:08,689 --> 00:17:11,172 TOO MIXED UP. 321 00:17:11,206 --> 00:17:15,448 WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO TRY A DIFFERENT HOLE. 322 00:17:15,482 --> 00:17:16,793 I'M ABOUT AS DEEP AS I CAN GO. 323 00:17:16,827 --> 00:17:19,000 I'M NEARLY ABOUT FULL DEPTH. 324 00:17:19,034 --> 00:17:23,344 IT'S TO ME ANYWAY. 325 00:17:23,379 --> 00:17:26,448 Narrator: FORMER COAL MINER AARON IS LEASING THIS CLAIM 326 00:17:26,482 --> 00:17:29,000 FROM HIS FAMILY AND NEEDS IT TO PAY OFF 327 00:17:29,034 --> 00:17:31,586 SO HE CAN BUY THEM OUT, OR THEY WILL SELL, 328 00:17:31,620 --> 00:17:34,241 AND AARON WILL LOSE EVERYTHING. 329 00:17:34,275 --> 00:17:36,206 YOU CAN'T MINE THAT, GREG.I KNOW. 330 00:17:36,241 --> 00:17:40,413 I MIGHT RECKON WE MOVE ON.I KNOW. 331 00:17:40,448 --> 00:17:42,655 AARON NEEDS TO RESCUE THIS DISASTER. 332 00:17:46,689 --> 00:17:49,517 WE'VE JUST GOT TO GO WHERE THE OPAL LIVES, 333 00:17:49,551 --> 00:17:52,620 AND IT AIN'T LIVING HERE. 334 00:17:52,655 --> 00:17:54,551 Aaron: SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS FILL IN THIS HOLE, 335 00:17:54,586 --> 00:17:56,379 AND THEN WE'LL KEEP TRENCHING BACKWARDS 336 00:17:56,413 --> 00:17:58,931 UNTIL WE HIT WHERE THE LEVEL SETS A BIT MORE, 337 00:17:58,965 --> 00:18:01,379 AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY START MINING THERE. 338 00:18:05,758 --> 00:18:08,034 Narrator: HE'S HOPING THIS SECOND TRENCH 339 00:18:08,068 --> 00:18:11,068 WILL REVEAL A THINNER BAND OF CLAY AND OPAL. 340 00:18:16,241 --> 00:18:20,310 BUT STILL NO IRONSTONE BOULDERS AND NO OPAL, 341 00:18:20,344 --> 00:18:23,482 JUST MORE MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN. 342 00:18:26,931 --> 00:18:31,172 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF IT. 343 00:18:31,206 --> 00:18:34,068 WE'RE GOING TO GO BROKE THE WAY WE'RE GOING. 344 00:18:34,103 --> 00:18:36,965 I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DART. 345 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,241 Narrator: FOR AARON, THE PRESSURE IS STARTING TO TELL. 346 00:18:40,275 --> 00:18:41,586 THIS HOLE IS . 347 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,517 IT'S BEEN A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME AND EFFORT. 348 00:18:43,551 --> 00:18:44,724 OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE A CIGARETTE. 349 00:18:44,758 --> 00:18:46,931 I'M STRESSED.YOU DO THAT AND CALM DOWN. 350 00:18:46,965 --> 00:18:50,862 Narrator: AARON'S HOPE OF KEEPING HIS FATHER'S DREAM ALIVE 351 00:18:50,896 --> 00:18:54,758 IS FALLING EVER FURTHER INTO A DEEP HOLE. 352 00:19:00,103 --> 00:19:02,931 LAYING 2 KILOMETERS OF EMERGENCY WATER PIPE 353 00:19:02,965 --> 00:19:05,241 TO THEIR AGITATOR WASH PLANT, 354 00:19:05,275 --> 00:19:09,275 THE COOKE BROTHERS AND MATE GAVIN HAVE HIT A SNAG. 355 00:19:09,310 --> 00:19:12,137 MICK WANTS PETE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. 356 00:19:14,482 --> 00:19:16,448 Pete: WHY NOT BACK THERE, MATE? 357 00:19:16,482 --> 00:19:17,689 YOU'RE MAKING IT DIFFICULT. 358 00:19:21,896 --> 00:19:23,758 MICK WAS DRIVING THE EXCAVATOR, 359 00:19:23,793 --> 00:19:26,310 SO IF HE DUG UP TELECOM, HE'D BE RESPONSIBLE. 360 00:19:26,344 --> 00:19:27,758 I RECKON IT'D BE FINE, BUT NEVERMIND, 361 00:19:27,793 --> 00:19:29,896 WE'LL DO IT YOUR WAY. 362 00:19:29,931 --> 00:19:31,275 A PAIN IN THE ARSE, HE SHOULD HAVE SAID 363 00:19:31,310 --> 00:19:34,137 IF HE WANTED IT THAT WAY. 364 00:19:34,172 --> 00:19:37,827 Narrator: PETE AND GAVIN WILL HAVE TO DRAG BACK 1 KILOMETER OF PIPE 365 00:19:37,862 --> 00:19:42,310 ALREADY LAID AND REROUTE IT THROUGH THE BUSH. 366 00:19:42,344 --> 00:19:44,862 ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HOOK ON THE ROPE HERE, 367 00:19:44,896 --> 00:19:47,965 PULL THE THING ALL THE WAY BACK OUT THERE SOMEWHERE 368 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,586 AND GO WHERE HE WANTS. 369 00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:50,724 I KNOW. 370 00:19:50,758 --> 00:19:51,965 WE'LL GET THERE IN THE END 371 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,206 HOPEFULLY BEFORE WE KILL EACH OTHER. 372 00:19:55,241 --> 00:19:56,862 ALL RIGHT. 373 00:19:58,413 --> 00:19:59,379 THAT'S GOOD, GAV. 374 00:20:11,724 --> 00:20:13,068 Narrator: TWO HOURS LATER... 