"Outback Opal Hunters" Episode #6.12
ID | 13197291 |
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Movie Name | "Outback Opal Hunters" Episode #6.12 |
Release Name | Outback Opal Hunters_S06E12_Episode #6_1GGG.720p |
Year | 2021 |
Kind | tv |
Language | English |
IMDB ID | 36184759 |
Format | srt |
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NARRATOR: On Outback Opal Hunters...
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It's the last week of the season.
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Is everything going
all right down there?
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It's too hard.
There's no way in the world
you're going to be able to dig this.
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Sweltering heat forces the Bushmen
to enlist a rookie miner.
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It's hard as (BLEEP) on the floor.
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It's like nothing
I've ever seen before.
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There was a big seam up there, boy.
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Look what you missed,
you big (BLEEP).
Look at that!
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Oh, I think I got a problem, boys.
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OSCAR: Can't get a break, can we?
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The Cheals battle
blowouts above ground...
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We busted into an old drive here.
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..and disappointment below.
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Oscar!Ooh.
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Literally come down for
one last swipe
and I've just smashed it.
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The claim that
I'm looking at to purchase,
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it's $50,000.Oh.
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The Opal Whisperers
are chasing big money
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to fulfil a family legacy.
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DAVE: We got it, we cracked it.
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We cracked it.
Oh, my God. Look at that.
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And one team will unearth
the biggest find...
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It's big and it's cheesy.
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..we've ever seen.
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(CHEERING AND YELLING)
Yes!
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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
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ISAAC: Come on, buddy.
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Hope I don't lose a finger.
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(MACHINE WHIRRING)
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Feel the vibration.
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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If there's a big eye kernel,
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we don't want to smash this one,
that's for sure.
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NARRATOR: In the final days
of their debut mining season,
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Isaac Andreou, his sister, Sofia,
and partner, Chris Daff,
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are sawing rare
ironstone Yowah nuts
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looking for hidden opal
encased within.
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I can't see any more.
Take the glasses off will you.
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You need to do the centrifuge...
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Give me plenty of water
on this side.
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Ooh, this is dangerous for my palms.
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I could lose
my bloody hands on this.
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Am I still in line?
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I can't see any more. Whoa!
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Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hey...
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Here we go.
Come on. Moment of truth.
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Come on, baby. Oh.
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What is that?
She's empty.
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There's no colour in there,
is there?
Don't think so.(MUSIC PLAYING)
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That lump there, I'm just going to
dump it up here in the shade.
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Maye a 200 kilo
bit of clay full of nuts.
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The Opal whisperers
have been working a promising
Yowah Nut pocket
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with friend
and mine owner, Dave Darby.
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A Waanyi-Garawa man
from the north Queensland region,
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Dave took over this open cut mine
from his late parents
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who worked it for 50 years.
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Working with Dave Darby has been
a really amazing experience,
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like better than I
could have ever imagined.
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The guy knows where the stones are,
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he knows where the opal,
he can smell it.
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Brandy Gully
and the surrounding mine fields
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are the only place on earth
the Yowah Nut is found.
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Unique opal that forms
within ironstone boulders,
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creating elaborate
and highly sought after patterns.
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Individual pieces have been sold
for over $100,000.
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They started with mostly matrix
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but they're moving through
to the rarest type
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and that's the pure
eye kernel Yowah nut,
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and it's what we came for
and it's right here.
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The Whisperers are on a 30% cut,
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money they're relying on
to fulfil a dream,
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re-establishing the family business
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their mum and dad began
in the 1960s,
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mining and selling opal direct.
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I'm hoping also that my grandkids
will carry on as well.
Xalia.
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My dreams are really
to run my own show.
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I'd like to have my own opal mine.
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The claim that
I'm looking at to purchase,
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it's right in between
all the famous little spots
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that produce
the most beautiful opal in Yowah.
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It's a hectare of land.
It's two and a half acres.
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Right. And it's virgin land,
isn't it?It's virgin land.
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We didn't holiday at the beach
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or, you know, in national parks,
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we were... We always holidayed
at the opal fields.
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I'm so happy that I started them
into something they enjoy
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and they can make a life out of.
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It's $50,000.Oh.
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Well, what do you think though?
No, I think it's good, Isaac.
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I think I think we should go for it.
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Great.All right, cool.
Sounds fantastic.
Family hug.Awesome.
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(LAUGHS)
The base got hit...
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Ah. OK...All right.
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Let's go find more colour.
Sounds good.
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A hundred thousand dollars
is a long way...Whoo!
..to go.Yeah.
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Our original target
out here for this season
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was to pay for
a few things within our life
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which is like all our regular bills
and everything,
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but also my daughter's schooling.
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I want some money put aside
for her as well.
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Chuck in this land on top,
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that's an extra $50,000
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on top of what
we originally needed to make.
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With the heat starting to build,
the storms coming across,
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it's all ramping up towards
the end of the season here.
We really don't have long.
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I'd say we'd got probably a week,
maybe days,
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er, before we can't really bear
to be down there anymore.
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It's hot, man.
Even in the shade here, I'm cooking.
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A little bit of manual labour
put on top of the heat
and the flies,
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and, er, yeah,
it's pretty unbearable.
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The whole week we've been
working towards this one spot
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where all the signs
are pointing like a bit arrow
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to where we hope
is the motherload pocket.
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A couple of nuts
that were on the top broken,
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already showing great colour.
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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Using his 30 tonne excavator,
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Dave extracts the clay
from the mine face
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holding the ironstone nuts.
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So now if you have a good look,
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it's all loose pieces
of massive clay
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with nuts all through it,
and we've got to get back down there
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and, erm, smash each piece
of clay open carefully
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to get to the nuts
which we don't want to smash.
