The WORST episodes of Outback Opal Hunters

#1 - Episode 12

Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/2024

#2 - Episode 11

Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/28/2024

#3 - Episode 10

Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/21/2024

#4 - Episode 9

Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2024

#5 - Over the Concrete Rainbow

Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/2024

#6 - Cheal Be Right

Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/14/2024

#7 - Boggered

Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/2024

#8 - Dig and Digger

Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2024

#9 - A Chance of Explosives

Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/3/2024

#10 - Ratter Brained

Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/2024

#11 - Between a Rod and a Hard Place

Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2024

#12 - New Terra

Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/2024

The Bushmen put their lives on the line in the most dangerous mine they have ever worked. Plus, the Cheal's first dig of the season is brought to a grinding halt.

#13 - The Foreign Claim

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/2023

Isaac from the Opal Whisperers works an abandoned, dangerous mine, and partners up with a veteran Yowah miner. The Mooka Boys are confronted by an irate miner as they peg a claim too close to his mine

#14 - A Mine That Stings

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2022

#15 - High Goals

Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/3/2023

The Bushmen struggle to locate the source of water flooding their mine. The Misfits are forced to work Issy’s mine Honey Hole as they wait for bulldozer repairs. The Blacklighters are forced to help a fellow miner on a dangerous night dig.

#16 - Episode 2

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2023

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.

#17 - Hard On The Edge

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/2023

The Bushmen’s home-made hoist and bucket fails and Rod is forced to down tools with busted ribs. Sofia and Isaac, from The Opal Whisperers, get trapped at the bottom of their open cut mine in sweltering temperatures.

#18 - The Reward of the Effort

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/2023

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.

#19 - Soldier of Fortune

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2023

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.

#20 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/22/2018

Pete and Mick's mining operation grinds to a sudden halt, while Col's Crew head underground.

#21 - A Glimmer of Hope

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2023

Mooka Boys brothers Matt and Cozza topple their excavator while attempting to reach a new mine on a treacherous opal field; the Blacklighters are almost buried alive while mining opal in unstable tunnels.

#22 - Honestly Shared

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/2023

The Blacklighters must work a new claim using an ancient opal processing plant. The Misfits discover they're losing precious opal, so they attempt a night dig.

#23 - Episode 3

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/2023

The Opal Whisperers work underground together for the first time on a legendary claim where the million-dollar opal The Angel of Yowah was found decades earlier.

#24 - Light and Shadow

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/2023

A vicious storm threatens to end the Misfits' season early; Issy attempts a new black-lighting technique to impress Opal Joe; the Digi Diggers mine is flooded, forcing the pair to scour the Outback for a new claim.

#25 - A Barrel Full Of Nuts

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/2023

The Bushmen’s drill rig loses a vital pin, forcing 74-year old Les to undertake emergency repairs four metres in the air. The Digi Diggers flooded mine wall collapses as Josiah and Lisa attempt a new method of extracting Yowah nuts.