375 00:20:13,103 --> 00:20:15,965 -OKAY. -...MICK IS FINALLY HAPPY, 376 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:21,034 AND HE CAN SAFELY BURY THE PIPE. 377 00:20:21,068 --> 00:20:23,724 ONE KILOMETER DOWN, ONE TO GO. 378 00:20:26,482 --> 00:20:29,793 BUT NOW THE BOYS FACE ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST HURDLES -- 379 00:20:29,827 --> 00:20:31,758 CROSSING THE MAIN ROAD. 380 00:20:36,137 --> 00:20:38,517 PETE FINDS A HANDY CULVERT. -ALL RIGHT. 381 00:20:38,551 --> 00:20:42,172 BUT GETTING THE PIPE THROUGH IT SAFELY HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES. 382 00:20:42,206 --> 00:20:46,586 I NEED SOMETHING SO THAT I CAN GET THIS PIPE... 383 00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:48,310 I'VE GOT TO GET IT AT 90 DEGREES 384 00:20:48,344 --> 00:20:51,275 WITHOUT PUTTING A CUT IN IT IF I CAN AVOID IT. 385 00:20:51,310 --> 00:20:53,586 OH, HERE WE GO. THIS IS A BIT MORE LIKE IT. 386 00:20:57,551 --> 00:20:59,931 SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD DO. 387 00:20:59,965 --> 00:21:02,137 HAVE THE PIPE RUN AROUND THERE. 388 00:21:02,172 --> 00:21:03,517 YEAH, THAT MIGHT WORK. 389 00:21:09,068 --> 00:21:11,068 POKE IT IN THROUGH THERE MIGHT DO IT. 390 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:13,827 Narrator: A DISCARDED WHEEL HUB GUIDES THE PIPE 391 00:21:13,862 --> 00:21:16,551 SAFELY UNDER THE ROAD. 392 00:21:16,586 --> 00:21:18,103 WE'LL SEE HOW WE GO. 393 00:21:27,517 --> 00:21:29,620 Narrator: FINALLY ON THE HOME STRETCH, 394 00:21:29,655 --> 00:21:32,931 THE LAST KILOMETER IS THROUGH DENSE SCRUBLAND. 395 00:21:32,965 --> 00:21:34,793 Pete: SO NOW WE'VE GOT TO TRY AND GET A BEARING, 396 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:38,517 TAKE THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE ROUTE OBVIOUSLY TO SAVE THE POLYPIPE. 397 00:21:38,551 --> 00:21:40,137 WELL, I'VE GOT THE TWO WAYPOINTS. 398 00:21:40,172 --> 00:21:41,034 OKAY, WHERE...ALL RIGHT. 399 00:21:41,068 --> 00:21:44,862 SO WHICH DIRECTION? 400 00:21:44,896 --> 00:21:46,379 THERE'S YOUR DIRECTION THERE. 401 00:21:56,448 --> 00:21:58,896 Narrator: JUST 50 METERS SHORT OF THEIR GOAL... 402 00:22:02,448 --> 00:22:04,517 Narrator: ...THE PIPE HAS RUN OUT. 403 00:22:04,551 --> 00:22:06,758 WE'RE A BIT SHORT ON OUR ESTIMATE. 404 00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:08,862 I'M GOING TO GO TO TOWN AND GET ANOTHER 405 00:22:08,896 --> 00:22:10,344 300 METERS OF PIPE. 406 00:22:10,379 --> 00:22:11,620 REALLY, THAT'S . 407 00:22:11,655 --> 00:22:13,344 THAT GPS THING MUST HAVE LIED. 408 00:22:24,551 --> 00:22:27,896 Narrator: JUSTIN AND FIANCéE BECKY'S HYDRAULIC-PIPE NIGHTMARE... 409 00:22:27,931 --> 00:22:29,103 Justin: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, EH, BECK? 410 00:22:29,137 --> 00:22:31,793 -...IS CONTINUING. 411 00:22:31,827 --> 00:22:33,862 Narrator: UNABLE TO REACH A MECHANIC, 412 00:22:33,896 --> 00:22:37,896 THE ROOKIES MUST FIX THE PROBLEM THEMSELVES. 413 00:22:37,931 --> 00:22:39,310 IT'S GOING TO BE A MESSY JOB. 414 00:22:39,344 --> 00:22:43,034 Justin: OH, IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAST OF A JOB, THAT ONE. 415 00:22:43,068 --> 00:22:45,655 Narrator: BEFORE HE CAN REMOVE THE DAMAGED PIPE, 416 00:22:45,689 --> 00:22:48,068 JUSTIN MUST CLEAN THE AREA AROUND IT. 417 00:22:48,103 --> 00:22:51,103 TO KEEP MINING, I NEED TO GET THIS FIXED. 418 00:22:51,137 --> 00:22:55,344 I'M A FREAKING CLOCKMAKER, NOT A BLOODY DIESEL MECHANIC. 419 00:22:55,379 --> 00:23:00,275 WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR ANYTHING REALLY. 420 00:23:00,310 --> 00:23:03,758 WE'RE JUST SORT OF IMPROVISING AT THE MOMENT. 421 00:23:03,793 --> 00:23:06,517 Justin: IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT YOU DON'T ALLOW DIRT INTO THE ACTUAL PUMP. 422 00:23:06,551 --> 00:23:08,379 I'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL CLEAN. 423 00:23:08,413 --> 00:23:10,517 THEN I WANT TO TRY AND TAKE IT OFF. 424 00:23:10,551 --> 00:23:12,448 I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS DAY. 425 00:23:14,517 --> 00:23:17,379 AH, THERE IT IS. 426 00:23:17,413 --> 00:23:19,000 OH, THAT'S IT. 427 00:23:19,034 --> 00:23:20,793 THAT'S THE CULPRIT. 428 00:23:20,827 --> 00:23:23,862 COMPLETELY WRECKED. 429 00:23:23,896 --> 00:23:26,758 WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK INTO TOWN AS QUICK AS WE CAN, BECK. 430 00:23:28,827 --> 00:23:33,379 Narrator: NEXT STOP, COOBER PEDY, A 64-KILOMETER ROUND TRIP 431 00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:35,344 TO TRACK DOWN A MECHANIC, 432 00:23:35,379 --> 00:23:38,689 WASTING YET MORE VALUABLE MINING TIME. 433 00:23:41,413 --> 00:23:44,275 Man: SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WELD UP THAT FIT 434 00:23:44,310 --> 00:23:46,172 ONTO ANOTHER ONE OF MINE. 435 00:23:46,206 --> 00:23:48,344 I KNOW I CAN GET THIS WELDED UP BY TOMORROW. 