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We put them in the bucket,
saw them open later.
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It's nut cracking' time!
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(GRUNTS)
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Give us a look.Ah.
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I don't want to. I feel devastated.
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Why? Did you break it?
I think so.
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(BLEEP)
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I feel like I've destroyed
something good.
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In the excitement, I think that
I've hit it the wrong way.
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Um, I've opened it up
and it's my personal
favourite colour,
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that rich royal purple,
crystalised Yowah nut.
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In terms of monetary value,
it could be anywhere
between 8,000 and 10,000.
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as a full untouched kernel.
So, yeah.
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That's the last thing you want to do
is start damaging and destroying
nice nuts with colour in it.
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Otherwise, er, we basically,
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we'll be just,
yeah, losing the dollars.
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHRIS: Try and get as much
digging done as we can.
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You know, basically burnt
the last two months.
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Got very little digging done
and um, you know, it's...
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it's impacted
what opal we've got out,
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and in that time
a lot of money's gone out so...
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you know, it's really frustrating.
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Try and make
some money for the break
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before it gets too hot.
Yeah, the pressure's on.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING,)
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I think I got a problem, boys.
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Something's wrong here.
What have you done?
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Ah, I've got a flat tyre.
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Can't get a (BLEEP) break, can we?
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You're rough on the gear, mate.
(BLEEP) hell.
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I'll rough you up in a minute.
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Yous go on and make a start.
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Righto.
Go and do what you can do, right.
Yeah.
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This is (BLEEP). I'm over it.
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Chris Cheal, sons, Rory and Oscar,
and mine partner, Scott,
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have just days
to turn their season around
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but have already been beaten
by the 40 kilometre road
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from Lightning Ridge to their claim.
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Ah, it's (BLEEP) me off.
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Anyway,
just going to have to fix it.
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It's put us behind
today again already
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so just wasting time, you know.
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Halved our production for the day,
we're back to one truck.
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It's the last thing we needed.
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I reckon it's got to be close to
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one of the worst tailouts
of the season, I reckon.
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So far it is, isn't it?
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We might have peaked
too early in the season I think
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and since then it's been pretty dry
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and then, you know,
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that tailout the other day
was shocking.
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Possibly our worst tailout
all season.
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Time's running out. Rory and I
have got to head back to uni
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and we need to
stay away from breakdowns.
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You know,
breakdowns have killed us all season
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and we just need a smooth,
a smooth run
come the end of the season,
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and I reckon there'd be some,
you know, smiling faces around.
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Mining with the boys,
having that time with them
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has been a whole new level
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of our relationship
and I've loved it.
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But I can't expect the boys
to be working for nothing
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and I can't really afford to work
for nothing either,
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so if we don't achieve
our season target,
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well, there might not be
a next year for us.
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With every hour
of their final week vital,
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rookie operators, Rory and Oscar,
have begun work
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while Chris repairs
his truck's blown tyre.
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Today, er,
we're just going to be digging.
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Get dirt out,
see a bit of trace maybe.
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The Cheals' mega claim is a network
of 1.5 kilometres of tunnels
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known as drives.
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We haven't done
too well on this side
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digging this drive but,
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we just wanted to try dig across
to head over this direction
cause we know there's colour there,
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and the dirt's looking pretty good
at the moment, so who knows.
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Oscar!
Yeah.
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Come here.
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What is it? Ooh.
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Looks like we've broken
into an old drive.
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Old workings, hey?
Ohl.
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Yeah, right.
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That's frustrating.
The dirt was looking good.
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Yeah, was looking good.
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So by the looks of it...
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By the looks of it,
it's a drive going perpendicular
to the way we're digging,
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but the people
who were in here before us
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we're hoping they haven't gotten
everything that's here.
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It could mean that
the opal's gone already.
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ROD: What are you seeing, old fella?
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LES: Bit of thick stuff there.
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Thick band there, Les,
but ain't showing
no colour at the moment
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but it's only...
See there, look at that,
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I mean, that's got a little bit of
(BLEEP) in it.
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There's 35 cents for the collection.
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Thirty five is better than no cents.
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Look out, or I'll have ya.
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Old Les is still struggling
a little bit, you know.
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He hasn't really bounced back
real good this season.
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He nearly died
at the end of last season.
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So it's sort of eating away at me
a little bit this season
more than others is,
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I really wanted to get Les
a good kick of money
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so that he could sort of retire
or semi-retire, anyway...
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with a few bucks
behind him, you know.
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And now we're almost
at the end of the season,
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and, you know,
that ain't looking likely.
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I'm 73, so,
even if I'm going to think about,
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slowing down and retirement,
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we've got to find something
236
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worth a fair bit of money
to do that.
237
00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,239
Other than that,
it just won't happen.
238
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Rod Manning and Les Walsh
have gambled this season
239
00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,799
on a new partnership
and new claim, Ploughboys.
240
00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,279
Now that's got to be
a $60,000 stone there.Yeah.
241
00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,519
I don't let you get out
of the mine, mate.
242
00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,319
They joined forces with mine owners,
Owen and Martin Hutchison,
243
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on a 50-50 split
of any opal found.
244
00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:45,359
Ploughboys has been
a bitter disappointment for us
you know, like...
245
00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,519
Come into the season thinking
that might be the one that made us,
246
00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,679
and coming out of the season
it hasn't been.
247
00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:52,439
It's just been a disaster.
248
00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,239
It's getting to that stage
I don't know where else to dig.
249
00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,519
I've dug everywhere.
If you have a look around,
250
00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,599
all around you, we've dug.
251
00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:01,759
If we take too much more
of this column out,
252
00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,599
we're running the risk
of this roof coming down.
