"Outback Opal Hunters" The Reward of the Effort
ID | 13195702 |
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Movie Name | "Outback Opal Hunters" The Reward of the Effort |
Release Name | outback.opal.hunters.s10e02.1080p.web.h264-cbfm |
Year | 2023 |
Kind | tv |
Language | English |
IMDB ID | 36184932 |
Format | srt |
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NARRATOR:
On Outback Opal Hunters...
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ISAAC: I'm excited.
SOFIA: Just be careful, hey.
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Whoa!Hey. Whoa!Ah!Zac.
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..Sofia and Isaac,
the Opal Whisperers,
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finally return
to their house claim...
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There's elements here
I've never seen before in my life,
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cutting or mining.
Here, this is coming out there.
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..and unearth a massive
Yowah boulder opal.
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Sofia, look at this!
Oh, my God.
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What!(LAUGHS)
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ANGEL: Ah, whoa!
Get out of the way, guys,
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get out of the way.(BLEEP)
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The Misfits' open-cut mine
drives Angel and Issy
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into dangerous
underground territory...
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I hope you're not claustrophobic.
Too late now.
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..and deep into
the high-stakes world of opal sales.
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Here's a million dollars
worth of opal.
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SECURITY GUARD:
You can't be seen filming this.
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You need to leave
the premises now, please.
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RORY: We've nearly undercut
it completely, so there's gonna
be nothing holding it up.
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The Cheals' epic four-year dig
finally comes to an end...
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You will all have to stand back.
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..risking their lives on the hunt
for huge back-to-back opal hauls.
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OSCAR: Oh, yeah!(ALL CHEERING)
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Over half a mil, boys.
(LAUGHS) Oh.
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# ASH GRUNWALD: Money
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# And fancy clothes #
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ANGEL: First time I've ever worked
this type of ground.
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I'm finding it tricky
to follow and read.
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I mean, Issy's down there,
she's paying attention to the wall.
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Easy to forget about,
you know, the obvious dangers
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of the rock hanging loose
above your head.
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Anything that's falling
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is caused by the vibration
from the excavator.
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We've just got to be mindful
of what's going on around us.
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A boulder from that height
would probably kill me.
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But these are the risks
we take to find opal.
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(BOULDERS THUDS)
Oh! Oh!Angel!
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The Misfits, Angel Dempsey,
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new recruit, Issy Glen,
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and mentor, "Opal" Joe Kalmar,
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have started an ambitious
open-cut mine
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to access dangerous
opal-rich tunnels
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eight metres down.
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This is the first time
I've ever done an open cut
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with drives under me
and a ballroom under me,
so I'm pretty nervous about that.
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Angel's done really well
with the bulldozer.
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I don't really give her a choice.
You know, she's got to learn or run.
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His digging days over,
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"Opal" Joe is financing
a younger generation.
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I've basically stepped back because
my health's up the (BLEEP) creek.
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Too many strokes.
So I've stepped back and hoping
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that Angel can take over everything.
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Might get you to go
to Lightning Ridge,
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we'll meet some buyers,
meet some different people,
learn more about opal values.
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I'm sending Angel
to Lightning Ridge.
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And the best way to learn
is to be thrown in the deep end.
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Founded in 1971,
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the Lightning Ridge Opal
and Gem Festival
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is the biggest event
on the Australian opal circuit,
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attracting over 4,000 people
across four days,
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with millions of dollars
of opal for sale.
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The idea is to put her
in a situation where I'm not needed.
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Joe's health, you know,
is not the best at the moment,
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so I'm really wanting to
get the pressure off him a bit and,
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you know, get myself up and running,
so I need opal to do that.
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Issy is my new mining partner.
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Her job is mainly to spot the opal,
so without Issy, we can't find opal.
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My goal is making enough money
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to keep my husband
and I's gym running.
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OK, are we set? Go!
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A lot of the kids can't afford
gloves and headgear,
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cos at the moment,
it's all coming out
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of our life savings.
One, two..
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So we've headed
for a target of $160,000.
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For me, that little bit
that I do get out of the partnership
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is really gonna help my gym.
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Good on ya.
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If it gets any closer to us,
we're gonna have to do
something about that.
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Yeah, no worries.
I'll keep my eyes open.
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We got a bit
of movement up there,
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so at the moment, it's just
a bit of dust, which is OK.
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It's the boulders
we don't want to come down.
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When Angel's driving the excavator,
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I've always got to know
where I'm positioned,
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because if anything happens,
you know, it's run.
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So, get rid of that hole
cos it's a bit, er, a bit wonky.
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I feel really small
around these machines.
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They're actually
really daunting to watch.
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(METAL CREAKING)Ah, whoa!
Get out of the way, guys,
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get out of the way.(BLEEP)
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I've put these
into different parcels.
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I'll get you to check them
before we go, hey?Yeah, OK.
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Got heaps of rough.
We've got polished stones,
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processed stones.
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Anything you think I should cut
to take along with us, you know,
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I could probably cut
20 stones before we go.
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We are preparing
for Lightning Ridge Festival.
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Er, it's coming up really soon.
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Lightning Ridge, it's the most
famous opal town in the world.
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Yeah, I'll get this machine
ready to go anyway, so we can polish
whatever you think.All right, bro.
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There's a lot riding
on this operation.
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I'm having a look at everything,
I'm sorting out lots of parcels,
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but in my opinion,
most of it's low-quality stuff.
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We need some King stones
on the table.
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We need something
that we can really present,
erm, to stand out amongst the rest.
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Oh. There's Uwe now.
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(HONKS)Wonder what he's up to.
Whoo! Yeah! Mr Boss.
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How you going, Uwe?
UWE: Hey, guys.
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What do we owe the...
Hello, buddy...pleasure
of your visit, mate?
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Or have you come to help us parcel
and price for Lightning Ridge or...?