436 00:23:48,379 --> 00:23:49,793 YEAH, WHY DON'T WE JUST GET THAT ONE DONE? 437 00:23:49,827 --> 00:23:50,655 ALL RIGHT.YEAH, LET'S. 438 00:23:50,689 --> 00:23:51,724 THAT WOULD HELP US OUT HEAPS. 439 00:23:51,758 --> 00:23:53,586 YEAH, NO WORRIES, MATE, ALL GOOD. 440 00:23:55,586 --> 00:23:59,034 Narrator: A WHOLE DAY OF MINING HAS BEEN LOST. 441 00:24:02,586 --> 00:24:04,689 NEXT DAY, JUSTIN AND BECKY 442 00:24:04,724 --> 00:24:07,827 ARE KEEN TO MAKE THIS FIX A QUICK ONE. 443 00:24:07,862 --> 00:24:09,206 ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. 444 00:24:12,931 --> 00:24:15,034 CAN YOU SEE THAT PIPE? -YEP. 445 00:24:15,068 --> 00:24:16,448 WHAT YOU DO IS HOLD THAT PIPE. 446 00:24:17,655 --> 00:24:19,931 AH. 447 00:24:27,517 --> 00:24:29,896 Becky: MAYBE JUST DO ONE NUT FIRST LIKE YOU HAVE -- 448 00:24:29,931 --> 00:24:31,793 JUST MAYBE I'LL JUST DO IT MESELF FOR A SECOND. 449 00:24:31,827 --> 00:24:33,862 HANG ON. 450 00:24:33,896 --> 00:24:35,344 NO NEED TO GET CRANKY. 451 00:24:35,379 --> 00:24:38,655 YEAH, I DON'T NEED EVERY BIT OF ADVICE EVERY 0.4 OF A SECOND. 452 00:24:38,689 --> 00:24:40,034 I'M NOT.I JUST NEED ME TO DO IT. 453 00:24:40,068 --> 00:24:41,655 I'M JUST LISTENING TO YOU WHINGE EVERY 0.4 OF A SECOND. 454 00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:43,965 OKAY, I GOT IT.I'M CERTAINLY NOT 455 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,275 TRYING TO PROVE YOU WRONG.YEAH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE... 456 00:24:45,310 --> 00:24:46,827 I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP.WHEN YOU'RE ARMS DEEP 457 00:24:46,862 --> 00:24:48,448 IN DIESEL AND INSIDE OF A MOTOR... 458 00:24:48,482 --> 00:24:49,620 I WAS IN THERE TOO....YOU KNOW, 459 00:24:49,655 --> 00:24:51,000 YOU CAN'T COACH SOMEONE ELSE 460 00:24:51,034 --> 00:24:52,413 WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO CONCENTRATE FOR A TIME. 461 00:24:52,448 --> 00:24:53,586 I WASN'T COACHING. I DIDN'T ASK FOR COACHING. 462 00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:54,965 NO, I'M NOT. I CAN'T COACH. 463 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,793 IF IT CAME ACROSS TOO HARD BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING 464 00:24:56,827 --> 00:24:58,793 TOO MANY QUESTIONS, THEN SORRY. 465 00:25:06,896 --> 00:25:10,862 NOW WE'RE DOWN A DAY AND A HALF, SO BIT DISAPPOINTING. 466 00:25:10,896 --> 00:25:14,655 Narrator: THE LOSS OF TIME MINING AND THE $500 REPAIR 467 00:25:14,689 --> 00:25:18,000 PUSHES JUSTIN AND BECKY FURTHER TO THE BRINK. 468 00:25:18,034 --> 00:25:20,448 Justin: IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH HAVING A LOOK NOW. 469 00:25:20,482 --> 00:25:24,551 Narrator: FINDING OPAL IS NOW MAKE OR BREAK. 470 00:25:32,724 --> 00:25:33,689 WHOA. 471 00:25:33,724 --> 00:25:35,103 Justin: OH, THERE'S A PIPE. 472 00:25:35,137 --> 00:25:37,068 BECK, THAT'S A PIPE. 473 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:40,310 OH, MY GOD. 474 00:25:40,344 --> 00:25:41,413 THAT'S A BELEMNITE. 475 00:25:41,448 --> 00:25:43,310 SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL. 476 00:25:43,344 --> 00:25:47,827 JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET IT OUT IN ONE BIG CHUNK. 477 00:25:47,862 --> 00:25:49,827 IF YOU CRACK IT, THAT'S IT. 478 00:25:57,931 --> 00:26:03,137 THERE WE GO IN ONE NICE PIECE. 479 00:26:03,172 --> 00:26:04,862 I'M SO EXCITED. -I WANT TO HOLD IT. 480 00:26:04,896 --> 00:26:07,724 I WANT TO HOLD THE BELEMNITE, BABY. 481 00:26:07,758 --> 00:26:09,172 CAN I HAVE IT? CAN I HOLD IT? 482 00:26:09,206 --> 00:26:11,655 LOOK. IT'S CRYSTAL.I KNOW. 483 00:26:11,689 --> 00:26:12,689 DON'T DROP IT.IT'S GLOWING. 484 00:26:12,724 --> 00:26:15,931 DON'T DROP IT THOUGH.I KNOW. 485 00:26:15,965 --> 00:26:18,344 OOH, IT GOES BACK INTO THE ROCK. 486 00:26:18,379 --> 00:26:19,896 I KNOW. 487 00:26:19,931 --> 00:26:21,379 WHAT A TREAT, YOU KNOW, 488 00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:24,551 AT THE VERY END OF THIS TRIP, BANG, 489 00:26:24,586 --> 00:26:28,034 WHEN WE WERE LEAST EXPECTING IT, WE FOUND A BLOODY GOOD PIPE. 490 00:26:34,482 --> 00:26:37,000 Narrator: 1,200 KILOMETERS TO THE EAST, 491 00:26:37,034 --> 00:26:40,931 THE COOKE BROTHERS' PIPE DREAM IS TURNING INTO A NIGHTMARE. 