Opal Hunters: Red Dirt Road Trip

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.

Rod and JC battle extreme weather and steep terrain as they search for sapphires; the duo undertakes the huge expedition of hunting the mythical Tassie Tiger.

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

Stuck in Andamooka, Australia, with a broken-down vehicle and little money, Rod and JC hit rock bottom; a final opal sale decides whether they can continue their road trip.

While in Queensland, Australia, Rod musters over 200 pregnant cows for cash; a financial bombshell from home forces JC to double his earnings goal for the trip.

With only a week before JC must go back home for the birth of his first child, Rod has planned numerous money-making schemes. They try to reach their new $20,000 target.