"Outback Opal Hunters" High Goals

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,280 NARRATOR: On Outback Opal Hunters... 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,240 ANGEL: It's like an avalanche. 3 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,120 There's just weeks left in the mining season... 4 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,040 JOE: So, why are we here? We can't reach the base anymore. 5 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:13,520 Right. Week and a half only. If you don't find anything, I'm canning it. 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,120 ..and the Misfits are forced to move to a new claim... 7 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,120 ISABELLE: That looks awfully loose. 8 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,120 That's a tunnel, Issy. Is that a drive? 9 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,840 ..unearthing the rarest opal they've ever found. 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,040 I've not seen anything like this, ever. 11 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,720 Oh, my God, it's got colour. That is stunning. 12 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,800 The Bushmen attempt to work their flooded mine... 13 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,040 ROD: (GROANS) Just got a boot full of water. 14 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,480 That's five- four or five metres deep, innit, Les?LES: Yeah. 15 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,400 And then once the water hits the walls, 16 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:43,600 it's just gonna keep on going down there. 17 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,240 It'll get higher and higher and they start collapsing. 18 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,200 ..and are hit with catastrophic machine failure. 19 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,160 Hey, I've lost controls, Les. Where's that coming from? 20 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,800 The Blacklighters work a mammoth night shift 21 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,480 to unearth opal... 22 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,440 MARK: Oh, look at that! 23 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,400 Let's just load it into the bucket and get on with the night. 24 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,080 ..and are lowballed by one of their regular buyers. 25 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,880 $38,000, Mark. That's half, man. 26 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:09,560 It's not happening, ay. 27 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,480 I'm not gonna make enough out of it. 28 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:19,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 29 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,760 ISABELLE: How close do you reckon you can get there, Angel? 30 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,000 ANGEL: Still got a couple more inches. 31 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:46,240 The excavator's right on the edge of this loose dirt 32 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:49,600 and I don't want to accidentally, yeah, fall in the hole with ya. 33 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,760 (OVER RADIO) Yeah, well, I don't want you doing that either. 34 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,640 Got a 25 tonne machine in front of me. 35 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,960 Our ramp here is getting steeper and steeper, 36 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,640 so we're not gaining the reach 37 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,120 that we need to get onto this wall. 38 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,480 There's no point in working if you can't reach the opal face, 39 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,600 cos that's where the opal is, so... 40 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,720 Normally, we'd bring the bulldozer in 41 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,640 to push out this dirt to give us more room, 42 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,960 but unfortunately, that's at home getting repairs and a service. 43 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,960 (OVER RADIO) Yeah, I can't reach that wall, Issy. 44 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,440 I'm just gonna hop out and have a bit of a look. 45 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,120 Yeah, no worries. 46 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,720 Oh! That's so damn steep, man. I know. 47 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,240 It's like an avalanche. 48 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,320 That's teetering right on the edge 49 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,320 of actually slipping into this hole with you. 50 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,840 That's what worries me and I've got nowhere to go... 51 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,520 No, you don't...cos there's no way out of here, quick. 52 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,840 Yeah, I think we're stuffed here, Angel. 53 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,160 NARRATOR: Just weeks of the mining season remain 54 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,960 and the Misfits, Angel Dempsey, 55 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,000 new recruit, Issy Glen, 56 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,160 and mentor and financer, Opal Joe Kalmar, 57 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,480 have been forced to down tools, 58 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,360 waiting for vital bulldozer repairs. 59 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,880 JOE: Hunting opal's hard work. And the summers, 60 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,680 the summer's already encroaching. 61 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,920 Then we've got to deal with the (BLEEP) storms 62 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,640 that are happening in between. 63 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,760 ISABELLE: Oh.ANGEL: I think we should ah head back to camp 64 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,320 before we get stranded.Yeah. 65 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,400 We're behind on our opal target 66 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,720 and there's only a few weeks left of the season, 67 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,800 so, yeah, no, it's pretty concerning. 68 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,320 PAUL: So, are you negotiable on these prices?ANGEL: Yeah, I am. 69 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,880 OK.I want to be a fully independent miner one day. 70 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,040 I need money to be able to do that, 71 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:42,960 and to have money, I need to find opal. 72 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,760 It's probably gonna take me a few seasons to get the money 73 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,440 to buy a $50,000 excavator, 74 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,520 buy a $100,000 bulldozer, 75 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,680 but I'm gonna keep going until that day comes. 