492 00:26:40,965 --> 00:26:42,551 YOU'RE MAKING IT HARD ON ME, GAV. 493 00:26:42,586 --> 00:26:44,448 THE TWO KILOMETERS OF WATER PIPE 494 00:26:44,482 --> 00:26:47,620 THEY DESPERATELY NEED TO RESTART THEIR OPERATION 495 00:26:47,655 --> 00:26:49,620 IS 50 METERS SHORT, 496 00:26:49,655 --> 00:26:54,137 MEANING MORE PIPE, MORE TIME, AND MORE MONEY. 497 00:26:54,172 --> 00:26:58,275 EVEN THEN, THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEIR PIPE PLAN WILL WORK. 498 00:26:58,310 --> 00:27:01,517 I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF A FLOW WE'LL HAVE AT THIS END. 499 00:27:01,551 --> 00:27:03,310 I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A HUGE AMOUNT. 500 00:27:03,344 --> 00:27:05,000 WE NEED MAXIMUM WATER WHEN WE FIRST 501 00:27:05,034 --> 00:27:06,896 PUT THE TRUCKLOAD OF DIRT IN. 502 00:27:09,275 --> 00:27:11,517 Narrator: AS THE FINAL JOIN IS MADE, 503 00:27:11,551 --> 00:27:13,896 PETE IS STILL WORRIED THE MAIN'S WATER PRESSURE 504 00:27:13,931 --> 00:27:16,103 WON'T BE UP TO TASK. 505 00:27:16,137 --> 00:27:18,793 700 OR 800 METERS OF POLYPIPES 506 00:27:18,827 --> 00:27:23,275 END UP BEING TO GET THERE, AND THAT'S A LOT OF FRICTION. 507 00:27:23,310 --> 00:27:25,103 Narrator: PETE WAITS AT THE WASH PLANT 508 00:27:25,137 --> 00:27:28,896 WHILE NEARLY TWO KILOMETERS AWAY MICK TURNS ON THE MAINS. 509 00:27:28,931 --> 00:27:32,551 RIGHTO, IT'S COMING ON NOW. 510 00:27:32,586 --> 00:27:34,551 Narrator: IT WILL TAKE NEARLY 5 MINUTES 511 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,931 BEFORE THEY KNOW IF IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS. 512 00:27:36,965 --> 00:27:38,827 Mick: NOW LOOK AT THAT METER SPIN. 513 00:27:42,586 --> 00:27:45,689 WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM IN A MINUTE UNLESS IT POPS OFF SOMEWHERE. 514 00:27:47,724 --> 00:27:51,275 Narrator: SIX JOINTS, NEARLY TWO KILOMETERS OF PIPE 515 00:27:51,310 --> 00:27:54,758 OVER ROUGH BUSHLAND AND UNDER A MAIN ROAD, 516 00:27:54,793 --> 00:27:56,862 IT'S THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. 517 00:28:10,241 --> 00:28:11,758 WHOO-HOO!WHOO-HOO! 518 00:28:13,689 --> 00:28:15,034 YAY! 519 00:28:15,068 --> 00:28:17,241 OKAY, IT'S COMING OUT AT THE END OF THE PIPE, 520 00:28:17,275 --> 00:28:19,000 A PRETTY GOOD FLOW, PRETTY GOOD. 521 00:28:19,034 --> 00:28:20,862 VERY GOOD. 522 00:28:20,896 --> 00:28:23,310 Narrator: WITH A FLOW OF 50 LITERS A MINUTE... 523 00:28:23,344 --> 00:28:25,034 MISSION SUCCESSFUL. 524 00:28:25,068 --> 00:28:27,586 ...THE COOKES ARE BACK IN BUSINESS. 525 00:28:41,034 --> 00:28:45,793 THE BOULDER BOYS HAVE SPENT 4 WEEKS AND $5,000 IN FUEL 526 00:28:45,827 --> 00:28:48,931 DIGGING THE PIT AND FOUND NOTHING. 527 00:28:48,965 --> 00:28:51,413 AARON HAS A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE. 528 00:28:51,448 --> 00:28:53,482 I'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THIS.YOU HAVE? 529 00:28:53,517 --> 00:28:56,413 YES. OKAY. 530 00:28:56,448 --> 00:28:57,931 SO JUST DRILL THEN? 531 00:28:57,965 --> 00:29:02,068 YES, IF THREE OF US GET INTO IT, WE'LL GET THREE HOLES A DAY. 532 00:29:02,103 --> 00:29:04,448 WELL, LET'S DO IT. 533 00:29:04,482 --> 00:29:06,965 THEY ABANDON THE PIT. 534 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,413 Aaron: WE JUST SPENT $5,000 ON DIESEL, AND IT'S A DUD HOLE, 535 00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:11,379 A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. 536 00:29:13,689 --> 00:29:15,896 Narrator: THE TEAM GO BACK TO BASICS, 537 00:29:15,931 --> 00:29:18,793 PROSPECTING A DIFFERENT PART OF THE DRAGONFLY CLAIM 538 00:29:18,827 --> 00:29:22,275 WITH THEIR 40-YEAR-OLD CALDWELL DRILL. 539 00:29:22,310 --> 00:29:23,620 Aaron: WE KNOW THAT GROUND AIN'T REAL GOOD 540 00:29:23,655 --> 00:29:25,000 WHERE WE JUST DONE THE BIG PIT, 541 00:29:25,034 --> 00:29:26,482 AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT A SERIES OF HOLES 542 00:29:26,517 --> 00:29:28,620 HEADING STRAIGHT UP THAT WAY. 543 00:29:28,655 --> 00:29:32,000 Narrator: THE OLD CALDWELL DRILL CAN DIG TEST HOLES DOWN 544 00:29:32,034 --> 00:29:34,620 TO 24 METERS DEEP. 545 00:29:34,655 --> 00:29:36,517 IF IT PULLS UP SIGNS OF OPAL, 546 00:29:36,551 --> 00:29:40,586 THEY WILL BRING IN THE EXCAVATOR AND BULLDOZER. 547 00:29:40,620 --> 00:29:42,620 Aaron: DON'T STAND THERE, RONNIE. 