Outback Opal Hunters

  • : 2018
  • : 153
  • : 15
  • Discovery Channel (AU)
  • 20
  • Adventure Documentary History Reality

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12x2
Water You Waiting For?
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02, 2024
With water running critically low at their only wash dam, the Cheals work double-time to restore a second agitator. Blacklighters, Mark I’Anson and Paul Coon get boxed-in during their .. show full overview
12x3
Glitch in the Matrix
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02, 2024
In the race to meet a colossal rainbow matrix order ahead of the Lightning Ridge Opal Festival, The Misfits are forced to work through the night. After depleting Diggers Gully of opal, .. show full overview
12x4
Diesel Doozies
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02, 2024
Drowning in a sea of overburden, The Blacklighters face off against each other... In their ongoing struggle against a near-impenetrable rock cap on their Lunatic claim, The Mooka Boys .. show full overview
12x5
A Festival of Opal
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02, 2024
The Bushmen risk their lives 12 metres underground... On the eve of the famous Lightning Ridge Opal Festival and outta time, The Misfits battle to treat 150kg of matrix opal... And .. show full overview
12x6
Bench Marks
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02, 2024
The Mooka Boys’ hopes of a season-saving pocket of black opal are decimated by a busted starter motor on their dozer ... Blacklighters Mark and Paul are forced to shift 20,000 tonnes of .. show full overview
12x7
Trucking Fun
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02, 2024
Forced to backfill a deadly section of their Robbie’s Mine, The Bushmen scramble to dig to a newly drilled emergency shaft before they can resume mining. Desperate to recover costs and .. show full overview
12x8
New Digs
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02, 2024
Mining on his own and desperate for cash, Dan Measey takes a gamble on new but unproven opal-detecting AI technology which could revolutionise the opal industry... As rising .. show full overview
12x9
School of Hard Rocks
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02, 2024
With Rod away on urgent Mines Department business, leaving Les in charge, Sam and Ben battle a dangerously steep ramp underground. It’s the last dig of the season and Dan and Renee are .. show full overview
12x10
Right on the Mark
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02, 2024
Closing in on their one-million-dollar season target, the Cheals finally get two agitators up and running doubling opal production but face off against veteran opal dealer Sonja .. show full overview
12x11
The Good, the Bad and the Overcooked
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02, 2024
Slim Pickings’ ground-breaking mining technique risks dissipating into dust due to a devastating drought, so Lee and Roger spend their last dig of the season attempting to find enough .. show full overview
12x12
One Plus One Equals Three
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02, 2024
As Grawin burns and camps are destroyed in cataclysmic fires, the Bushmen, Rod, Sam and Ben must use their last dig of the season to secure enough opal for Les’ long-awaited .. show full overview
12x1
Red Tape
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22, 2024
The Bushmen are forced back into their deadly mine.
12x2
Water You Waiting For?
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29, 2024
Blacklighters Mark L'Anson and Paul Coon get boxed-in during their mission.
12x3
Glitch in the Matrix
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05, 2024
The Misfits are forced to use untested contraptions to find the rainbow matrix.
12x4
Diesel Doozies
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12, 2024
Mark's inexperience with the dozer proves too much for Paul.
12x5
A Festival of Opal
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19, 2024
With the Lightning Ridge Opal Festival a day away, Cody cooks up a miracle.
12x6
Bench Marks
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26, 2024
The Cheals must unearth a rare green-orange gemstone for a potential buyer.
12x7
Trucking Fun
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02, 2024
The Mooka Boys crane a vital DIY shelter across the Lunatic Opal Field.
12x8
New Digs
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09, 2024
Dan Measey takes a gamble on a new but unproven opal-detecting AI technology.
12x9
School of Hard Rocks
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16, 2024
The Mooka Boys' last working machine suffers a catastrophic breakdown.
12x10
Right on the Mark
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23, 2024
The Blacklighters' leader Mark is severely injured in a mining accident.
12x11
Good, Bad and Overcooked
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30, 2024
Brutal Outback temperatures cripple Cozza with severe heat stroke.
12x12
One Plus One Equals Three
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07, 2024
A miscalculation costs the Blacklighters thousands of dollars.