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Well, I'll be away, actually,
I'll be, er...Hey.
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I'll be away for a few days.
A few days.
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Well, I don't know exactly when.
I'm waiting to hear
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when the appointment is, but yeah.
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All right.Got to go
for some tests and...
Some tests? What?
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What sort of appointment?
Oh, prostate.
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The Flying Docs
has been on at me for a while
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and I got to sort of chase up
all this medical stuff.
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Any water come out at all, Sofia?
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There's nothing moving through here.
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The start of the mining season
saw record-breaking rain
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flood Sofia and Isaac Andreou,
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the Opal Whisperers'
only working claim.
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We had to figure something else out.
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Uwe's a family friend
and Ricardo's his son.
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They have a mining claim out here.
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Uwe's one of the old legends
around here, the Godfather.
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So, Uwe and Ricardo were definitely
a good prospect to partner up with.
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Let me show you
what we'd be mining for.
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The Angel of Yowah.
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Yowah is famous for the Yowah nut,
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small ironstone boulders
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with intricate opal patterns
at their centre.
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Each stone is formed
over millions of years,
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and individual pieces
have been valued
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at one million dollars.
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This... This stone is phenomenal.
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Our season target is $150,000.
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So far, we're just shy of 25 grand.
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The pressure's definitely
on at the moment.
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Isaac and I are travelling to
the Lightning Ridge Opal Festival.
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We're going to meet
our lovely mother there.
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We've been going to Lightning Ridge
when we were very young,
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maybe when Sofia was just born.
It's a very competitive market.
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These people are coming to see
big, beautiful, bright opals.
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The festival is literally days away,
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and we don't have anything
of top, top quality.
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That sounds a bit more serious
than a few tests.
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Oh, just one of those things
that happens, I suppose.
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You just got to do
your own thing then.
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So our own thing at your mine or...?
No, you can't.
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You got to do your own thing,
gotta go and find your own mine.
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Uwe's, er, he dropped
some bad news on us.
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He told us he's got prostate cancer.
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All right. Yep. Take care.
Thanks.And find plenty of opal.
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It's a lot to take in. I mean,
obviously our first concern is Uwe.
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We love this guy.
We're obviously worried,
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erm, and then Isaac
and I need to talk.
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What does that mean for us?
Oh, well, the trench
is still full of water.
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We need to get deeper, don't we?
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Yeah, well,
that's an excavator.OK.
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Everyone's mining their own claims.
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I don't blame them.
We'd have to ask a big favour
and then we'd have to pay.
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A thousand dollars a day, like.
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Well, I'll scrape together
whatever I have.
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I'll make some calls.All right.
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(LINE RINGING)
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Good day. Ben, how you doing?
BEN: Good day.
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You digging at the moment?
(BEN SPEAKING)
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We've got
a bit of a favour to ask you.
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We don't have options here.
We need someone with an excavator
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to give us at least a day's work.
We'll pay for it.
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(BEN SPEAKING)Yeah, yeah.
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(BEN SPEAKING)
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Mate, this would be
a massive favour.
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It would be...
We'd owe you one.
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Smashing through it, aren't we?
Like, look how far we've come.
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RORY: Yep. Yeah,
it's come in a long way.
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We're coming to the end of
the work that we want
to do in this pillar,
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and, erm, by extension,
you know, in this whole claim,
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cos once this is done,
we've got to get out.
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You know, been here four years,
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we've had a lot of
tough times in this claim,
but also a lot of really good ones.
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Yeah, to sort of see
the last dirt right in front of us,
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erm, yeah, ah, nah,
it's an interesting feeling.
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I just hope it pays
and we can leave on a good note.
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The Cheals, dad, Chris,
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sons Rory and Oscar,
and rookie miner, daughter Luca,
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are in the final days
working a dangerous mine
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they believe still holds
a fortune in opal.
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Ooh. Ooh.CHRIS: Oh.
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I think we busted through.
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(DRILL WHIRRING)
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Put your helmet on. Come down.
We'll take turns on the hammer.
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Erm, I'm going to
jump down there with him.
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When Dad and I started
in that claim four years ago,
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we belled out with jackhammers.
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We just squeezed
the digger down there.
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Four seasons ago,
the Cheals' ambitious plan
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was to dig from a new shaft
through opal-rich ground
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80 metres to another mine.
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I've seen it go from that point
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where you could barely get
two of us down there to,
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you know, a massive open area
where you can stand
and look 80 metres.
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Oh. Shore the axle off.
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Over the last four years,
we've been faced with really,
really big breakdowns.
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Righto, that's the end of that.
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Last season
was an absolute horror show.
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Definitely been, you know, times
where I questioned what I'm doing
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and questioned why I'm out here.
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Opal mining is so
unpredictable with income,
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and just to keep
bringing the money in,
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Dad had to take on, you know,
shearing and driving trucks.
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He's just done
what he's had to for us.
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Our $200,000 target was,
you know, there to, erm,
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cover a bit of last year,
cos we ran at a loss.
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Hey, hey, hey! Look at that one!
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Look at that.Beautiful.
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I've just got these beautiful,
clean nobbies with massive bars.
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Last tailout, $200,000 came out,
so that's, like, insane for us.
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(LAUGHTER AND CHEERING)
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How good is that?
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We smoked our $200,000 target
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which we set at the start
of the year,
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so we've decided to go bigger
and better and aim for half a mil.
228
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Two seasons ago,
Oscar and I pitched the idea
229
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of the business
and the website to Dad.
230
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We've got the website up.
You know, we poured
a lot of money back in,
231
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we did do it tough, but what we got,
we put back into the business.
232
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Really, the pressure
is to keep finding opal
233
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to keep the stock up.
234
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All right.
235
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Oi, Dad, I think this has let go.
It's gone.Oh, (BLEEP)!
236
00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,240
That's not good. It's starting
to crack up pretty well.