548 00:29:42,655 --> 00:29:44,379 WATCH OUT THERE, RON. 549 00:29:44,413 --> 00:29:46,862 Narrator: BUT THE CLUMSY MACHINE IS DANGEROUS 550 00:29:46,896 --> 00:29:50,068 AND HAS SERIOUSLY INJURED PEOPLE IN THE PAST. 551 00:29:50,103 --> 00:29:51,275 NOW HOW ARE WE HANGING? 552 00:29:51,310 --> 00:29:52,482 RIGHT. 553 00:29:52,517 --> 00:29:53,724 YEAH. 554 00:29:57,551 --> 00:29:59,310 IT IS DANGEROUS. YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH YOUR HANDS, 555 00:29:59,344 --> 00:30:01,827 FINGERS, EVERYTHING, AND IF ANYONE IS AROUND IT, 556 00:30:01,862 --> 00:30:04,103 YOU'VE GOT TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT'S GOING ON. 557 00:30:09,344 --> 00:30:11,379 Narrator: AT THE END OF A 10-METER ARM, 558 00:30:11,413 --> 00:30:14,517 THE 1.7-CUBIC-METER BUCKET ROTATES, 559 00:30:14,551 --> 00:30:18,137 DIGGING OUT OVER A TON OF EARTH AT A TIME. 560 00:30:18,172 --> 00:30:20,896 ON THE SURFACE AS THE BUCKET ASCENDS, 561 00:30:20,931 --> 00:30:24,172 GREG ATTACHES A RELEASE WIRE TO EMPTY THE DIRT. 562 00:30:27,068 --> 00:30:28,689 THAT'S YELLOW. 563 00:30:30,655 --> 00:30:34,896 WHO DOESN'T LIKE YELLOW? A BIT MELLOW YELLOW. 564 00:30:37,241 --> 00:30:40,379 Narrator: AARON IS PUSHING HARD TO FIND OPAL. 565 00:30:42,965 --> 00:30:44,827 Aaron: WHAT'S SMOKING? 566 00:30:44,862 --> 00:30:48,482 WHAT? GO HELP RON. 567 00:30:48,517 --> 00:30:50,551 Narrator: AN OUT-OF-CONTROL ENGINE FIRE 568 00:30:50,586 --> 00:30:53,310 COULD DESTROY THE ENTIRE DRILL. 569 00:30:53,344 --> 00:30:54,827 Greg: WE'RE DEAD. 570 00:30:54,862 --> 00:30:57,137 BRAKE! 571 00:30:57,172 --> 00:31:01,068 Narrator: AARON CAN'T LET GO OF THE BRAKE HANDLE TO HELP. 572 00:31:01,103 --> 00:31:01,965 WAIT A SEC. 573 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,689 GREG DISCONNECTS THE BATTERY. 574 00:31:03,724 --> 00:31:04,965 GREG! THAT'S IT. 575 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,344 TAKE IT ALL OFF.BUT THE TRUCK IS STILL SMOKING. 576 00:31:07,379 --> 00:31:08,689 WHAT'S WRONG, MATE? 577 00:31:08,724 --> 00:31:10,137 Greg: GOT TO HAVE A FIRE, ELECTRICAL. 578 00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:12,827 GO GET YOUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON THE DOZER. 579 00:31:12,862 --> 00:31:14,655 YEAH, HAVE A LOOK AT IT, RON. 580 00:31:22,862 --> 00:31:24,551 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 581 00:31:24,586 --> 00:31:27,206 Greg: IS THERE A STARTER MOTOR THERE THAT'S ELECTRICAL? 582 00:31:27,241 --> 00:31:29,275 DID YOU DISCONNECT THE BATTERY, MATE? 583 00:31:29,310 --> 00:31:30,620 I HAVE. 584 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:32,241 OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.YOU'VE HAD A SHORT. 585 00:31:32,275 --> 00:31:35,206 I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BEFORE, EH? 586 00:31:37,931 --> 00:31:38,862 WHAT IS IT? 587 00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:40,310 IT WAS A SHORT, A BIG SHORT. 588 00:31:40,344 --> 00:31:42,413 YEAH. HEY. WHERE WAS IT? 589 00:31:42,448 --> 00:31:45,103 OH, THERE IT IS. IT'S IN YOUR WIRE HERE. 590 00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:47,206 IT'S A WIRE.STARTER-MOTOR WIRE, 591 00:31:47,241 --> 00:31:49,551 RON, I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH IT FOR NOW. 592 00:31:49,586 --> 00:31:51,931 YEAH, I KNOW. GOING TO LEAVE IT. 593 00:31:51,965 --> 00:31:54,206 WE WEREN'T EVEN USING THE TRUCK. 594 00:31:54,241 --> 00:31:55,689 WHERE'S THE -- 595 00:31:55,724 --> 00:31:57,758 ALL THE WAY UP HERE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOING ALL THE WAY UP. 596 00:31:57,793 --> 00:31:59,413 WE'LL HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE LOT. 597 00:31:59,448 --> 00:32:00,620 HEY. 598 00:32:00,655 --> 00:32:03,034 YOUR WHOLE SYSTEM IS BURNED OUT RIGHT HERE. 599 00:32:03,068 --> 00:32:04,241 ALL THIS HERE IS BURNED OUT. 600 00:32:04,275 --> 00:32:06,310 -YEP. -SO THERE'S MORE, MORE AND MORE. 601 00:32:06,344 --> 00:32:08,137 SO SOMEWHERE IN THE LINE, 602 00:32:08,172 --> 00:32:10,724 IT SHORTED OUT AND THEN MELTED THE REST OF THEM. 603 00:32:10,758 --> 00:32:13,068 ME. 604 00:32:13,103 --> 00:32:15,931 Narrator: WITH THE TRUCK DEAD, THE DRILL IS USELESS, 605 00:32:15,965 --> 00:32:19,068 STUCK IN ONE SPOT. 606 00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:21,758 OUT OF OPTIONS, AARON HAS JUST ONE WAY 607 00:32:21,793 --> 00:32:24,000 TO COVER THEIR COSTS THIS WEEK. 608 00:32:24,034 --> 00:32:25,310 WELL, I MIGHT GIVE ERIC A RING AND SEE 609 00:32:25,344 --> 00:32:26,586 IF HE WANTS TO BUY SOME OPAL. 610 00:32:26,620 --> 00:32:27,827 YEAH, WELL, GIVE HIM A RING. 611 00:32:27,862 --> 00:32:30,206 Narrator: AN OPAL BUYER IS VISITING THE AREA. 612 00:32:30,241 --> 00:32:32,655 HE'S IN THE PADDOCKS-- I THINK HE'S GONE NEXT WEEK, SO I'LL CATCH UP TO HIM. 613 00:32:32,689 --> 00:32:34,448 WELL, WE WANT TO GET HIM BEFORE HE GOES. 614 00:32:34,482 --> 00:32:36,724 I WANT TO SELL HIM WHAT I'VE GOT. 615 00:32:36,758 --> 00:32:37,896 THEN WE'LL GET SOME DIESEL AND... 616 00:32:37,931 --> 00:32:39,724 ALL RIGHT. 