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Outback Opal Hunters

It's just hard work.' 65-year-old John has been an opalminer for over half a century

It's just hard work.' 65-year-old John has been an opal
miner for over half a century

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It's just hard work.'
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65-year-old John has been an opal miner for over half a century.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:37
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

The series follows crews of fearless opal miners on their mission to unearth a fortune in some of Australia's harshest and remote landscapes.
S01 • E06 Probably a good thing that there's a licence or two involved, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
Probably a good thing that there's a licence or two inv...
S01 • E03 There could be a chance. You just don't know it.Exactly. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
There could be a chance. You just don't know it.Exactly...
S01 • E02 But it's been a bad start. They've found nothing. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
But it's been a bad start. They've found nothing.
S01 • E07 You can't go and do some sort of study - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
You can't go and do some sort of study
S01 • E02 If they're going to make opal mining pay, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
If they're going to make opal mining pay,
S01 • E07 You've just gotta find out from the old-timers - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
You've just gotta find out from the old-timers
S01 • E04 As well as providing invaluable mining experience, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:08
As well as providing invaluable mining experience,
S01 • E01 Gambling on their wits and willpower. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
Gambling on their wits and willpower.
S01 • E03 I get more excited... (CHUCKLES) ..about them finding opal - Outback Opal Hunters 00:08
I get more excited... (CHUCKLES) ..about them finding opal
S01 • E02 We're...Let me get my bearings. Stuart Highway. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
We're...Let me get my bearings. Stuart Highway.
S01 • E07 You've gotta take that knowledge, and that's what we've done. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
You've gotta take that knowledge, and that's what ...
S01 • E01 Yeah, that hollow end of that star is compromised. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
Yeah, that hollow end of that star is compromised.
S01 • E06 But if you get some experience from another opal miner - Outback Opal Hunters 00:08
But if you get some experience from another opal miner
S01 • E05 So successful, he's known as the Godfather of Coober Pedy. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
So successful, he's known as the Godfather of Coober Pe...
S01 • E02 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.Yeah?Scrap shell Patch for now, put it on hold, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:09
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.Yeah?Scrap shell Patch for now, put it ...
S01 • E04 Thank you so much. Thanks, John.For being so generous looking after our car... - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
Thank you so much. Thanks, John.For being so generous lookin...
S01 • E01 Pushing their bodies... All right, hang on. Go, go. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
Pushing their bodies... All right, hang on. Go, go.
S01 • E03 (CHUCKLES) I said both of them could be my sons. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
(CHUCKLES) I said both of them could be my sons.
S01 • E07 Like, I don't know, I'm seeing things I've never seen before. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
Like, I don't know, I'm seeing things I've ne...
S01 • E04 Yep...and also helping us out last time, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
Yep...and also helping us out last time,