253
00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:07,479
Jesus, look at that (BLEEP), Les.
254
00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:09,679
He's starting to spread
at the top, isn't he?
255
00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:11,639
Yeah, not happy
about that at all, mate.
256
00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:16,319
We got too big an area,
Les, and I'm not going to risk
me life for this crap.
257
00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,599
I'm over it. What about you?
You had enough?
258
00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:20,919
Yeah, no, that's,
I've had enough of this, yeah.
259
00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,239
We're going to end up
being (BLEEP) here forever.
260
00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:24,919
Not good.
No, it's not good.
261
00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,679
(MUSIC PLAYING)
262
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The Bushmen's last chance
for the season
263
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is a single six metre deep,
one metre wide test hole
264
00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,639
that showed small amounts
of opal trace.
265
00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,759
Nothing spectacular
but I'll take it at the moment.
266
00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:46,799
To mine it, the bottom of the shaft
needs to be widened or belled out.
267
00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:52,319
Righto. I might just, er,
lower this down, mate.
268
00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,679
In order for us to get
our big gear down there
269
00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,119
and our digging machine
and all of that,
270
00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:58,879
we have to make space for it,
271
00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:00,799
so you got to go down
with a jackhammer
272
00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,879
and just start into your wall.
273
00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:07,079
It's right there in front of you,
and you just start jackhammering in.
274
00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,319
Yee-haw! Here we go.
275
00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,559
(MUSIC PLAYING, WHIRRING)
276
00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,479
You create like a,
a mini bore room in there
277
00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:17,839
so you're giving yourself
enough room...
278
00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:22,319
to be able to reassemble your,
er, digging machine down there.
279
00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,159
Hey, Les!Yeah?
280
00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,039
It's (BLEEP) hard.
281
00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:28,799
It's hard?
282
00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:33,799
(BLEEP) hard, mate. (GRUNTING)
283
00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:38,279
That's the hardest ground I've dug
for a (BLEEP) long time.
284
00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,759
Grabs hold of ya pick
and doesn't want to let it go.
285
00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,919
Is everything going all right
down there?
286
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,279
It's too hard, mate. There's no way
you're going to be able to dig this.
287
00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:50,959
It's as hard as hell.
288
00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:58,719
Yes, he's pretty exhausted
swinging on that hammer
down there for...
289
00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,239
well, four or five hours, you know.
It does knock the hell out of you,
290
00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,359
and it'll be warm down there.
291
00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,279
I should be down there
doing my share
292
00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,319
but seeing the hammer's
not going to treat me nicely, well,
293
00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,839
I'll have to stay away.
294
00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,639
Yeah, I think I've had enough.
295
00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,039
I think that'll do me for the day.
296
00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,559
Belling out, it's just
a particularly (BLEEP) of a job.
297
00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:25,999
It's hard going down there, Les.
298
00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:27,759
Yeah.
299
00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,919
Getting a bit of
fresh blood in the team
300
00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,719
wouldn't be a bad thing, you know.
301
00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,359
Neither of us
are getting any younger.
302
00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,999
Les is knows a young fella that's
only been up here a little while,
303
00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,159
and Les seems to think
he'll be pretty good.
304
00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,999
He reckons he's an honest bloke.
He's a young fella.
305
00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:48,199
He's big (BLEEP)
so he might be all right.
306
00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,279
HUDSON:
You got a pretty good set up there.
307
00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,719
As long as it doesn't break down,
we'll be right.
308
00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,079
That sun's going to get us, eh?
It's going to get us now.
309
00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:05,759
You two especially just being,
310
00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,599
got the sun
beating down on you hard.
311
00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,919
In the final days of the season,
312
00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,519
the Opal Whisperers' dream
to fund their own family mine
313
00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,119
is evaporating
in searing 40 degree temperatures
314
00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,959
and broken stones.
315
00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,159
The heat's starting to
really build up here.
316
00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,639
The shade's
retreating away very quickly.
317
00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,439
We've got lots and lots
of little nuts
318
00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,479
all the way through all of this,
319
00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,559
so we really don't want to miss any.
320
00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,439
We've just got to bust through it
321
00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,319
and hopefully get it all in
before we, er, get fried.
322
00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,279
The ironstone Yowah nuts
they've found so far
323
00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:45,479
are lacking the rare
and highly prized opal patterning
unique to the region.
324
00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,359
All the nuts are down in here
so we'll work our way forward,
325
00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,279
I'll just take out
the whole wall again
326
00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,879
and do what,
just work the whole surface again.
327
00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,879
Claim owner, Dave,
has to use to an excavator
328
00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:03,079
to dig out blocks of sandstone
holding the nuts
329
00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,519
but risks destroying the opal
with the bucket's teeth.
330
00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,159
ISAAC: How's it going?
We buried a few just here.
331
00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,319
Yeah, in there.
Oh, there's colour everywhere.
Really?
332
00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,519
I must have just scraped it
and lucky to see the nuts first.
333
00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,239
There's colour here.
There's another nut here with blue.
334
00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:23,919
Look at that.
335
00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,359
Man. There's colour everywhere.
336
00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,919
Everything's making now.
Even on the skin of the nut.
337
00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,879
Oh, God! There could be
a million dollars under our feet.
338
00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,119
Could be anywhere.
There is colour everywhere.
339
00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,999
Uh-huh. And actually, like,
I'm sitting on a Yowah nut.
340
00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,799
Look at this here.
CHRIS: Oh, hold the phone!
341
00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,719
Hey. Nice.Look at that.
That's what I mean.
342
00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,479
Beautiful dark ironstone
with thick matrix blue flash.Wow.
343
00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,639
It's outrageously bright.