617 00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:42,137 SELLING SOME OF HIS STASH OF OPAL 618 00:32:42,172 --> 00:32:44,862 IS AARON'S LAST ROLL OF THE DICE. 619 00:32:51,137 --> 00:32:54,379 AT LIGHTNING RIDGE, THE COOKE BROTHERS' INGENUITY 620 00:32:54,413 --> 00:32:57,482 HAS GOT THEM WATER. 621 00:32:57,517 --> 00:32:59,931 NOW ALL THEY NEED IS OPAL. 622 00:32:59,965 --> 00:33:02,482 Pete: WE'VE GOT WATER. WE CAN START WASHING. 623 00:33:02,517 --> 00:33:05,137 THE DROUGHT IS BROKEN SO TO SPEAK. 624 00:33:05,172 --> 00:33:08,344 Narrator: WITH ONLY $9,000 SO FAR THIS SEASON, 625 00:33:08,379 --> 00:33:12,689 THE BROTHERS NEED TO FIND QUALITY STONES FAST. 626 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:15,103 COST A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS IN POLYPIPE, 627 00:33:15,137 --> 00:33:19,344 BUT WE CAN WASH DIRT AND FIND A FEW GEMS NOW HOPEFULLY. 628 00:33:19,379 --> 00:33:22,413 Narrator: THIS TRUCKLOAD IS 15 TONS OF DIRT, 629 00:33:22,448 --> 00:33:25,413 REPRESENTING SEVERAL DAYS OF HARD WORK. 630 00:33:25,448 --> 00:33:29,172 IT COULD HOLD A FORTUNE OR NOTHING AT ALL. 631 00:33:29,206 --> 00:33:30,379 Pete: IT CAN BE PRETTY FRUSTRATING. 632 00:33:30,413 --> 00:33:31,655 YOU KEEP DOING THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, 633 00:33:31,689 --> 00:33:33,620 I'VE DONE IT 100 TIMES AND FOUND NOTHING, 634 00:33:33,655 --> 00:33:37,034 BUT THE NEXT ONE, THAT COULD BE A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS. 635 00:33:37,068 --> 00:33:38,724 I'VE SEEN IT HERE ON THE TRAY. 636 00:33:41,034 --> 00:33:45,275 NOW PUT THE ENGINE IN THE REVERSE, AND IT'LL UNWIND, 637 00:33:45,310 --> 00:33:47,379 AND THE TILINGS, THEY'LL COME OUT THE SHOOT, 638 00:33:47,413 --> 00:33:48,965 AND WE'LL HAVE TO SORT THROUGH IT 639 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,000 AND SEE HOW MANY GEMS WE FIND. 640 00:33:53,689 --> 00:33:57,689 Narrator: THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE TELLTALE FLASH OF OPAL COLOR. 641 00:34:01,068 --> 00:34:03,034 THIS IS WHEN THEY FIND OUT 642 00:34:03,068 --> 00:34:07,896 IF ALL THEIR HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF. 643 00:34:07,931 --> 00:34:09,413 LOOK AT THAT. 644 00:34:09,448 --> 00:34:11,448 OPAL. 645 00:34:11,482 --> 00:34:12,517 WHOO-HOO! 646 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:13,827 OH, YEAH, LOOK AT THAT ONE. 647 00:34:13,862 --> 00:34:15,103 OH, NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE. 648 00:34:15,137 --> 00:34:16,241 THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. 649 00:34:16,275 --> 00:34:18,689 THAT'S WHAT OPAL IS, YEAH, A BIT OF BEAUTY. 650 00:34:18,724 --> 00:34:19,689 A BIT OF BLUE. 651 00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:22,103 OH, YEAH, LOOK AT THAT. 652 00:34:22,137 --> 00:34:23,482 THIS IS STARTING TO PAY OFF. 653 00:34:23,517 --> 00:34:25,896 THAT'S A BLOODY GOOD THING. 654 00:34:25,931 --> 00:34:27,310 IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE. 655 00:34:27,344 --> 00:34:29,482 WE'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF IT. 656 00:34:29,517 --> 00:34:32,068 LOOK AT THE RED IN THAT. 657 00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:33,758 I'M NOT GOING TO KISS YOU, BUT IT'S GOOD. 658 00:34:33,793 --> 00:34:36,827 Gavin: DON'T KISS ME. JUST KISS YOUR OPAL. 659 00:34:36,862 --> 00:34:38,793 MWAH. 660 00:34:38,827 --> 00:34:39,965 WELL, THAT'LL PUT A DENT IN THAT. 661 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,620 WE SPENT A COUPLE GRAND AT LEAST ON IT. 662 00:34:42,655 --> 00:34:45,068 Narrator: WITH THE ENTIRE LOAD WASHED AND CHECKED, 663 00:34:45,103 --> 00:34:49,448 15 TONS OF DIRT HAS COME DOWN TO JUST A HANDFUL OF OPAL. 664 00:34:49,482 --> 00:34:51,379 OH, GOD, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 665 00:34:51,413 --> 00:34:53,689 THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF FOSSIL. 666 00:34:53,724 --> 00:34:55,206 GOOD RESULT. 667 00:34:55,241 --> 00:34:56,896 BEAUTIFUL, BOYS. 668 00:34:56,931 --> 00:34:59,827 IT'S A BIT HARD TO GUESSTIMATE BUT MAYBE 10 GRAND 669 00:34:59,862 --> 00:35:01,275 IF WE'RE LUCKY. 670 00:35:01,310 --> 00:35:05,137 Narrator: WHILST A HAUL OF $10,000 IS A GREAT OUTCOME, 671 00:35:05,172 --> 00:35:10,379 IT'S STILL WELL SHORT OF THEIR TARGET OF $200,000, 672 00:35:10,413 --> 00:35:14,862 BUT FOR THE BROTHERS, RIGHT NOW ANY WIN IS WORTH CELEBRATING. 673 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,137 BACK AT CAMP... 674 00:35:28,172 --> 00:35:29,655 HAVE A LOOK AT THIS OPAL, GREG, EH? 675 00:35:29,689 --> 00:35:32,103 OH, YEAH....WITH $5,000 WASTED 676 00:35:32,137 --> 00:35:33,551 ON DIGGING THE PIT, 677 00:35:33,586 --> 00:35:38,275 AARON MUST NOW SELL SOME OF HIS OPAL TO COVER THEIR COSTS. 678 00:35:38,310 --> 00:35:40,586 HE'S SELLING A MIX OF BOULDER OPAL 679 00:35:40,620 --> 00:35:43,172 AND LESS VALUABLE SANDY OPAL. 680 00:35:43,206 --> 00:35:46,034 IT'S BLUE-GREEN AND ONLY IN THE ROUGH, 681 00:35:46,068 --> 00:35:48,310 BUT HE HAS 4 KILOGRAMS OF IT, 682 00:35:48,344 --> 00:35:52,758 MAKING ITS VALUE BETWEEN $6,000 AND $9,000. 683 00:35:52,793 --> 00:35:54,482 Greg: IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S COMING HERE. 684 00:35:54,517 --> 00:35:58,482 -HERE'S ERIC NOW. -HERE'S ERIC NOW. 685 00:35:58,517 --> 00:36:00,724 WELL, THAT'S LOOKING AT US TOO. IT'S NOT TOO BAD. 686 00:36:00,758 --> 00:36:02,689 GET READY TO WET IT, GREG.Greg: OKAY, I'LL WET IT. 687 00:36:02,724 --> 00:36:04,275 HOW YOU GOING, ERIC? 688 00:36:04,310 --> 00:36:05,379 YEAH, I'M GOOD, MATE.GOOD. 689 00:36:05,413 --> 00:36:07,344 HOW YOU BEEN?YEAH, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 690 00:36:07,379 --> 00:36:09,034 YEAH. YEAH. 691 00:36:09,068 --> 00:36:11,103 THE BIG HOLE, THE BIG LEVEL, 692 00:36:11,137 --> 00:36:12,965 IT LOOKS NICE BUT NO ROCK AT THE MOMENT. 693 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,344 YEAH.THAT DOESN'T MATTER. 694 00:36:14,379 --> 00:36:15,896 WELL, THAT CAN CHANGE, HEY. 695 00:36:15,931 --> 00:36:17,689 -YEAH, THAT'S IT. -RON, HOW ARE YOU? 696 00:36:17,724 --> 00:36:19,379 -OH, I'M GOOD. -G'DAY, ERIC, 697 00:36:19,413 --> 00:36:20,827 HOW ARE YOU GOING?YEAH, GOOD, MATE, HOW ARE YOU? 698 00:36:20,862 --> 00:36:23,551 Aaron: GOT A BIT OF SANDY STUFF HERE AND A BIT OF PANCAKE. 699 00:36:23,586 --> 00:36:25,034 YEP, OKAY. 700 00:36:25,068 --> 00:36:26,275 ALL RIGHT, MATE. 701 00:36:28,482 --> 00:36:30,068 Ron: YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE GET STAGE FRIGHT. 702 00:36:30,103 --> 00:36:31,931 YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL GOOD. 703 00:36:31,965 --> 00:36:34,310 THEY KNOW THEIR LINES, EVERYTHING. 704 00:36:34,344 --> 00:36:36,172 THAT'S THE BETTER OF THE STUFF ON THIS END. 705 00:36:36,206 --> 00:36:38,000 YEAH.THE CURTAIN OPENS, 706 00:36:38,034 --> 00:36:41,965 THE BOY WALKS UP, AND IT ALL FLIES OUT THE WINDOW. 707 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,206 UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THESE PIECES HERE 708 00:36:45,241 --> 00:36:49,724 ARE NOT THE QUALITY THAT I'M LOOKING FOR, 709 00:36:49,758 --> 00:36:52,344 AND A LOT OF PIECES ARE GOING TO BE QUITE SMALL. 710 00:36:52,379 --> 00:36:54,620 YEP, YEP. 711 00:36:54,655 --> 00:36:56,241 BUT I'M STILL INTERESTED, 712 00:36:56,275 --> 00:36:58,034 AND YOU'RE SELLING IT AS THE LOT, RIGHT? 713 00:36:58,068 --> 00:36:59,103 THE WHOLE LOT. 714 00:36:59,137 --> 00:37:00,275 YOU'RE SELLING THE WHOLE LOT, RIGHT? 715 00:37:00,310 --> 00:37:02,413 YEP. YEAH. 716 00:37:02,448 --> 00:37:08,379 WELL, I CAN GIVE YOU AN OFFER ON IT. 717 00:37:08,413 --> 00:37:10,103 UH... 718 00:37:12,379 --> 00:37:14,931 I CAN OFFER YOU FIVE, 719 00:37:14,965 --> 00:37:16,413 $5,000. THE WHOLE LOT? 720 00:37:16,448 --> 00:37:18,344 YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 721 00:37:18,379 --> 00:37:20,172 IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. 722 00:37:20,206 --> 00:37:22,586 OKAY, OKAY, I'LL GIVE IT A GO, YEAH. 723 00:37:24,931 --> 00:37:27,413 Narrator: WITH THEIR FUEL COSTS THIS DIG COVERED, 724 00:37:27,448 --> 00:37:29,724 AARON AT LEAST IS HAPPY. 725 00:37:29,758 --> 00:37:32,034 WELL, NOW I CAN GET MORE DIESEL AND OIL. 726 00:37:32,068 --> 00:37:34,172 THAT'S WHAT WE WANT AT THE MOMENT. 727 00:37:34,206 --> 00:37:36,896 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE. 728 00:37:36,931 --> 00:37:38,344 THAT'S OPAL MINING TOO. A WEEK LATER, 729 00:37:38,379 --> 00:37:39,896 YOU MIGHT BE JUMPING UP AND DOWN, 730 00:37:39,931 --> 00:37:41,275 YOU KNOW, HAPPY. 731 00:37:48,448 --> 00:37:51,827 Narrator: JUSTIN AND BECKY'S HAUL IS READY FOR SALE. 732 00:37:51,862 --> 00:37:52,827 G'DAY, NICK. 733 00:37:52,862 --> 00:37:53,965 JUSTIN, BECKY, HOW ARE YOU? 734 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,275 -HI, NICK. -COME IN. 735 00:37:55,310 --> 00:37:58,724 NICK TRACY IS ONE OF THE ROOKIES' REGULAR BUYERS. 736 00:37:58,758 --> 00:38:00,137 STRAIGHT FROM THE FIELD? 737 00:38:00,172 --> 00:38:01,482 PRETTY MUCH, YEAH.YEP. 738 00:38:01,517 --> 00:38:03,655 WE CLEANED OFF A BIT OF OPAL TO SHOW YOU AND SEE 739 00:38:03,689 --> 00:38:05,344 IF WE CAN POTENTIALLY SELL IT TO YOU. 740 00:38:05,379 --> 00:38:07,413 WHAT HAVE WE GOT? 741 00:38:07,448 --> 00:38:10,931 Narrator: THEIR FIRST OFFERING IS A BAG OF SMALL OPAL CHIPS, 742 00:38:10,965 --> 00:38:14,551 A MIX OF WHITE AND CRYSTAL OPAL IN THE ROUGH. 743 00:38:14,586 --> 00:38:19,068 AT 2 KILOGRAMS, THEIR ESTIMATED VALUE IS $1,800. 744 00:38:22,137 --> 00:38:27,551 FOR ME, IT'S NOT FOR ME, MATERIAL LIKE THIS. 745 00:38:27,586 --> 00:38:28,965 OKAY.OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 746 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,551 SO YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT STUFF, BUT... 747 00:38:30,586 --> 00:38:33,793 LOOK. THERE'S A LOT OF OPAL-CHIP JEWELRY MAKERS IN TOWN. 748 00:38:33,827 --> 00:38:36,793 NOW THIS IS GOING TO APPEAL TO THEM, 749 00:38:36,827 --> 00:38:38,275 AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN LITTLE VIALS. 750 00:38:38,310 --> 00:38:40,655 THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN RESIN AND INTO JEWELRY. 751 00:38:40,689 --> 00:38:42,689 THE BIG REVEAL.YEAH? 752 00:38:42,724 --> 00:38:44,275 THIS IS WHAT BECKY FOUND. 753 00:38:44,310 --> 00:38:48,000 WE ACTUALLY CLEANED IT UP A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. 754 00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:50,310 YOU DID THE WORK, AND YOU'VE RECOVERED IT LIKE THAT 755 00:38:50,344 --> 00:38:54,310 AND PRESENTED IT LIKE THAT, WHICH IS EVEN BETTER. 756 00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:58,724 WOW.Narrator: JUSTIN AND BECKY 757 00:38:58,758 --> 00:39:03,310 WANT $3,500 FOR THIS OPALIZED BELEMNITE PIPE. 758 00:39:03,344 --> 00:39:05,172 IT'S REALLY NICE, AND IT'S LOVELY PRESENTED. 759 00:39:05,206 --> 00:39:06,862 THIS IS THE BEST BIT ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS. 760 00:39:06,896 --> 00:39:10,517 IT CROSSES BOTH MARKETS -- FOSSILS AS WELL AS OPAL. 761 00:39:10,551 --> 00:39:11,689 THESE ARE SO RARE. 762 00:39:11,724 --> 00:39:14,448 THEY ARE. 763 00:39:14,482 --> 00:39:17,034 WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING AT? 764 00:39:17,068 --> 00:39:20,448 WELL, WE WERE HOPING TO GET $5,000 FOR THAT ONE. 765 00:39:20,482 --> 00:39:23,482 OKAY. OKAY. 766 00:39:23,517 --> 00:39:24,862 LOOK, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. 767 00:39:24,896 --> 00:39:29,206 I'M INTERESTED IN IT FOR $3,000. 768 00:39:35,965 --> 00:39:37,827 WELL...TELL ME WHAT YOU FEEL, 769 00:39:37,862 --> 00:39:40,551 AND, YEAH, WE CAN WORK WITH THAT. 770 00:39:40,586 --> 00:39:41,551 WHAT DO YOU RECKON, SWEETIE? 771 00:39:41,586 --> 00:39:43,206 I'M PRETTY NEW TO THIS. 772 00:39:45,413 --> 00:39:48,275 WELL, IF WE CAN GO TO $4,500, YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF A DEAL. 773 00:39:50,206 --> 00:39:53,310 UM. 774 00:39:53,344 --> 00:39:54,586 LET'S DO IT. $4,500? 775 00:39:54,620 --> 00:39:55,862 YEAH, $4,500, WE CAN DO THAT, MATE. 776 00:39:55,896 --> 00:39:57,413 PERFECT, ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. 777 00:39:57,448 --> 00:39:58,896 THANK YOU, BECKY. HAPPY TO SEE YOU SOME MORE. 778 00:39:58,931 --> 00:40:00,517 THANKS, NICK.THAT'S GOOD. 779 00:40:00,551 --> 00:40:03,172 Narrator: THIS SALE BRINGS JUSTIN AND BECKY'S TOTAL 780 00:40:03,206 --> 00:40:05,482 UP TO $5,000. 781 00:40:05,517 --> 00:40:08,000 WE WERE AIMING FOR $3,500 TO COVER THOSE COSTS, 782 00:40:08,034 --> 00:40:09,931 AND IN THE END, WE HIT $4,500, 783 00:40:09,965 --> 00:40:13,931 AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE SOME MONEY, WHICH IS GOOD. 784 00:40:13,965 --> 00:40:18,827 IT LOOKS LIKE JUSTIN AND BECKY'S LUCK MAY FINALLY HAVE CHANGED. 784 00:40:19,305 --> 00:41:19,383 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm