A storm of unprecedented ferocity, the worst in two decades, ravaged the mine operated by the Bushmen and Chris Cheal in the heart of outback New South Wales. Meanwhile, in Coober Pedy, the newly formed team, known as the Blacklighters, fac…

Driven by the promise of immense wealth from opal, Pete and Sam embark on a perilous undertaking. However, the recently acquired equipment intended for the local Aboriginal people proves unreliable.

The Young Guns invested their entire meager fortune in a hydraulic digger, a purchase that proved immediately disastrous. Meanwhile, the Blacklights found themselves depleted of opal.

Hoping to reach a vein of opal rumored to lie twenty meters below, the Boulder Boys diverted the floodwaters. Rod Manning, in a desperate measure, pawned his wife’s opal ring to secure the necessary equipment.