Name: Opal Hunters Red Dirt Road Trip
Released: 2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: James Caruana, Rod Manning

TV Show · Reality · Adventure

Opal greenhorn James 'JC' Caruana and veteran miner Rod Manning embark upon a road trip across Australia where JC tries to learn about opal mining before becoming a father.

2022 · 44m

Starring James Caruana, Rod Manning

Director Mike Hoath

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Record-breaking floods block Rod and JC on the first leg of their road trip. JC gets taught how to make explosives and mine with them by local legends, the Bomb Kings.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Rod and JC deal with extreme weather and steep terrain as they look for sapphires; the duo embark upon a quest to find the mythical Tassie tiger.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Rod and JC experience a painful lesson while mining in the hot and hostile Andamooka. They provide an urgently needed airdrop of supplies to flood-ravaged farmers.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Stuck in Andamooka with a broken-down vehicle and little money, Rod and JC hit rock bottom; a final opal sale determines whether their roadtrip is able to continue.
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Rod babysits more than two hundred pregnant cows in Queensland for a fee. And due to a financial setback at home, JC has to double his income during the trip.
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

With only a week before JC must return home for the birth of his first child, Rod has planned numerous money-making schemes.