344
00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,599
Ay.(LAUGHS)
345
00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,479
ISAAC: Guys,
look what I'm sitting on.
346
00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,319
Look at that! Can you see it?
Yeah.
347
00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,959
Holy...
It's all through the wall, man.
348
00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,639
Every single piece. Look at that.
349
00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,359
That's pulling it out of the wall.
350
00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,159
Right there is about three foot
of just colour band.
351
00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:08,839
It continues right the way along,
352
00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,239
so let's get this little baby out
very carefully.
353
00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,519
We'll go from underneath it,
we'll push it down.
354
00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,199
See that. Nice and careful.
355
00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,039
It's massive, too.Is it?
356
00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:19,799
Whoa, dude!
This is the best colour yet.
357
00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,519
Whoa! (LAUGHS)
358
00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,799
Whoo!
359
00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,599
Really an opportunity of a lifetime.
(LAUGHS)
360
00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,679
We are in this pit of heaven.
361
00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,279
I think I was calling it
the pit of hell a few days ago
because of the heat,
362
00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:38,479
but there's literally
colour everywhere.
363
00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:42,599
I couldn't even actually start to
put a figure on what we've found.
364
00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,439
We've got loads of nuts
that are unopened,
365
00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,199
all from a level that is producing
every single one
that we accidentally broke
366
00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,279
or was broken
by the excavator is colour.
367
00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:55,399
DAVE: There's another bit there.
Yeah.Ooh.There's red in that.
368
00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,799
Our imagination, obviously,
is going wild of the possibilities.
369
00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,479
Erm, we could be on
quite a fortune here to be honest.
370
00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,239
(MUSIC PLAYING)
371
00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,159
The last thing we need today,
you know, start of the week,
372
00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:16,919
flat tyre straight up.
373
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,679
The clock's ticking down
to the end of season for the Cheals.
374
00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,959
It's not setting us up
for a good week.
375
00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:28,199
Anyway, nothing you can do about it.
You just got to fix it.
376
00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,639
Chris' blowout delay
has forced Rory and Oscar
377
00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,479
13 metres underground to mine alone.
378
00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,999
Without their father's
20 years' experience to guide them,
379
00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,399
the brothers have broken into
an old tunnel or drive.
380
00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,079
I thought it was
initially a problem
381
00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,039
but we might even just
continue straight through it.
382
00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,719
I don't mind that.
Last time Dad and I
hit a whole drive,
383
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,479
last season we come
straight onto money so.
384
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,039
Well, just keep digging
and wait for Dad to get down.
385
00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:56,879
See what he reckons.
386
00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:01,839
If we finish the season
not reaching our season target
and without any new opal,
387
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,519
I think it'll leave a bit
of a sour note on the season.
388
00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,679
So it'd be really great
if we could find
some opal this week.
389
00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,759
Get a bit of money in the bank.
390
00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,559
Oscar!Yeah?
391
00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,479
Look at this, mate.
Ooh!
392
00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,479
Broken nobby in the face here.
Oh.
393
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,359
Literally come down
for one last swipe
394
00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:33,079
and I've just nicked the nobby.
Smashed it.
395
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:37,119
Nobbies are small pebbles of opal
unique to Lightning Ridge.
396
00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,719
The most valuable are rare red
on a pure black base
397
00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,359
worth up to $43,000 a gram.
398
00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,039
It's sort of bluey
399
00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,799
so I don't think it would have been
a very valuable stone
400
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,519
but I'm honestly pretty happy
to see a bit of trace.
401
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,399
I reckon it's a really good sign.
402
00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:59,279
Half a day behind schedule,
Chris finally arrives at the mine.
403
00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,559
What have you got?
Bit of colour.
404
00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,599
SCOTT: Really?Yeah.
RORY: Yeah, a smashed nobby.
405
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,599
Oh.Yeah.
CHRIS: Check it out.
406
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,559
Look at that.
407
00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,239
It's good size.
Gees, that's good.
408
00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,599
Beautiful nobby.
Look how clean it is.
409
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,799
That is so good, man.
To see that, you know...
410
00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,839
Do you reckon
that's our best chance?Yep.
411
00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,799
Then not long left.
412
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,559
This is our best chance right here.
413
00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,079
All right, well, boys,
we need to get into it,
414
00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,519
we really do because, um,
415
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,559
there's nobbies everywhere here.
416
00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,199
(MUSIC PLAYING)
417
00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:37,879
That's a brilliant start.
418
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,879
We couldn't have asked for
a better start really after...
419
00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,639
getting a flat tyre, today.
420
00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,599
Er, it's all forgotten about now,
er, yeah, you know,
421
00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,959
and we've dug
this whole drive for nothing,
422
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,679
and then we see that, you know,
Rory's broke that nobby in the face
423
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:58,959
so we'll just keep digging
out of here.
It's, erm, pretty exciting.
424
00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,239
I think we might be in
for a half decent pay.
425
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,959
(BLEEP) I wasn't watching
what I was doing.
(LAUGHS)
426
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,799
Er, Hudson's me next door neighbour,
only a couple of hundred yards away.
427
00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,479
Yeah he wants to go opal mining.
He's a big lad.
428
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,199
Swing on a jackhammer
pretty well, I'd reckon.
429
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,119
With sweltering summer temperatures
ending the season in days,
430
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,479
Les has brought in 19-year-old
Hudson Sim to help Rod.
431
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,959
All right.
432
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,999
ROD: How you going, Les?
Good, mate. Yourself?
All right.
433
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,119
The young fella I know
434
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,399
he's will do a bit
of digging for us, so, yeah.
435
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,479
Rod, Hudson.
Hudson. Nice to meet you, Rod.
436
00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,759
How are you, Hudson?
Good, thanks.
437
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,719
Hudson, hey.
See how he works on the jackhammer.
438
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,639
Oh, yeah.
439
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,119
All right. Well, he's (BLEEP)
big enough to hold the (BLEEP), Les.
440
00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:04,399
I came up here a couple
of years ago, erm, with my family.
441
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,919
They brought me up here as a kid.
442
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,839
Opal mining is just,
it's that addictive.
443
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,319
Once you see it,
it's hard to go back
to anything else.
444
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,119
You done much mining?
445
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,399
A little bit here and there
but not a whole lot.
446
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,999
Oh, yeah?Yeah.All right.
447
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,119
Growing up on a farm
over five hours away,
448
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,839
Hudson has been working
as a steel fabricator
449
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,799
but now wants to
make the switch to opal miner.
450
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:32,919
All right. We can give you a go.
451
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,839
Better than me
doing it on me own, Les.
452
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:36,559
Yeah.Yeah.
453
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,239
It's hard to find a young fella
to get into this life
454
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:40,919
so when you find one,
455
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,719
I reckon you should look after them.
456
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,199
I don't particularly like
training someone young up
457
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,359
but if you don't do it,
there's no future for opal mining.
458
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,679
Les is 74-75, you know,
459
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,079
and opal mining's
a tough game for anyone,
460
00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,599
but he's going to have to front up
again next year and you know.
461
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,479
I was really wanting to send him out
with a couple of bucks
462
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,479
so that next season he could...
463
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,599
he could get it a little bit easier.
464
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,519
All right, you ready? Go.
465
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,999
(TOOLS WHIRRING)
466
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,799
You're doing all right, Hudson.
467
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,839
You just got to lean on your hammer
a little bit more, mate.
468
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,799
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
469
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,919
Yeah, it's pretty pretty tough
going some of this stuff,
470
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,399
like nothing I've, er,
ever had to deal with before.
471
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,319
It's totally different ground.
472
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,959
With the two of us down here
and one of us a giant,
473
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,719
there's not a lot of room
for us to move
474
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:50,119
and it's as hot as bloody hell,
and you don't want to be belling out
at the end of the season
475
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,799
when it's hot like it is now.
476
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,399
It's got to be 42-43 down here.
477
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,359
Feels like 53.
478
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,119
Good job, guys. Well done, everyone.
Whoo!
479
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,319
Oh, so pumped to see
this stuff opened up.
480
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,759
On their last dig
before heat and storms
shut down the season...Oh.
481
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:18,079
..the Opal Whisperers have unearthed
a massive 200 kilogram haul
482
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,359
of highly rare Yowah nuts.
483
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,919
Don't think we really prepared for
the magnitude of this situation
484
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,119
and what we've actually found here.
485
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,599
Erm, we're all a little bit in shock
but we've just got to get into it.
486
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,119
(WHIRRING)
487
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,879
Taught by his father 40 years ago,
488
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,799
Dave saws the nuts open
489
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,679
exposing the kernel inside
hoping it holds opal.
490
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:50,999
There's no colour on this nut.
491
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,719
Got a nice pattern. No colour.
492
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,199
The ultimate prize is a Yowah nut
493
00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,319
with the entire centre
filled with opal.
494
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,199
No?No.
Third time lucky.
495
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:08,599
Just one would cover the $50,000
the Whisperers need
496
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,279
to buy their own mine.
497
00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:12,479
No good.Na.
498
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,359
No good.
499
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,679
(MUSIC PLAYING, WHIRRING)
500
00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:20,119
Na.Na.Okay.
501
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:21,959
(MUSIC PLAYING, WHIRRING)
502
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,839
Maybe.
503
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,519
Hopefully.
504
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,519
Ah, got a kernel.
SOFIA: Ah.
505
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,839
There's our first kernel.
Yeah.
506
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,519
Yeah, ya.
Nice.
507
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,439
Beautiful.Hey.
508
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,119
Good one.
509
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,559
Ooh, whoa.
CHRIS: Whoa! (LAUGHS)
510
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,039
Oh, my God.
Beautiful, eh?
511
00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:48,079
SOFIA: Ah.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
512
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:51,719
Hey.Yo.
513
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,479
Look at the colour.
514
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,159
Holy (BLEEP).
Oh, God.
515
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,079
Oh!CHRIS: Oh!Woo!
516
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:06,839
Ah!
DAVE: We got it, we cracked it.
517
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:08,519
We cracked it.
What the hell.
518
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,279
Oh, my God. Look at that! Whoa!
(MUSIC PLAYING)
519
00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:13,119
CHRIS: Whoo!
Bloody hell.
520
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,119
That's what dreams are made of, man.
521
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,999
Oh, she's crying.
522
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:18,959
SOFIA: Oh.
Are you serious?
523
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,359
Yeah, that is 50 grand.
That's a Yowah nut kernel.
It is an eye kernel.
524
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,439
Brandy Gully kernel in Yowah. Yep.
525
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,239
Oh!What the hell?
526
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,479
It's a beautiful floral pattern.
527
00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,999
It's a full eye kernel Yowah nut
528
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:36,599
and it is the rarest of the rarest
formation on earth.Yep.
529
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,159
That is something
that you don't get to see.
530
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,159
That is the one a billion.
(MUSIC PLAYING)
531
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,039
Don't drop it.
532
00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:47,999
Oh, my God.(LAUGHTER)
533
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:49,919
Eye kernel, man. Fifty grand!
534
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,559
That is $50,000, buddy.
Yep.
535
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,959
Ooh.(LAUGHTER)
536
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,119
Are you okay?
No. (LAUGHS)
537
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,199
If you've got
a colour bar through that,
that's 20-30 grand.
538
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,159
It is on, mate.
539
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,159
The find's definitely
lifted our spirits.
540
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,519
Literally, the best trace
we've seen for months.
541
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,839
It's hard not to be excited
of what else might be there.
542
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,879
It's the last day
of mining for the Cheals
543
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,559
as summer temperatures
hit 45 degrees Celsius,
544
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,359
making it too hot to work
545
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,879
and rendering
the machines inoperable.
546
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,599
CHRIS: The window's closing
to hit our season target.
547
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,839
Yeah, with all
the disruptions we've had,
548
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:38,199
we just got to get
as much dirt out as we can.
549
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,199
I don't really have time
to mess around.
550
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,279
We just got to get into it.
551
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,199
As Chris mines the face,
552
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,079
sons, Rory and Oscar,
553
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,279
are loading the dirt
into a 600 kilogram capacity bucket
554
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:55,279
to be dumped
into waiting trucks above.
555
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:59,119
When it heats up,
it gets really hard on the gear
on the generator.
556
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,439
Last season Oscar and Dad
had a lot of drama,
557
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,999
erm, with the bucket
getting stuck halfway up,
558
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,079
and didn't have enough power
to drive it all the way over the top
559
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:11,599
so we're just watching it
and taking it a bit slow,
not filling it right up
560
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,799
so we can avoid,
uh, the situation like that again.
561
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,879
Yeah, a bit concerned
about the heat.
562
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,319
Trying to get work done
before this heat sets in.
563
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,479
It's just knocking
the gear around too much.
564
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,359
We've got two full trucks.
Just going to call it a day.
565
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,159
Right, boys,
this is the last bucket.
566
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,639
Sweet as.
Last of the season, ay, boys.
567
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,519
That's it then?
This is our last hope.
568
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,199
Last it's our last hope.
Hopefully, she's full of opal.
569
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,439
The trucks filled with
35 tonnes of mined dirt
570
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,479
are taken to an agitator
571
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,999
to wash the clay
off the rock overnight
572
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,239
to expose any opal.
573
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:58,839
It's crunch time
for us now, you know.
574
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,519
Hopefully, the opal's in there.
575
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,959
I think we're going to be
disappointed if it's not.
576
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,239
Hitting that season target
would really
set us out well for next year
577
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,039
and put us in a good spot now.
578
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,839
Family friend, Farren Lamb,
and mine partner, Scott,
579
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:17,239
are helping with the most critical
tailout of the season.
580
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,199
Here we go.
581
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,879
I'm just hoping that, erm,
582
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,239
now we can get over the line
cause if we don't,
583
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,159
you know,
it's going to be harder to...
584
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,119
to start up next season.
585
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,399
Pretty poor.
586
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,319
It'll want to improve.
587
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,799
That's for sure.
588
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,359
We need to have two of us down here
589
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,919
because otherwise
we're just taking too long.
590
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,239
I just want to get
the (BLEEP) finished
591
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,799
so I can get
my big machines down here
592
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,679
and I don't, we don't have to
swing off these jackhammers.
593
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,759
But at the moment,
it's bloody awful down here.
594
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:08,479
It's as hot as hell.
595
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,799
It's the last chance
for the Bushmen to find opal
596
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:16,239
as extreme temperatures
are about to shut down
the mining season.
597
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,999
With Les unable to work,
Rod and rookie miner, Hudson,
598
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,199
are widening
a one metre diameter shaft.
599
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,159
Just hold it there for a sec.
600
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,879
Not looking too bad there.
See the way this
seam's coming up here.
601
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,159
HUDSON: Yeah.
See the way it's forming there.
602
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,679
Yeah, that's a bit promising that.
Good performing crystal.Yeah.
603
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,319
Just take a little bit more
out of that side
there for me.All right.
604
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,759
See the way the seam's coming down.
Yeah.
605
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,719
Come in that way.
606
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,719
Oi! Hang on!
607
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,839
What's going on?
608
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,759
Yeah, there was
a big seam up there, boy.
609
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,479
Look.
610
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,039
Ah. Don't tell me I missed that.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
611
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:08,719
Look at that, boy.
612
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,199
Look what you missed
you big (BLEEP). Look at that.
613
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,359
Gees. I've got to clean me glasses.
614
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,399
I'd clean your glasses
for sure, mate.
615
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,199
I don't know how I missed that.
616
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,479
It fell out of there.
I saw it come down.
617
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,279
Big patch of it.
Ha.
618
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,239
Here, put your hands out.
619
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,679
Colour.
620
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:28,439
Oh, that's nice, isn't it?
621
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,399
Is that the first opal
you found, boy?
622
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,279
Yeah, not far off.
Look at that.
623
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:38,479
Oh. There's colour in here.
It's big and it's cheesy.(LAUGHS)
624
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,319
That's just full of colour that is.
625
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,879
It's all right, isn't it?Oh!
626
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,599
That just sparkles, that does.
627
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,999
That is...
There's more here, you know.
Is there?
628
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:49,839
How much did we miss?
629
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,719
Oh. Colour in that.(LAUGHS)
630
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,959
Jesus.
631
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,599
We'll be eating well tonight.
632
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,159
You there, Les?
Yeah, mate. What's up?
633
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,839
Guess what I'm looking at?
634
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,159
Oh, you've found some opal, have ya?
635
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,639
Big handful
of beautiful crystal, mate.
Oh, okay.
636
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,519
Show a bit of excitement
you old (BLEEP).
637
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,359
I am excited.
638
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:17,879
Excited I don't have to
climb down the ladder
and climb back up again.
639
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:22,079
Rod and Hudson have found
high quality crystal opal.
640
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:26,399
It's predominantly blue green
with bars of rare red.
641
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:31,079
It's in the rough
and there's 300 grams.
642
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,479
Have a look at that stuff, mate.
643
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,479
That's the cheese, isn't it?
644
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,199
That doesn't look bad.
Look at that.
645
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,919
Beautiful, isn't it, ay?
646
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,559
The best we've seen in a while, Les.
It is, it is.
647
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,439
Ah, we'd get a few bob for this.
648
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,479
Well, I don't know
what you reckon, Les,
649
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,359
but it's got to be worth
between ten and 15.
650
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,039
You reckon
it's worth that much?
651
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,559
(BLEEP) I do. Look at it.
I reckon it's worth, yeah.
Gees.
652
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,599
What if we settle on 12 grand?
We won't take anything under 12.
653
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,279
All right.
That sounds good to me.
654
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,279
We were only belling out
and we've got a handful
of colour.Yeah.
655
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,199
Wait till we get
the digger down there.
656
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,879
Wait till we get
the digger down there
and get moving.
657
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,319
With mine owners,
the Hutchisons, taking 50%,
658
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,679
the Bushmen's final
find of the season
659
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,119
brings their total to $93,000.
660
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,039
Finding that little bit of colour
we did down there,
661
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,759
the moment Les dropped it
on the front of the old Landy,
662
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,639
when the sun hits it,
it just, it's like nothing else.
663
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:28,759
It really is.
664
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,759
Hey, that nearly looks
good enough to eat, fellas.
665
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,959
Here's to the new mine, you know.
666
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,559
Here's to the Ulster.
Hope she's a bloody beauty.Cheers.
667
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,759
I'm really looking forward
to the next season
668
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,839
because you're going into a mine
that hasn't been worked before.
669
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,559
The old fella will be able to retire
with a few dollars,
670
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:55,199
I'll be able to do those renovations
I've been telling Amanda
I was going to do for ten years,
671
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,319
so next year,
it's going to be our year.
672
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,959
Yeah, I reckon it's
picked our spirits up a little bit.
673
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,999
Looking forward to next season now.
674
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,599
Erm, I don't know
whether I'll retire altogether,
675
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,999
but I might slow down a bit.
676
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,119
But mining keeps you fit,
677
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,079
and the beer keeps you happy.
678
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,399
There's not much more
to go for than that.
679
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,519
Come on, man. Drop us a good stone.
680
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,199
In their final tailout for the year,
681
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:43,039
the Cheals need $35,000
to continue mining next season.
682
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:46,079
Lots of these big chunks
coming out, Dad.
683
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,319
Yeah.
684
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,079
Still lots of material
but it's just lacking with colour.
685
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,599
Certainly need more
to hit our target from here.
686
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,239
I'm going to clear the baby anyway.
687
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,199
What about that one, Scotty?
Holy (BLEEP).
688
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,879
CHRIS: Whoo-hoo, hoo!
Oh, that's (BLEEP).
689
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:05,679
(ALL CHEERING)
690
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,519
(ALL CHEERING)
Look at that!
Look at that! Look at that!
691
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,679
Is that the other half?
What?
692
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,839
(ALL CHEERING)
693
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,479
Oh, look at the size of it. Oh.
694
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,119
That's what it's all about.
That's beautiful.
695
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,399
OSCAR: That's gem colour.
That'd be close
to our find of the season.
696
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,359
Save the best for last, all right.
697
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,439
Look at that.
ALL: Ooh.
698
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,119
Oh, ho, hey.
FARREN: Holy.
699
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,039
(LAUGHTER)
700
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,159
Oh, let's go.
701
00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:41,759
RORY: Look at the size
of that nobby!
702
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,359
The more you swipe around,
the more there is too.Yeah.
703
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,919
Look at that face.
704
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,239
FARREN: My heart is just pounding.
705
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,719
So good.
OSCAR: Oh, my God.
706
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,479
Nice work, my bro.
707
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,359
Hey.
708
00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,359
The Cheals have found
black and crystal opal nobbies,
709
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:04,879
the most valuable gem
saturated with highly prized reds,
710
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,679
it's in the rough
and there's 500 grams.
711
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,439
I reckon, boys,
what I've added up there...
712
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,119
..and that there's
still stones in there
713
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,759
that are high quality but smaller.
714
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,919
To be honest,
I reckon there's 60 grand there.
715
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,199
(LAUGHS)Ooh.
RORY: Let's go, boys.
716
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:26,879
Yeah, baby.
717
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,959
Oh, let's go.Ooh!
718
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,719
Far out.
What a way to end the season, mate.
719
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,119
Oh, mate. That's unreal.
Yeah.
720
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,159
So that's it, eh? Sixty grand?
Yeah.
721
00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:39,639
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
722
00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:43,159
That's over half our season target
well and truly in one tailout,
723
00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:45,159
and that's exactly why
724
00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:47,959
when you start opal mining
you get hooked.
725
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,719
What a way to end the season.
I don't think it could've
ended on a better note.
726
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,639
It's disappointing that we have to
pull up where we are now.
727
00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:56,559
Yeah, over the moon.
I'm just so stoked
728
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,839
with how it all panned out.
729
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,839
Sixty grand. Literally left it
to the last minute.
730
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,159
We've all been through so much
this whole season
731
00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:06,039
and, you know,
Rory and I took the risk
732
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,239
to actually come out here
and we backed Dad.
733
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,959
For us to do that
and actually get a result out of it,
734
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,239
that's one of the best things
we've ever felt.
735
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,959
Well, on that.
736
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,879
Actually, Rory and I
got a little surprise for ya.
737
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,879
Oscar and I have got to
go back to Sydney
738
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:26,919
and we've been
talking to you guys about
739
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,599
how we're going to stay involved
while we're away.
740
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:36,279
Our proposition is
to start up a company, Cheal Opal.
741
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:40,639
We manage all the opal,
all the sales
and that sort of stuff,
742
00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:42,719
it'd up our profit margins...
You serious?
743
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,399
Yeah.Are you serious?
744
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,279
We registered a company, Cheal Opal,
745
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,959
set up a website and...
746
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,199
Oh...How good's that, mate?
..no way.
747
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,319
Look how schmick. (LAUGHS)
748
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,079
(BLEEP) boys. Fair dinkum.
Oh, gee.
749
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:56,759
What do you reckon?
750
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:58,719
Man, I just...
751
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:02,559
Choked up, ay.
752
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,239
Happy with that?
Thanks, brother.
753
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,639
Ah, that's all right. You're good.
754
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:17,079
Thanks for everything.
No, that's all right. You too.
755
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:19,399
The boys are going to
take it to another level.
756
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:23,599
You might be signing autographs.
(LAUGHTER)
757
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:27,599
I really don't know what to say.
You know, like, er...
758
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:29,519
you're so busy,
759
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,559
you know, maintaining gear and...
760
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,039
..fixing stuff and,
761
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:37,799
you know, it's...
762
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,359
it's 12 hour days and, you know,
763
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:44,199
for them to want to be
a part of what I love to do
764
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,119
and take the business
to another level
765
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,199
and back me
the way they are is, erm...
766
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,879
yeah, you can't put a price on that.
767
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,399
This is the...
the really grand prize.
768
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,479
The best, er,
crystal centred nut I've ever found.
769
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,239
This is like a dream
for every opal miner.
770
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,559
Once in a lifetime
to find something like this.
771
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,719
My parents,
they'd be looking down on me now
772
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,959
and, yeah,
jumping up and down with joy.
773
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,039
SOFIA: Did anyone realise how...
It's amazing...
774
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:30,159
..much stuff we've actually got?
This is absolutely mind boggling.
775
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:32,199
It all adds up, yeah.
You wouldn't think.
776
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,559
When you look down that table...
Makes your eyes spin
inside your head.
777
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,239
It just...It's just that...
778
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,719
..incredible. Look at that.
779
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,999
Dave and the Opal Whisperers
780
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:45,719
have just finished processing
their biggest find ever
781
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:49,959
including a $50,000 nut
they've named "Yowah Moon"
782
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:54,559
and a mammoth 2.5 kilogram boulder.
783
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:58,199
Every single piece here
is phenomenal.
784
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,759
Rare crystal opal patterning
785
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,999
featuring the full spectrum
of vibrant colours.
786
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,079
The stones are sought after
by collectors whole
787
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,279
or can be cut and polished
for unique jewellery.
788
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:16,279
Over one thousand nuts
weighing 150 kilograms.
789
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:20,159
SOFIA: Valuation, I mean,
it's something that I've done
since I was 11 years old.
790
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:23,519
It's always
an exciting thing... usually.
791
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:28,559
But today I would say that
it was the first time
in my opal career
792
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:32,519
that I've ever felt intimidated
by an opal collection.
793
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,319
How we going there, Sof?
794
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,319
To be honest, babe, we're...
795
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,959
we're really looking at
some serious value here.
796
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,359
There was just so much there
and there was a lot of adrenalin,
797
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,599
erm, and anxiety of where to start.
798
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,639
Just every crack
is just filled with colour.
799
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,399
DAVE: Oh, there they are.
Top of the top.
800
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,679
Oh, mate,
every time I see that just.
801
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,199
SOFIA: I need to just know
what's on these...
802
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,919
Yeah...please.
It's 30, 30 grand on that.
803
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,839
30.Modest.50 grand on that.
50.Yeah.
804
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:06,239
So what have you got?
What's the total?You say it...
Altogether?Yeah.
805
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,399
If we're looking at 80,000 for this?
Yeah.
806
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,359
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
807
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,239
We've got 1.2 million dollars.
808
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:17,799
Whoa!
DAVE: Hell.
809
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:19,959
(MUSIC PLAYING,
INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
810
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,799
Come here.
In all these years.
811
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,679
This doesn't feel real.
It's all good.
812
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,519
(SCREAMING AND LAUGHING)
813
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,279
One point two million dollars
814
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:35,959
makes this the biggest find ever
on Outback Opal Hunters.
815
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:42,199
The Whisperers' share
is a massive $360,000.
816
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,719
ISAAC:
I had the experience of my life.
817
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,679
Everything that we dreamt of
came true.
818
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:48,999
SOFIA: Buddy,
here's to your parents
DAVE: Yeah.
819
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:50,799
This is just awesome.
Good job, mate.
820
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,159
You never think it, erm,
would happen, you know,
821
00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:57,799
and it's every opal miner's dream
and I'm one of the lucky ones.
822
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,759
It's going to be something
that we'll never ever, ever forget
823
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,999
and I don't think
we'll ever be parallel
in our lifetime.
824
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:05,919
Sofia and I have put
everything on hold
825
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,279
to come out here in the desert
to chase a dream.
826
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,759
By no means
did we expect to see this.
827
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:14,199
Like, I couldn't,
we couldn't have dreamed
of a better end to the season.
828
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,759
(ALL CHEERING)
829
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:18,759
We cracked it.
830
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,559
SOFIA: It looks like
we'll be operating
831
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,159
and mining on our own claim
832
00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:27,399
which is just, erm, a life dream
833
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,399
that's going to be
incredible to experience.
834
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:34,999
And then also to share the magic
with people that you love,
835
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,519
erm, I mean, it's right up there.
836
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,319
Whoo!
837
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,559
Opal really is magic.
838
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:43,479
Bloody good.
839
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,359
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840
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:04,759
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