Season 9 (2023)
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Episodes 12
Start With A Bang
Brand new team Digi Diggers bring brand new technology to the opal fields; Josiah and Lisa soon find themselves at breaking point.
The Bushmen bring in an explosives expert to blast through the toughest rock in Grawin; plus, a brand new team brings cutting edge technology to the opal fields.
Disc S6 E1 6/30/23
Read MoreBaptism By Fire
The Cheals take on their most dangerous dig ever. The Bushmen trial a rookie miner, Ben, to operate their drill to find new opal bearing ground, but he falls short at the first challenge.
Disc S6 E2 7/7/23
Read MoreIn Search of Fuel
The Opal Whisperers work underground together for the first time on a claim where million-dollar opal Angel of Yowah was discovered decades earlier. The Mooka Boys are forced to work Leif's late father's abandoned mine.
Disc S6 E3 7/14/23
Read MoreA Well That Takes on Water
The Digi Diggers, Josiah and Lisa, need to explore new ground after mining opal too brittle to sell; they discover their entire claim is at risk of being flooded.
The Digi Diggers need to explore new ground after mining opal too brittle to sell. The Bushmen discover their new claim has been dug out by opal thieves.
Disc S6 E4 7/21/23
Read MoreStart Again From the Beginning
Gale-force winds threaten the Digi Diggers' dreams of an eco-mine; the Bushmen discover dangerous old workings while clearing out their new mine; Angel and Joe's search to join the Misfits threatens to tear the team apart.
Disc S6 E6 8/11/23
Read MoreHit or Miss
The Mooka Boys may lose a potential investor due to their little mining progress, and disaster strikes for the Opal Whisperers when Sofia's hoist fails.
Disc S6 E7 8/18/23
Read MoreSuccession of Opal Joe
The Blacklighters discover opalised sea creatures in an ancient seabed; the Cheals close in on their biggest opal haul ever, but all is not as it seems.
Disc S6 E8 8/25/23
Read MoreA Glimmer of Hope
Mooka Boys brothers Matt and Cozza topple their excavator attempting to reach a new mine on a treacherous opal field. The machine's woes continue as burst hydraulics force Leif to undertake emergency repairs. The Blacklighters are almost buried alive mining opal in unstable tunnels.
Disc S6 E9 9/1/23
Read MoreThe Reward of the Effort
A busted dirt hauling bogger bucket threatens the Cheals' ambitions for mammoth back-to-back opal hauls; the Opal Whisperers partnership with veteran miner Uwe ends abruptly; Angel attempts her first opal sale at the Lightning Ridge Opal Festival.
Disc S6 E10 9/8/23
Read MoreSoldier of Fortune
The broke Bushmen are forced to trade opal to get a shaft drilled on a new claim; the Mooka Boys attempt to revive a dump truck and their opal processing plant with disastrous results; the Digi Diggers get lost exploring a terrifying abandoned mine.
Disc S6 E11 9/15/23
Read MoreThe Solar System
The Digi Diggers get their solar plant installed, but the power hungry mine triggers a total system shutdown; Lisa jeopardizes a sale with a bespoke jeweler designer; Rod goes toe to toe with ratters who stole opal and equipment from their mine.
Disc S6 E12 9/22/23
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