76 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,720 ISABELLE: OK, are we set? 77 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,400 Go! 78 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,680 All of the money that I'm gonna make from opal mining, 79 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,040 I'd like to put back into the gym. 80 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,120 We've just had the Commonwealth Games. 81 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,840 Most of you would know, Callum's just won silver, 82 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,400 which is absolutely fantastic. 83 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,120 Our target is gonna be able to fund these kids 84 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,920 to be able to follow their dreams, just as I'm following mine. 85 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,680 I'm hoping we can smash it out, 86 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,680 you know, in the last couple of weeks, cos if not, 87 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,760 I won't be eating, basically. 88 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,560 ISABELLE: We need somewhere to mine. ANGEL: Yep. 89 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,800 What about my mine? 90 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,760 Yeah, that could work. It's accessible. 91 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,920 Very shallow, hey, so that should be pretty easy to work.Yep. 92 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,000 At least that way we're still mining cos, yeah, we can't do it here. 93 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,520 NARRATOR: Issy's mine is on the Tea Tree Opal Field, 94 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,480 almost four kilometres from Angel's claim. 95 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,400 It's been worked for decades by old timers, 96 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,800 but still holds pockets of virgin ground. 97 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,840 ANGEL: Joe's got to be a part of this decision on moving claims 98 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,440 in the meantime, cos he's the money man. 99 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,600 Hey, Joe.JOE: Hey, 'up. ISABELLE: Hey, Joe. 100 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,920 What happened to the excavator? We snookered ourselves, basically. 101 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,240 You boxed yourself in? It was-Yep, we did. 102 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,120 We can't reach the face anymore. So why are we here? 103 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,720 Well, I've put it to Angel, you know, 104 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,800 basically, rather than wait week and a half 105 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,880 for parts for the dozer, 106 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,880 why don't we come and work here for the next week or so. 107 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,400 All right. Shall we have a look? 108 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,760 It's stagnant at the moment, so we may as well do something with it. 109 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:30,520 Got way more room than Lunatic here. 110 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,000 Yeah, but that's because here is very little virgin ground. 111 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,560 But this has got a good rep for good crystal, so... 112 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:41,080 So, is that a thumb's up or a thumb's down? 113 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,120 We're better off not boxing in the excavator, to be honest, 114 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,400 you know, but there is no choice. 115 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,800 You really gonna have to prove yourselves here 116 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,240 cos the pockets are here, but they'll be very, very small. 117 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,960 All right, cheers. All right, let's go get this sorted. 118 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,720 Let's do it. A week and a half only. 119 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,840 If you don't find anything, I'm canning it. 120 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,520 Yep.I don't wanna waste diesel. 121 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,240 ISABELLE: Looks like we're stuffed today. 122 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:11,960 ANGEL: Yeah, definitely no mining. 123 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,840 Strike one, bulldozer breaking down. 124 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,080 Strike two, we're boxed in with the excavator. 125 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:21,760 And this is strike three. 126 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,840 You know, this is normally where I'd say to you, Angel, 127 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,480 "You've gotta have faith and a bit of hope," 128 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,560 but you know, I'm losing it real fast. 129 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,760 There's only a few weeks left of the season 130 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:34,440 and it's been raining. 131 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,960 You know, it's a dry desert, normally. 132 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,960 But yeah, Mother Nature's thrown a spanner in the works this season. 133 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,280 Both our mines are built like dams, 134 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,160 so the water's just gonna run in and sit there, 135 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,480 and that can take months for it to dry out. 136 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,640 It could be the end of our season right now. 137 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,400 You know, if it's full of water, that's it, we're done. 138 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,680 ROD: Is she moving? LES: Not looking good, ay. 139 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,440 It's just slush. 140 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,680 The last thing we need. 141 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,200 No, we're not having much luck. 142 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,560 We had such big plans for this year. 143 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,320 Spent all that money on machinery and here we are, 144 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,560 end of the season, and we're bogged. 