237
00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,080
I reckon if we don't
pull up now and fix that,
238
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we're going to end up with,
er, a lot more work to do.
239
00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,720
How's it looking, Issy?
Cos I'm on a really freaky angle.
240
00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,880
Well, you're scaring
the (BLEEP) out of me.
241
00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:07,640
You're definitely on an angle.
242
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I'd be getting out of there
if you can.
243
00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:12,120
All right, I'll go out slowly.
244
00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,080
Just be careful.
245
00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,360
The excavator's
gone down on an angle.
246
00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,240
This, the whole machine
is tilting to one side.
247
00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,520
Ooh.
What happened there?
248
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Come have a look.
249
00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,240
I was digging, pushing down
cos the ground was...
250
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(BLEEP)..(BLEEP) hard,
and I've just uncovered this tunnel.
251
00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,360
Oh, wow.
252
00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,080
Eight metres down,
in their open-cut mine,
253
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the Misfits have exposed
dangerous old-timers' tunnels.
254
00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:56,840
Oh, look how deep that is.
255
00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,040
They've done the shaft
and they've belled out
256
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and then gone that way, that way.
257
00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,080
Hopefully, they've left
some stuff behind,
258
00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,280
because back when
they dug these tunnels,
259
00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,920
only certain colours
were worth money.
260
00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,520
And we'll start clearing an entrance
into these old drives.
261
00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,240
I think I'm going to
give Joe a call,
262
00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,240
get him to come down
and have a look cos,
263
00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,200
you know, I'd rather be
safe than sorry.
264
00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,600
I don't have the experience to say,
you know, this ground
is safe or not.
265
00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,360
Obviously, we've had massive
vibrations through this hole
266
00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,040
as the excavator and bulldozer's
been up and down,
267
00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,760
so I would rather be
safe than sorry, you know.
268
00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:34,440
Opal's no good if you're dead.
269
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Let's get out. Out! Out! Out!
270
00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,320
Whoa!Whoa! That's not good.
Yeah, I think it's time to call Joe.
271
00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,000
Yeah.
272
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All right.
273
00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,800
God, this is good ground.
274
00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,000
There's opal here.
Two pockets, they took out of here.
275
00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,720
Yeah, (BLEEP) lucky. Good on them.
How do you know that?
276
00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,040
Hey, because of the depth
of the dig in the top
277
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and cut in the sides
on the right-hand side of the drive.
278
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Sounds promising, Issy.You need to
dig this out and clear it out.
279
00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,880
It's safe enough to go under,
but don't be jackhammering.
280
00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,720
So you think we're safe to go in
all of the shaft...Yeah.
281
00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,800
..and all of the drive?
Yeah. That's fine.
282
00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,760
Just no jackhammering.
No jackhammering.
283
00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,440
This is good ground. (CHUCKLES)
284
00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,000
All right, well, you got
a lot of work to do.
285
00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,080
No risk-taking.All right.
All right.Good on you, Joe.
286
00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,760
I understand that, man.
Like, you're digging your own opal
287
00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:47,800
and you, yeah, look...
BEN: Buddy, erm...
288
00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,840
(BEN SPEAKING)
289
00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,680
Like, five hours or so?
Four, five hours?
290
00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:59,520
Yeah, that's...
Mate, that, that...
291
00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:01,280
Would that do?Legend.
292
00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,720
You're a legend, Ben.
Absolute gold.
293
00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,040
Heavy rains in Yowah
have left Sofia and Isaac's
294
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only working mine inaccessible.
295
00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,320
Desperate for high-quality stock
296
00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,200
to sell at the Lightning Ridge
Opal and Gem Festival,
297
00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,720
they've called in a favour
from local excavator operator,
298
00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,560
Ben Bowen.
299
00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,520
Yeah, here we go, Sofia.
300
00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,200
Whoo!
301
00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,480
The existing trench
which is full of water,
302
00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,920
17-foot-deep,
is just past the bucket
303
00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,640
and it runs about
30 foot that way.
304
00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,520
So he's going to make
an extension of that trench.
305
00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,600
It's an important time
to start spotting, because in Yowah,
306
00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,760
er, it's well-known
there's multiple levels.
307
00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,920
The shallowest level
can be as low as three foot,
308
00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,040
35 foot and then 50 foot.
309
00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,800
So we need to be spotting
from the very outset.
310
00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,520
There is a slip running down
on the side of the wall
311
00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,040
and this is what's coming out of it.
That's coffee potch,
312
00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,880
and what coffee potch is,
it's basically silicide clay,
313
00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,520
clay that's been
impregnated by silica.
314
00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,560
You need silica to be present
in order to find opal.
315
00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,680
But the other thing you need
is ironstone.
316
00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,120
We haven't found ironstone yet.
317
00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,800
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
318
00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,960
Finally digging. Check it out.
Purple clouds.
319
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,000
Like, deep purple.
320
00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:24,960
That's a big storm
and it's coming fast.
321
00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,280
Mate, I just hope that Ben
can get his work done
322
00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:29,880
cos we're guaranteeing him
a certain amount of hours.
323
00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,400
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Hear that? That's thunder.
324
00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,400
This has got to get called off.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
325
00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,920
The bucket's starting
to tear out, like, it's,
326
00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,800
you know, it's quite thin
in here now,
327
00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,120
it's done a lot of work.
And we've moved
328
00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:55,960
thousands of tonnes of dirt with it.
329
00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,720
Kind of a bit critical
at the moment.RORY: Yeah,
it's cracked right around here.
330
00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,080
Well, I think we're gonna
have to pull up, mate,
331
00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,000
because if we keep going
and it tears itself apart,
332
00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:06,760
it'll be a major job.
333
00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,920
The Cheals' final days of digging
an opal-bearing pillar
334
00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,040
holding up the mine roof
have been shut down
335
00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:17,400
by a busted bogger bucket.
336
00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,840
This whole thing's custom-built,
so there's no chance
of just replacing it.
337
00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:27,520
Whatever we need for this thing,
we've gotta build ourselves.
We can't just buy one off the shelf.
338
00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:37,040
I really probably wouldn't be mining
if I didn't know how to do
a lot of this stuff myself.
339
00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:40,560
You know, to get someone out here,
you know, costs an absolute fortune.
340
00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,560
Dad's a bloody wizard. I mean,
without him, we'd be stuffed.
341
00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,840
Luca! I'm going to
lower this down, OK?
342
00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,000
LUCA: Yep.
343
00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,000
It's MIG wire,
it's welding wire,
344
00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,400
and, erm, you want
to run gas with it.
345
00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,520
The gas keeps the,
er, oxygen out of it,
346
00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,840
otherwise it gets
impurities in the weld.
347
00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,040
Oscar and I always give him
a bit of crap for spending his, erm,
348
00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:05,040
his spare change on all this gear,
but when we're in a pickle,
349
00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:06,920
he's always got something to fix it.
350
00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,120
On?It's on, Dad.
351
00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:17,120
We got to get this job done,
cos if we don't, then we can't
shift any dirt, so,
352
00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,440
you know, a bit of
a time factor here happening,
353
00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,360
because we're trying
to take that pillar,
354
00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,200
and we can't do that
without this machinery.
355
00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,600
He's, erm, pretty good
on the tools, Dad.
356
00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,520
Throughout all
of my life he's, like,
357
00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,640
been able to fix literally anything.
358
00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,400
He's, erm, yeah, pretty clever.
Always comes up with a way.
359
00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,840
I figured while I'm here
fixing the bucket,
360
00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:44,520
I may as well brace it up
and make it as strong as I can.
361
00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,480
Chris wants to weld
a one-centimetre-thick steel plate
362
00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,680
onto the corner
of the damaged bucket,
363
00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,880
which will repair the tear
and strengthen the join
364
00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,280
beyond its original capacity.
365
00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,440
All right, well, I reckon
that's good enough, Luca.
366
00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,800
Good job, Dad.
367
00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,320
Hey, Rory.Yo!
368
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,600
I reckon this is right to go, mate.
369
00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,560
Not much left of this now, so I
don't really want any more holdups.
370
00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,880
Once it's all gone,
there's no reason to be here
371
00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,880
and, er,
there's no reason to, you know,
372
00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,680
have ourselves in any sort of,
erm, hazardous situation.
373
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,400
Once this is undercut
and that's hanging off there,
374
00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,800
just stand back,
cos there's enough there
that if it comes out at once,
375
00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,680
it'll knock a prop out.
You don't want to be under that.
376
00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,720
Obviously, when we
take out its support,
377
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,840
there's a chance
that it's gonna drop down.
378
00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,480
We've nearly undercut it completely,
so there's gonna be
nothing holding it up
379
00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,920
except where it's stuck to the roof.
Thirty-five feet underground.
380
00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,280
Er, there's a lot
of weight up there.
381
00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:50,040
And you will all
have to stand back.
382
00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,200
ANGEL: You want to go first, Issy?
Yeah, I was gonna do that.
383
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,360
Under the instructions
of mentor "Opal" Joe,
384
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,720
Angel and Issy are exploring
old-timers' workings
385
00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,600
on their open-cut mine.
386
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,440
I hope you're not claustrophobic.
Too late now.
387
00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,640
(GROANS)
388
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,400
It's very, very difficult
to breathe down there,
389
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,880
but it's opal.
That's what we're there for.
390
00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,560
It's quite tight in here,
391
00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,840
but I reckon I'm just going to
slide down on my belly, Angel.
392
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,840
Probably only got a couple of feet.
393
00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,640
Yeah, just be careful.
394
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,680
I'm right underneath
where I was running the bulldozer.
395
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,320
I've only got three,
four feet of ceiling above me.
396
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,880
Any vibration can send it down.
397
00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,640
Ooh, Issy, I found trace already.
398
00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,200
Bit of trace there.
399
00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:53,960
Ah, ah.
400
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,320
I've just gotten
into the first drive
401
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,600
and I've spotted trace
straightaway.
402
00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,240
Oh, that's even got colour, Issy.
Oh, has it?
403
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,440
Yep. Bit of green, bit of blue.
In the top corner.
404
00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,600
Anything that glows,
it's going in our bucket.
405
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,240
Huh.Look at that.
Awesome, Issy.
406
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,600
Wow! That's actually heaps good.
That's massive.
407
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,600
Oh! Oh! (LAUGHS)
408
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,600
Ooh, ooh, oh.
Oh, there it goes.
409
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,480
Caught it. (LAUGHS)
Caught it?
410
00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,440
Look at the size of it.
Oh, look at that.
411
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,120
(RUMBLING)
412
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,840
Hey, Angel, did you just feel
that vibration?I did, aye.
413
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,320
Issy just felt a vibration
from a neighbour claim,
414
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,880
so now we're going
to get out, but...
415
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,680
..as you can see,
the smallest cave-in
416
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,560
could, you know, trap us in here.
417
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,720
(GROUND RUMBLING)
Let's get out of here quick.
418
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,280
That was not good.
That was not good at all.
419
00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,560
You all right, Issy?
I'm right behind you.
420
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,640
Let's get out, out, out.
421
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,640
Ooh, fresh air.
422
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,640
We could feel tremors
through the ground,
423
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,160
and well, yes, there was...
There's opal there,
424
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,480
but it's not worth dying for.
Yeah, I (BLEEP) myself
when I felt that.
425
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,440
Yeah, could have been enough
to send this whole ceiling down.
426
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,160
All right, let's have a look
at what we've got, aye.
427
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,040
Ooh. Wow, look how dark that is.
428
00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:21,800
Ha-ha. Wow, look at the neon green.
429
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,480
I just got a flash.
430
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,040
Look at...
Look at this piece.
431
00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,600
(LAUGHS)
Oh, look at that.
432
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,520
Look at it winking at us.
433
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,120
Issy.Are you kidding me?
Look at the red.
434
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,320
That's awesome.
We got money here.We have.
435
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,200
We got money here.
436
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:44,240
The Misfits have a parcel
of Andamooka crystal opal.
437
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,600
Featuring the full
spectrum of colour,
438
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,760
it's in the rough,
and there's 226 grams.
439
00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:54,880
I know Joe's gonna be proud.
Oh, I can't wait to show him.
440
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,640
ISAAC: Twenty mils
of rain last night.
441
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,240
I know. It's been
absolutely hammering down.
Do you think the mine's OK?
442
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,000
I think it'll be
a swimming pool, personally.
443
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:14,960
In desperate need of stock
444
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,960
for the Lightning Ridge
Opal and Gem Festival,
445
00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,040
Sofia and Isaac are relying
on a freshly-dug
446
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:24,840
eight-metre-deep trench
on their house claim to find opal.
447
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,600
All right, well, it's not
completely filled with water.Yeah.
448
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,280
How are we gonna get down there?
Abseiling's a good idea.
449
00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:37,080
There's steps there.
We just tie it off on the tree.
That's one way of doing it.
450
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,280
Sofia's brought along the,
erm, abseiling rope.
451
00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:41,000
This is strong, this stuff.
452
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,840
We're just gonna use this,
erm, tree as an anchor point.
453
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,960
Just gonna do
a really basic reef knot.
454
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:48,760
Basic but strong.
455
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,560
Compressor and jackhammer
was lent to us by Uwe,
er, before he left.
456
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,360
And always have an exit strategy.
457
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,400
We might need to
get out of there fast.
458
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,160
See you at the bottom.
459
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,000
All clear. Whoo,
it's not the safest.
460
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,200
There's a fair bit of rock
still coming down.
461
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,600
There's a lot of loose
ground on top.
462
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,680
All good?OK, all clear.
All right. I'm excited.
463
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,960
Just be careful, hey.
464
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,080
Whoa!Wait. Whoa.Ah!Zac.
465
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,040
Oh, mate.Find your step.
Find your step.Ah,
466
00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:27,120
that whole side just gave in.
467
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,000
Watch your head!
468
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,400
That's a good start, isn't it?
Jesus Christ.
469
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,000
You all right?Oh.Geez.
470
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,560
So what do you reckon?
I mean...There's a level
just down to that point.
471
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,080
So this area actually
looks good under there?Yeah.
472
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,040
That's black ironstone in that.
Awesome.
473
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,400
There could be seam opal here
or nuts or anything.
474
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,440
That's a great sign.
It is a good sign.
475
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,280
Er, it's ironstone and coffee potch.
476
00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:53,760
Erm, two huge pointers that
there's Yowah opal nut here.
477
00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:58,040
Shall we have a dig?Yeah.
All right, we'll get in there.
478
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,480
(DRILL WHIRRING)
Just drop that cliff down.
479
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,880
Hey! Look at that! Sof, that.
480
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,800
Look, look at the... Look how black
and shiny this is.Yeah.
481
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,040
Another good sign.
All we need now is opal.
482
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,120
It's, like, purple.Yeah.
I don't know what's going on,
483
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:23,600
but there's definitely elements here
I've never seen before in my life,
cutting or mining.
484
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:25,560
The ironstone's
really starting to form.
485
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,760
Yeah.
It's getting more colourful.
486
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,560
I might get you to spot here.
Yeah. Is that ironstone?
487
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,600
Yeah, that's gone solid.
Look at that! You can
see it's shining.
488
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,480
OK.Now that is a boulder.
That's a boulder.
489
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,360
Listen to it. It's like glass.
All right.We have to get
that out by hand, I think.
490
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,560
Get it, Sofia,
you'll get it out. Just do it.
491
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,360
Just don't break it,
whatever you do.
492
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,520
Do you want me to try
and wiggle it out?Oh.
493
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,040
I'll see if I can,
it's pretty wedged in there, aye?
494
00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:53,360
Yeah, here, this is coming out now.
Here we go.
495
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,480
That's it, that's it.
Oh, that's a nice chunk.
496
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,440
That's a boulder.Yeah.
There's more there.
That's what we want.
497
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,160
Yeah.Zac, there's tiny, little
nut formations in there.
498
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,840
There's something in this for sure.
Ah, here we go.
499
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,040
Oh.Oh, the weight of that.
Ironstone nut. No colour. Whoo!
There's a fair few of them.
500
00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:11,560
Yeah, that's a whole bucket full.
We're so chuffed.
501
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,160
Like, that's the first sign of
colour on this dig in this trench.
502
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,560
I can't wait to open them up
and have a look.
503
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,160
(CHRIS SPEAKING)
Break this up.
504
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,560
We've got the remote bogger,
we can bog that out.
505
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,040
Whatever you do,
no-one goes down in there, righto?
506
00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,680
RORY: Yep.
No reason to be there.
507
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,720
(OSCAR SPEAKING)
508
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,960
Yeah, all the dirt that we want
to dig in this mine's done.
Er, it's taken us four years,
509
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,400
but yeah, finally at that point.
It's pretty cool.
510
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,200
So that's it, aye, for this mine?
Let's get out of here.
511
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,880
Let's go.
512
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,960
(OSCAR SPEAKING)Yeah.Good.
513
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,720
Been there four years,
surely, it looks after us last go.
514
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,400
I hope so. I hope so.
515
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,560
The Cheals have washed
the last dirt from their mine
516
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,960
for two days in an agitator,
517
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,160
a converted cement mixer
that removes clay
518
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,320
to expose any nobbies,
small nodules of opal.
519
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:44,040
You going to crank her up?
Let's get her done.Let's go!
520
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,880
Few moments away
from seeing what we've got.
521
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:52,040
It's the last bird in the pillar.
I think it's the best pillar
we've dug in that claim.
522
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,400
We've got about 80 tonnes
to 100 tonne in there,
523
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,120
so, you know, I reckon we're in
for a big payday, to be honest.
524
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,280
With the tailout leading up to it
and throughout the whole thing,
525
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,400
you just ride the anticipation,
you know.
526
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,040
You don't know what's going to come,
so within two seconds,
527
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,920
one swipe on a tailout table,
you can make a hundred grand.
528
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,600
Good to go.
529
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,080
Pretty quiet up there, boys.
530
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,160
Yeah, we're only getting started.
531
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,680
Right, I've already seen
a few nobbies like that.
532
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:34,360
Have ya?Yeah.
533
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,240
Yeah, hopefully it'll tell us
in around in there somewhere.
534
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:40,560
Nothing I'd rave about.
535
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,480
I'm not convinced
this is going to be anywhere near
536
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:47,880
like the last tailout yet.
537
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,680
And we're getting a lot of material,
538
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,400
erm, just a bit small,
like, no real big money.
539
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,960
Yeah, I thought we'd be off
to a bit more of a flyer
than this, to be honest.
540
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,920
It's time to reveal
the magic, hopefully.
541
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,760
I've got a bucket
full of Yowah nuts.
542
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,160
We're not really sure
what's going on with them.
There's a bit of colour.
543
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,320
We're definitely going to
saw them all open.
544
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,040
I really hope there's something
in those boulders.Yeah.
545
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,000
Even just one or two
would be awesome.
546
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,400
Something that...
To take to the festival.
547
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,680
Isaac and I found a pocket
full of what seems to be
548
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,880
Yowah boulder opal nuts.
549
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,360
Now we're excited to saw them open.
550
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,880
This is really the moment
of truth for us.
551
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,640
We've got Lightning Ridge Festival
coming up super quick.
552
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,680
Er, we need some King stones.
We need some
553
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,720
super stuff to show there.
554
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,160
We call these wet saws
or lapidary saws.
555
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,240
It's a ten-inch saw,
but you can also put
556
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,640
an eight-inch blade on it
or a six-inch blade.
557
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,960
This is a centred blade,
so it's got the diamond
558
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:48,680
going all the way through it.
559
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,480
What I'm doing is I'm sharpening it.
560
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:54,480
By tapping the diamonds,
you're exposing the diamond
and you're making them square,
561
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:58,080
and that running against the rock
cuts beautifully.
562
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:03,520
The water is gonna feed into
the lapidary saw to, erm,
563
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,040
help to saw through
the Yowah boulder nuts.
564
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,320
The lapidary saw
is connected to the generator.
565
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,520
Everything's off-grid,
but we're ready to go.
566
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,200
Now or never.
Give this one a crack.
567
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,280
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
568
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,520
Let's hope it's a crystal centre
straightaway.
569
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,160
Nope. That's all right.
570
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,520
It's one in a thousand, so...
We don't have a thousand though.
571
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,520
No, we don't.
We've just got one bucket.
572
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,200
This one feels a bit better.
All right. Come on, baby.
573
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,040
That is looking...
574
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,680
No.Nah.Useless.
That's useless.Clay.
575
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:43,840
We really need that to be.
576
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,960
It's a better cut.
Come on, you mongrel.
577
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,200
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
578
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,400
That actually sounds good.
Yeah, it sounds all right.
579
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,400
(LAUGHS)
580
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,400
Hey.Isaac.
Ha! Look at this.
581
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,280
Oh, my God.What!
582
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,840
Oh! Oh, my God.
583
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,920
(LAUGHS)
584
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,840
Look it, are you seeing
what I'm seeing? This is unreal.
585
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,320
Sofia, that is tens
of thousands of dollars.
586
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,880
That is... That is the maddest thing
I've ever seen.
587
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,880
I've never seen a rock like that.
That's our King stone.Oh.
588
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,640
We got it, babe.
We did it! We did it!
589
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,720
I think we're both shaking.
590
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,400
Erm, we thought we were
going home with nothing,
591
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,080
but, I mean, this is opal mining.
592
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,760
You... You really...
It's a lot of hard yakka,
593
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,560
it's a lot of,
erm, disappointments,
594
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,000
and then it's all really
just for stuff like this.
595
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,120
Erm, this is beautiful.
596
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,040
It's an absolutely epic Yowah nut.
597
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,760
There's nothing I can imagine
that can happen in my life
598
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,440
that would give me the same buzz
as what just happened.
599
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,600
The Opal Whisperers
have a Yowah boulder nut,
600
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,800
blue-green with red
and yellow highlights.
601
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,720
It's been split, and weighs
three-and-a-half kilograms.
602
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,440
The King stone that we need
603
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,720
to turn up proudly
at Lightning Ridge Festival
604
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,920
and has something unique that
I'm certain no-one else will have.
605
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,200
At the Lightning Ridge
Opal and Gem Festival,
606
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,840
the streets and local
businesses of the town
607
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,840
transform into a store-laden
market place.
608
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,240
Hello, little darling.
You're late, guys.
609
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,280
Hello, Mummy.Let's get going.
How are you, sweetheart?
610
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,720
My beautiful mum, Suzanne Andreou.
611
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,920
Er, for me and a lot
of people that know her,
612
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,000
she is the ultimate
original opal queen.
613
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,680
This lady knows everything
there is to know about opal.
614
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,360
She's been in the business
since the beginning of time.
615
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,040
Thank you.
616
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,640
I got a couple
of people pre-arranged...
617
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,920
Yeah, you told me.
..over Facebook and everything.
We need the money.
618
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,440
That's the thing.Here he is.
We do need the budget.
619
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,960
Hello, Isaac. How you going?
Hey, you made it.Yeah.
620
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,680
How was the drive?
Yeah, nah, good.
621
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,840
You met Sofia?Yes.
No, I haven't, actually.
622
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,520
Nice to meet you.About time.
623
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,920
What was your name again?
Eric.Nice to meet you.
624
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,440
I'm not going to muck around.
I remember you told me
625
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,920
you had a pretty special piece.
You want to see the specimen?
Yeah.Yeah.
626
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,840
OK, I'll get it.
I'll get the specimen.
Yep, OK. Sounds good.
627
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,120
Fresh out of the ground.
All right.
628
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,160
Doesn't look like much,
does it?Ah, no.
629
00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:25,440
Just a dirty old rock.
Not at the moment. Yeah.
630
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,280
Look at that.
631
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,960
Yeah, not bad.
You can see it from here.
632
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,680
(SOFIA SPEAKING)
633
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,560
I'm sure you have
a sum in mind.ISAAC:
Yeah, let's get to it.
634
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,720
I don't want to
insult you either, so.Yeah.
635
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,400
Thank you.Tell me what you want
636
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,520
or what you're looking at.
All right, OK, we'll
cut to the chase.
637
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,680
It's 40 grand for both,
for the pair.
638
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,200
Yeah.
639
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,440
That's, you know, that's more
than I've got to spend.
640
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,440
I... I don't want to let it go.
641
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,880
Erm, would you consider
splitting the two up?
642
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,000
(CLEARS THROAT)
Just out of interest, Eric,
643
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,760
what did you have in mind for half?
644
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:06,840
Half?
645
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,000
Twenty thousand.
It's got to be at least 30.
646
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,040
What about 23?
647
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,560
No.I don't want to let it go,
cos if you...I don't blame
you. It's nice.
648
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,800
I'm... I'm here now.
Erm, I want to make...
649
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,480
I want to make a deal on this.
At least half of one.
650
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,280
And, er, look, I...
I can probably do...
651
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:26,160
Meet me halfway
between 27 and 23, 25?
652
00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:28,360
Twenty-five-thousand for one?Yeah.
653
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,640
Deal.All right.
Congratulations, buddy.
654
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:33,080
Thank you, thank you very much.
655
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,920
SUZANNE: Makes me so happy
that my children are interested
656
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,680
in taking on our legacy.
657
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,320
Got to let it go now, Mum.
Yeah, I know.(LAUGHS)
658
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,600
The kids have grown up
having their holidays
659
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,840
in an opal mine
all their lives... (LAUGHS)
660
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,640
..so it's pretty much
in their blood.
661
00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:50,880
Bye-bye.It's all right, Mummy.
I'll find you another one.(LAUGHS)
662
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,560
Makes me really, really proud.
663
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:05,160
This opal we found, erm,
I got to clean that up ASAP,
664
00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:07,720
get it all ready
to go to Lightning Ridge.
665
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,680
Angel is travelling 17 hours
to New South Wales
666
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,640
for the Lightning Ridge
Opal and Gem Festival
667
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:16,760
to sell her and Issy's parcel
668
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,680
and part of "Opal" Joe's
precious haul
669
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,840
mined 40 years ago.
670
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,680
The reason I'm sending Angel
to Lightning Ridge
671
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,400
is because it'll expose her
to the best of the best
this country's got,
672
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,440
particularly to the buyers.
Buyers are ruthless.
673
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,520
Got a lot of pressure on me.
I'm hoping,
674
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,360
you know, I do Joe proud,
cos he's trusting me with...
675
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,160
..all his opal.
676
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,800
Here's a million dollars
worth of opal.
677
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,400
I'm just setting up our booth
for the show,
678
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:56,400
make sure the stones are displayed
very nicely and professional.
679
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,280
Angel is set up
in the high rollers' booth
680
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:04,520
reserved for high-end opal
with armed guards standing by.
681
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:08,000
All right, we put that here cos
that... I need that yellow light.
682
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,800
That's the main...Yeah.
683
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,640
Er, Haroon and I
are sharing a booth.
684
00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:15,200
He's one of our main cutters.
He's really good at his job,
685
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,360
like, if I have a $20,000 stone,
I'm giving it to him.
686
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,680
Joe's wife, Lindy,
made the pendant,
687
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,960
cut the stone, the earrings,
688
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,640
a bit different to, you know,
greasy hands covered in dust.
689
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:30,240
A bit out of my comfort zone,
but it's the way it is.
690
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,200
You've got to look the part.
Good day, Angel. How's it going?
691
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,840
Good day, Paul.
Good to see you.
Nice to see you. Yeah.
692
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,160
Have you got any new stock,
have you or...?Yes.
693
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:40,640
Got some, a fair bit
of new stuff here.All right.
694
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:43,480
Are you negotiable on these prices?
Yeah, I'm negotiable.
695
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:46,800
So, like virtually, as a low,
696
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,640
it'd be $5,000 for a low,
as a parcel group.
697
00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:52,760
Can you do $5,500?
No. No. Sorry.
698
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,880
There's not a lot of cutters there.
$5,300?
699
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,840
Well, $5,200,
we'll call it a deal.
700
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:08,040
All right.OK, no worries.
OK...Congratulations, Paul.
..thanks for that. No worries.
701
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:11,280
Found a buyer
for mine and Issy's opal.
702
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,960
He's one of the biggest buyers
of the Eastern States.
703
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:18,080
$5,200, good deal.
It's the biggest sale
I've done so far on my own,
704
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:19,760
so, you know, I'm pumped.
705
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,960
Joe's given me his high-end parcel
706
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,640
which is worth, you know,
as much as a house.
707
00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:35,960
It's a rare earth material.
Joe found it in 1982.
708
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,640
Erm, he's trusting me with it.
709
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:40,680
It's getting a lot of attention.
710
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,640
This is our parcel,
711
00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:46,280
16.3 ounces in total.
712
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,680
Wow, Angel. It's just amazing.
713
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,600
Been in the industry
more than 30 years
714
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:53,920
and I've never seen
anything like it.
715
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,320
I do have a customer in America.
Yeah.He knows if I ring him,
it's something good.
716
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,960
Yep, I know it's late. Yep. You...
You're really going to
want to hear this.
717
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:04,800
This is worth a lot of money,
718
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,640
so yeah, hopefully,
this deal can be made.
719
00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:09,520
Hey, Elaine. How'd you go?
720
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,040
Yeah, he does want me
to make an offer on it.OK.
721
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:15,520
Facing red on every angle.
722
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:18,440
(SECURITY GUARD SPEAKING)
723
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:25,160
The asking price
of "Opal" Joe's parcel is so high,
724
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:28,480
the international buyer
requests the negotiations
725
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,360
not to be filmed.
726
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,960
Ah, that was so good.
I'm happy.
727
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:42,680
All went well with Elaine. Erm, we
ended up, you know, making a deal,
728
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:46,760
so I'm happy, she's happy,
Joe's happy.
729
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:48,520
It's been a good day.
730
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:52,200
Now it's time to pack up and
head back to the desert. (CHUCKLES)
731
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,200
RORY: That's the last of it.
732
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,000
After four years
of back-breaking work,
733
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,320
the Cheals are scouring through
the last load of washed
734
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,120
opal-bearing dirt
from their shutdown mine.
735
00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:24,120
Woo-hoo!
Starting to fire up now.
736
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,280
What have you got, bro?
That one.
737
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:30,280
Big green bar around him.Wow.
Oh, bang, another one.
That's a nice little stone.
738
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,560
Yeah, yeah, yeah.(LAUGHS)
That's a bit better.
739
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:36,400
That's a bit better.
Starting to find them now, aye?
Shaping up to be all right,
740
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,960
but yeah, we're hoping
the big one's still in there.
741
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,120
Way, hey, hey!What?
742
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:42,880
Guess what?We got one?
743
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:44,880
(LAUGHTER AND CHEERING)
744
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,480
Let's go. Far out. Look at that.
745
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,480
Look at the size of that.
Woo-hoo!Oh, that's a big one, mate.
746
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,480
Oh, yeah, that's a stone
and a half there.
747
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:55,160
Fifteen, 20 grand.
748
00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:57,440
Look at that one.
What have you got there? Ooh.
749
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,640
Whoa!Nice one, sissy.
750
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:03,160
Hey, that's faced up already.
Yeah.Yeah.
751
00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:05,080
Oh.
752
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:08,160
Whoa!
(LAUGHING AND CLAPPING)
753
00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:10,960
We got a nobby with a big
red colour bar right around it.
754
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:12,960
OSCAR: Oh, yeah!
(LAUGHTER AND CHEERING)
755
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:14,760
Unbelievable.
756
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,880
That's it, aye.
Let's go and check this out
757
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,840
with our last bit of light
for the day.Keen as.
758
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,520
Some material there.
Wow. That's phenomenal.
759
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,360
That's better quality
than last week.For sure.
760
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,880
There's a lot more black there.
Yeah.
761
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:37,280
I reckon we've well and truly
hit our revised target.
762
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,560
Oh, there's got to be
at least another 200 there,
763
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,960
and it's better than last week.
764
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:43,960
There'd have to be 250 there.
765
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:45,760
Quarter of a milly.
766
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,840
Oh, wow, that's...
We were looking for it and...
767
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,960
(LAUGHTER)
Unreal, aye.
768
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:56,880
Oh, I'm a bit... Oh, I'm just...
I'm gobsmacked really, like...
769
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,360
I would have never have
picked it from last season.
770
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,400
Never have picked it.
(LAUGHTER)
771
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,520
NARRATOR: The Cheals have rare
black and crystal opal nobbies
772
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,360
displaying the full array
of colours.
773
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,920
In the rough, there's 700 grams.
774
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:17,480
They estimate the value
to be $250,000.
775
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:21,080
The most valuable opal haul
they've ever found.
776
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:24,920
This is unbelievable.
So what's that,
777
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,840
250 grand,
778
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,280
plus our 330 grand
we got for the year?
779
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,160
$580,000 this season.
780
00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:34,360
Over half a mil, whoa!
Over half a mil.
781
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,160
(LAUGHTER AND CHEERING)
782
00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:38,040
That is crazy.
That's huge.
783
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:41,360
Absolutely speechless
after that tailout.
784
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:43,800
I mean, quarter
of a million dollars,
785
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:46,560
erm, yeah, it's an absolute
dream come true.
786
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:53,080
When you're going through
the tough times opal mining,
you know, the rush of finding opal,
787
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:56,040
being on opal and having
a tailout like we did today,
788
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,720
and yeah, I'm just,
you know, soaking it up.
789
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,840
Yeah, to see Dad succeed
doing what he loves is,
790
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,320
yeah, it's a great feeling.
791
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,840
(CHRIS SPEAKING)
792
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,000
Dad deserves this, like, so much.
793
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,680
So I'm glad that
he's finally gotten there,
794
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:15,960
because, you know,
he's worked incredibly hard,
795
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,960
and yeah, this is exactly
what he needed.
796
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:20,920
RORY: Good stuff, mate.
CHRIS: Yeah.
797
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,680
I'm already a winner.
798
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:26,640
You know, my kids are unbelievable.
Like, you know,
799
00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:28,760
I don't really want much in life.
800
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,280
I just want
what they're giving me right now,
801
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:32,960
and that's love and support.
802
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:50,960
# ASH GRUNWALD: Money #
802
00:43:51,305 --> 00:44:51,265
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