145 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,440 You just sitting there spinning. 146 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,720 We just can't afford to have the truck bogged. 147 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,000 We need the truck to get rid of all our dirt from underground. 148 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,680 Can't dump any more there 149 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,800 cos we've got to shovel all that as it is. 150 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,680 Yeah. We're stuck. 151 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,520 ROD: It's just flooding the whole mine. 152 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,400 Drag that dirt back this way. 153 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,560 Hang on. 154 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,960 NARRATOR: The Bushmen, Rod Manning, 155 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,520 Les Walsh and Ty Gross 156 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,920 have spent the season abandoning failed mines. 157 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,920 TY: Here we are at Ding Dong, ay, boys. 158 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,600 ROD: Third move for the year, Ty. 159 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,520 And battling the unyielding elements. 160 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,400 You know, it is gonna impact on our season 161 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,200 because the longer you're above ground, 162 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,320 the less chance you got of finding opal. 163 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,360 And now, Ty needs to take time off 164 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,040 to help his wife Haidee 165 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,120 while she recovers from surgery. 166 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,320 TY: We found out that she had a brain tumour. 167 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,320 There's no medical services that can, you know, fix Haidee up. 168 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,720 It's like a nine and a half hour drive to Sydney. 169 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,160 It's just been one hell of a journey. 170 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,320 ROD: Keep going. Whoa! Whoa! 171 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,000 Now we've hit this. 172 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,600 LES: It gets harder when Ty's not around. 173 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,440 Not working? 174 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,800 But he has to have time out to take his missus to the hospital. 175 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,920 But that's how it's going at the moment. 176 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,160 NARRATOR: Rod and Les' last hope 177 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,440 rests on finding a pocket of crystal opal 178 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,560 in the final weeks of the season 179 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,720 worth up to $28,000 a gram. 180 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,640 ROD: Things are getting a bit desperate 181 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,000 and we're nowhere near where we need to be. 182 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,680 Me and the old fella, 183 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,120 we've gotta keep cracking on. It's all you can do. 184 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,080 ROD: I'll keep trying to rock it backwards and forwards, Les. 185 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,520 LES: Yeah. Gets a bit of grip, it might. 186 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,320 (CHEERING) Les! Well, that worked. 187 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,200 You beauty!That worked. 188 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,880 We got to get this off, mate, and get back mining. 189 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,720 This season's fast coming to an end. 190 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,320 You know, with us, we live here all year round. 191 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,880 We are here through that horrible heat in summer, 192 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,160 you know, 48 degree days, 193 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,680 and uh, we do like to have a break. (CHUCKLES) 194 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,440 We'll try and put some dirt in these wheel tracks. 195 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,560 That will give us traction on our back wheels to get out. 196 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:45,320 Most of the miners aren't working at the moment cos of the weather. 197 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,600 And it is getting late in the season, you know. 198 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:49,280 But we just can't quit. 199 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,600 You all right?Yeah, the hip's playing up a bit this morning. 200 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:00,520 It will be right when I straighten up properly. 201 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,320 From the look of it, my retirement is a fair way off yet. 202 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:06,400 I was hoping it was gonna be by summertime, 203 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,040 but I can't see anything happening. 204 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:10,960 Back me in, Les. 205 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,600 Yeah, that dirt, hopefully, will stop us from getting bogged. 206 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:16,280 That will do! 207 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:19,760 Righto. Let's do this. 208 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:27,440 (CROAKING) 209 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,240 (GROANS) Just got a boot full of water. 210 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,400 Holy ghost! Hey Les, crikey, have a look at this. 211 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,080 This- Water- 212 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,520 That's four or five metres deep, innit, Les?LES: Yeah. 213 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,400 Er... around here, look. 214 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,160 We can go swimming down here. 215 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,200 Come in the last few days. 216 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,520 I don't like water in an opal mine, Les. 217 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,440 This is a a clay level, 218 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,640 and clay when it gets wet, 219 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,240 it starts falling out of your walls. 220 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,160 Once the walls start going like that, 221 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,120 they start collapsing. 222 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,640 We don't want this rising any more.No. 223 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,760 Water and opal dirt don't mix. 224 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:16,840 MARK: Uh, this is the pointy end now. 225 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,240 We have done months upon months 226 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,760 and breakdowns and every scenario you could ever imagine. 227 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,920 Now, we are finally getting to where 228 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,560 we are expecting some pay, so pretty excited. 229 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,560 Go right down into the ground. 230 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:35,520 Hey! Hey! 231 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,640 (LAUGHING) That is a full cockle, mate. 232 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,920 (CHEERING) Yeah! Cockle time. 233 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,680 Oh, Paul, look at the colour in it. I know. 234 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,520 Man, that is a big shell. 235 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,960 Oh, mate, we are just gonna have to be so careful. 236 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,960 We were gonna miss that. It is just thrown out. 237 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,160 Stop talking about. Let us get some more. 238 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,240 There is gotta be more. 239 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,520 NARRATOR: The Blacklighters, 240 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,680 team leader, Mark I'Anson, 241 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,920 stepson, Xavier, 242 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Paul Coon and John Nassar 243 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,160 have spent the lion's share of the mining season 244 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,800 and $50,000 in cash 245 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,800 excavating a huge open cut mine. 246 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:28,680 MARK: If we are just gonna keep breaking, we are wasting our time. 247 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,360 RACHEL: It is ending up costing us an absolute fortune. 248 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,560 This is just one massive money pit, man. 249 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,880 I feel the bank account just disappearing. 250 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:38,600 If we don't find opal, 251 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:40,840 there is no auctions, there is no team. 252 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,720 There is just nothing. 253 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,320 Both Mark and I and the others, 254 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,360 we have all come from harder times. 255 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,280 Family is the essence of our business. 256 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,080 NARRATOR: Just weeks are left in the season 257 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,000 and time is running out 258 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:59,200 to reach their $350,000 target. 259 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,840 MARK: Which is a lot of money, but it is only just breaking even. 260 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,880 It is not superstar wages whatsoever. 261 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:07,560 It is just getting there. 262 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,960 RACHEL: Now, it is more important than ever 263 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,920 that we have the opal in stock to be able to sell. 264 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,080 PAUL: Righto, Xavvy. 265 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,800 (ON RADIO) Park her up the top. We are all good for now. 266 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,720 XAVIER: Pretty excited to get some dirt through Opalzilla. 267 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,200 It has been a few months since we have actually hit some opal. 268 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,360 Hopefully, in the darkroom the whole belt will be lit up. 269 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,600 We will be on the money. 270 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:36,560 Ready to go. Woo! 271 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,800 NARRATOR: The Blacklighters open cut mine 272 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,040 is now at the opal level, 15 metres down, 273 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,960 so every truckload of dirt must be processed 274 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,440 by their ten-tonne noodling machine, Opalzilla. 275 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,600 Fire her up. Let us have some fun and collect some stones. 276 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,880 JOHN: Righto, Mucky Mark. Put some of that good dirt through. 277 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,160 I don't want to be bored in here today. Give me some colour. 278 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,080 After dust and dirt is tumbled from the opal bearing rock, 279 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,560 the conveyor then passes it through their blacklight room 280 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:09,520 where ultraviolet light causes the opal to fluoresce, 281 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,400 making it easier to see on the belt. 282 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:16,280 We are pretty well in the zone now, but... 283 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,880 Yeah, could be few and far between or it could go crazy, so... 284 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,560 We will soon find out. 285 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,480 MARK: G'day, mate. How you going? 286 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,400 All right. Yeah. 287 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,680 No, I will talk to the boys, see what we can do for sure, mate. 288 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,360 See you, mate. 289 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,520 Just had a pretty interesting call from Peter Watson. 290 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,120 Um, he is asking for our help. 291 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,600 Pete is one of the very few in this town that 292 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,440 you could say are real serious miners. 293 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,280 If everyone could probably head on up to the genie. 294 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:50,960 We gotta have a chat. 295 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,600 There is not many people out here to give you a hand, 296 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,800 so you gotta bend over backwards for everyone 297 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,480 when you get half a chance. 298 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,760 Now, I have had a call from Peter Watson, 299 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,440 and um-PAUL: Oh, what at? 300 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,600 He needs a hand for a couple of nights. 301 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,280 XAVIER: Doing what? 302 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,720 He gotta finish his cut. He wants us to blacklight behind his machine. 303 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,400 The ratters are getting to him, 304 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,880 so he wants to finish the job and get out of there. 305 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,880 Do we shut down here for a few days? 306 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,400 We shut down. A couple more days man. 307 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,080 He likes to do things on his own, 308 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,040 so he must need a hand definitely, ay. 309 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,320 Shit. Bad timing. We are on it here. (CHUCKLES) 310 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,200 I know we are and how long have we waited for this. 311 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,240 We are just gonna have to come back to it. 312 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,040 Come back to it, ay. 313 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:31,880 It is a tough decision to go help him 314 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,360 cos we have not got much time left in the season. 315 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,960 We wanna knock this cut over. We wanna finish it. 316 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,240 Awesome, guys. Pack up all this, I guess. 317 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,520 It sucks cos we are getting left wide open for ratters now, 318 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,960 so we have just got to hope no one is gonna come and steal 319 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,720 what we have worked so hard to try and get to. 320 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,120 We were on, mate- We were on and...Mm. 321 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,080 ..we are shutting down, but we wanna get something out of it 322 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,520 cos we shut down on such a good time, you know. 323 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,800 Just hope we find something. That would be the best thing.Yeah. 324 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,600 Season is disappearing. We have still got another 50 grand 325 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,880 to get to hit our target, so not easy. 326 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,320 ANGEL: Yeah, the biggest problem today is it is so boggy, 327 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,880 like, it is ridiculous, but we have got no choice 328 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:17,800 but to get out there and find opal. 329 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,280 Yeah, just a little stretch to go. 330 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,800 NARRATOR: After heavy storms over the past 24 hours, 331 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,800 the Misfits need to get their bobcat across boggy roads 332 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,880 to work Issy's claim, Honey Hole. 333 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,200 Oh, whoop! (CHUCKLES) 334 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,400 That was slippery. (LAUGHS) 335 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,240 I saw that. 336 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,960 So, at this point in time, 337 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,680 we are gonna shift as much dirt as we can on the bobcat 338 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,080 and probably get back on our jackhammers, 339 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,760 you know, and do what we do best, mine. 340 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,240 You wanna show me where you want your dirt, Issy? 341 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,640 I want to be a fully independent miner one day, 342 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,720 yeah so, you know, I need money to be able to do that, 343 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,040 and to have money, I need to find opal. 344 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,720 The season is coming to an end. 345 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,080 I need money to be able to put back in our boxing gym. 346 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,320 A lot of it is helping kids, you know, so without it, 347 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,280 I don't know how much longer we can keep running. 348 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,840 Oh, that seems a bit soft. That looks awfully loose. 349 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,320 That is a tunnel, Issy! Is that a drive? 350 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,760 Oh, that is a good sign. 351 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,880 I mean, having this drive here proves that there was opal here. 352 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,000 I would love to at least make an entrance. 353 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,520 Yeah, we are digging it out and having a look. 354 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,360 I will jump in and start scooping. 355 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,040 There is a couple of levels down here 356 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:40,920 that I am seeing at the moment. 357 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 See that boulder under there? 358 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,880 Oh, yeah.There is a crack. Yeah, that is a beauty. 359 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,080 That would be worth, you know, digging out. 360 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,320 What I have noticed on that boulder is 361 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,360 it has fractures in it and that is where the silica 362 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,800 or the water would have been laying for millions of years 363 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:02,200 which in turn will produce opal. 364 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,560 Look at that crack. 365 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,240 She is a beauty. (GRUNTS) 366 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,720 That has got a thick opal face on it. 367 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,680 You can cut the opal off the rock, 368 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,120 so then if it is really good crystal opal, we are on a win. 369 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,080 What do you reckon? I give it a crack? 370 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,600 Give it a crack. Hopefully, she splits open nicely. 371 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,120 Oh, moment of truth. 372 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,680 Look how nicely that is broken- 373 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,480 Oh, watch your toes.Toes. 374 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,480 No! 375 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,840 That could have been something special.Yeah. 376 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,800 No opal. 377 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,920 Not meant to be.No. 378 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,480 ROD: We need to pump this out, Les, 379 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,960 or we are gonna be in strife here.LES: Yeah. 380 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,320 Um, I am going to lift the top off this shaft, Les. Be careful. 381 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,720 Yeah. Well, don't you go for a swim either. 382 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,400 See this mud, 383 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,920 this was really solid floor before 384 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,720 and then once the water hits it, 385 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,960 it goes like this... 386 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,320 ..and that is exactly what the walls do. 387 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,000 Once the walls start going like that, they start collapsing. 388 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,120 All right, Les, fire her up. 389 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,120 NARRATOR: To stop their opal mine from collapsing... 390 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,160 She working?Yes. 391 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,240 ..The Bushmen have to pump water 392 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,240 out of a four metre deep sump hole. 393 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,720 Got to wait a few hours to see how much she sucks out. 394 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,400 So now we got this organised, 395 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:32,840 we will probably go and do a bit of digging. 396 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:34,600 All right, let us get back to work. 397 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,760 So we have had so much rain, you know, 398 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,440 the ground is just up the top is just so waterlogged. 399 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,440 Just need to be very, very cautious of this water up here. 400 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,560 I have felt pressure for the last few seasons 401 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,920 trying to find opal so that Les can have a decent retirement 402 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,240 and every year we just have not hit our targets, 403 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,840 we have not done what we need to do. 404 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,000 A little bit on the hard side there, Les.It is a bit. 405 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,520 It is a bit. Nothing there is there? 406 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,520 Oh, we got a bit of green there. 407 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,280 I will pry it out, mate, 408 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:08,000 but I think it is just teasing us. 409 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:10,880 Whoa! 410 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,840 (COUGHS) 411 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,640 Just teasing? 412 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,360 Yeah, that is all. 413 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,640 Might be 35 cents, Les. Chuck her in the tin. 414 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,720 Yeah, see that is what it keeps doing, Les. 415 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,440 Gives you this tiny bit of colour and then nothing else. 416 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,280 Yeah, then it just disappears. Yeah. 417 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,240 We need it to start lining up. 418 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,560 Got to start getting it out in kilo lots. 419 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,280 (CRANKING) 420 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,360 Hey, I have lost controls, Les. I have lost controls. 421 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,080 Oh, what is gone wrong now? 422 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,760 Oh, Jesus. 423 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,640 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) 424 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,000 Christ, Almighty. Does it ever end, Les? 425 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,680 Without this, we ain't working. 426 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,480 I think it is coming from that hose right there, Les.Oh, righto. 427 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,400 Oh, no! 428 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,600 It is that one down there as well. There are two hoses blown. 429 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,720 They have probably rubbed on each other actually. 430 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,400 NARRATOR: A leak in the hoses 431 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,600 stops the pistons and motors from receiving hydraulic fluid 432 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,480 vital for generating pressure for the digger arm 433 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,880 to gouge out the tough rock. 434 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,080 You got one, have ya? There you go. 435 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,040 Yeah. You have got one more. That little skinny one in there, 436 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:27,960 it is gotta come out too, mate. Oh, this is a messy job doing this. 437 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,720 The oil over everything. Oil over everything. 438 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,360 There is the other one. Yeah? Well done, mate. 439 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,440 Righto, Les. I reckon we go back to the camp.Righto. 440 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,240 You all right? (EXHALES) Oh, yeah. 441 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,120 We have not got any of these fittings, 442 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,000 so we gotta go into the hydraulic place 443 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,200 and all the roads are cut off with the floods. 444 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,400 We could well be two or three days 445 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,480 waiting for our parts to come through. 446 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,800 JOHN: G'day, Pete. MARK: Good to see you, mate. 447 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,720 PETE: Bring plenty of fuel with ya? Yeah, we got plenty of fuel. Yep. 448 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,320 So, what is the, um, what is the deal? We... 449 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,080 You haven't got a checker.Yes. Is that what's going on? 450 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,920 My silent partner is silent. He has gone real silent.Yeah. 451 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,960 (LAUGHS) Oh, no.So, need a hand to do the last bit of the cut. 452 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,160 Yeah, no worries. We will be more than happy. 453 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,840 We got plenty of eyes here. 454 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,080 NARRATOR: As season's end looms, 455 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,440 the Blacklighters have been forced to down tools at their open cut mine 456 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,600 and help out long time mate, Pete Watson. 457 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,520 So what, we get a bit of a share or...? 458 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,120 Yeah, we will split it three ways. the easiest way. 459 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,760 Yep. And then you your blind partner still gets a bit. 460 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:33,680 That is right. Oh, geez, that is a bit- 461 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,120 Can't complain then. He definitely can't complain. 462 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,120 All right, well, let's get into it. I am excited. 463 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,800 NARRATOR: Pete's mine is ten kilometres from the Blacklighters claim, 464 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,080 on the Shell Patch Opal Field. 465 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,560 It is 100 by 50 metres, 466 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,560 with a shallow opal level at 4.5 metres. 467 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,520 It's too hard doing this by yourself. You end up missing it. 468 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,040 You are better off giving a third away 469 00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:58,880 and getting opal than 470 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,640 getting a 100% and pushing it up the dump. 471 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,320 PAUL: These are the rippers here. 472 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,680 He is just going to sink those into the ground 473 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,240 and rip along and we are just gonna sit behind it 474 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,280 with the blacklight and look for any material that comes out. 475 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:15,040 MARK: You don't wanna get run over by that thing at night 476 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:16,800 cos he can't see you coming, ay. 477 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,960 There is no reversing camera there. 478 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,200 It is an old machine, so you fall over, you are dead. 479 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,880 Oh! 480 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,880 There was a big chunk here, but... JOHN: You lost him? 481 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,120 I thought you were good at checking, Mark? 482 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,240 It was half way down the ripper. We need to find it.PAUL: Yeah. 483 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,680 It is a lot harder to see it with the dozer, 484 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,280 but we will get the ground done a lot faster. 485 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:48,280 As soon as we hit a pocket, we will stop and use the excavator 486 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,960 so we miss nothing, 487 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,400 but while we are exploring, we will use the dozer. 488 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,440 Oh, we are getting a bit fatter here. 489 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,600 I am a winner. Keep that one. (LAUGHS) 490 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,040 Got some thicker stuff in there.Yeah. 491 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,680 Oh, yeah, there is some shells. 492 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,360 Grab the whole bit. 493 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,880 NARRATOR: Millions of years ago, 494 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,240 a vast inland sea drained into the earth 495 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,840 and silica-rich water filled voids 496 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,240 left behind by shells and other organic matter 497 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,080 to form opal. 498 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,160 MARK: Woah! JOHN: Oh, Xavvy. 499 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,560 Oh! (LAUGHS) 500 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,600 Hey, Pete! I will give it to him. 501 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,240 Somebody put the ripper through it. Look, it is been broken.(LAUGHING) 502 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,560 Ripping with the dozer is gonna scatter it. 503 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,520 We will get down with the excavator with the mud bucket on it 504 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,440 and slowly go through it. That way we will not miss it. 505 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,040 It's only the beginning. We got miles of dirt here to go through... 506 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,880 I just I am excited to get down even deeper. 507 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,040 Oi, have you guys seen where Xavier is? 508 00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:02,280 PAUL: To tell you the truth, I haven't seen him in a little bit. He has just disappeared. 509 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,680 Oh, Xavier has gone missing, so there is holes everywhere. 510 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,920 I just said let me know where you are 511 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,800 cos I have got to watch him behind the (BLEEP) dozer 512 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,520 and he has disappeared on us, so... 513 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,400 I hope he is all right. 514 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,240 ANGEL: All right, let's go through the other dirt 515 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,080 that I took out of there. 516 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:33,520 Then we will have a bit of a dig around here and see what is there. 517 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,720 Yeah, this is the roof of the cave. 518 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,880 Every clump I see I am going to smash it up 519 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,240 cos there might be an opal pocket in the centre. 520 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,600 You know, it is kind of our last hope. 521 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,760 NARRATOR: Unable to work their main mine 522 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,800 until their dozer is repaired, 523 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:52,280 the Misfits are attempting to find opal on Issy's claim, Honey Hole. 524 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:54,320 ISABELLE: You know, ideally, 525 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,480 we would be finding crystal opal, 526 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,080 you know, and nice crystal opal by now. 527 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,880 That is just solid gypsum there. 528 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,760 I think I might just move onto this dirt one. 529 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,360 But not getting my hopes up because if I get my hopes up, 530 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,760 I might just get dragged right back down again. 531 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,640 This is still mud. 532 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,680 What is that, Angel? (EXCLAIMS) 533 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,640 I have never seen that. 534 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,360 That is a good sign. That is a... 535 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,280 A bit of trace, a bit of opal. 536 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,560 Almost looks like fire opal. 537 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,760 NARRATOR: Fire opal, named for its flame-like colour, 538 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,160 is predominantly found in Mexico, 539 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,200 with recent discoveries in Western Australia. 540 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,080 But finding a deposit in Andamooka is extremely rare. 541 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,760 Depending on quality, 542 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,440 it can be worth thousands of dollars per gram. 543 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,560 I have seen lots of honey pouch. 544 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,680 It is what Andamooka's famous for, and yeah, it is brown, 545 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,720 it is ugly, it is not that bright. 546 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,800 But anything, no matter what the size, we are picking up because 547 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,320 worse case is it is only worth a couple of bucks. 548 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,040 Well, a couple of bucks will buy you a sandwich, ay. 549 00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:00,200 So, I am keen to show Joe. 550 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,880 JOE: Youse winning? 551 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,560 Oh, I am not sure. 552 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,360 I don't know what it is. Like, it is crystal clear. 553 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,600 This is what we found.Yeah. 554 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,160 Oh, that is beautiful. 555 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,640 I have not seen anything like this ever. 556 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,120 And it is not fire opal from WA, right, cos we are in Andamooka. 557 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,000 But, I think this is actually better. 558 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,760 But, it is not the strong orange like this. 559 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,760 Not this crystal clear, anyway. 560 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,600 OK.Now the excitement is kicking in. 561 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,080 I will send some away. I will get them cut quickly. 562 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,120 If it actually ends up with colour in it, it'll be worth heaps. 563 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,440 I think it is the rarest thing I have ever seen. 564 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,000 It looks better than diamonds, to be honest with you. 565 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,880 Well done. (LAUGHING)Cool. 566 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,080 Good day and we will see if there is any more 567 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,840 because we need money. (CHUCKLES) 568 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,680 Yeah, we do, desperately. Pick up everything we can find. 569 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:54,960 TY: Hey, boys.ROD: You turned up just in time, mate. 570 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,640 The road is closed, so lucky, I could get through back into Lightning Ridge 571 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,200 to get old man Terry to fix those hoses up for us.LES: Yeah. 572 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,680 Yeah, we are lucky that the (BLEEP) spare parts truck come through, too. 573 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,280 Yeah.Righto, Les, you got that, mate?Yeah. 574 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:10,040 A bit hard to reach I know. 575 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,120 NARRATOR: Bushman, Ty Gross, 576 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,640 has made the nine-hour journey from Sydney 577 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,760 with crucial hydraulic hoses for the team's busted digger. 578 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,160 Ty's had a lot of problems with his wife. 579 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,840 She has been pretty, pretty sick, 580 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,760 so he is sort of backwards and forwards 581 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,680 to the big smoke, to the hospitals there. 582 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,360 And it's wearing him down. I notice it.That's that one. 582 00:28:33,305 --> 00:29:33,732 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm