Bryce Kelly (Bub) is the 'Last man standing" from The Nned Kelly Gang. His homestead property, Mundaroo Station, NSW, hosts the Glengarry Opal Fields ( as it is literally in his backyard), and is the place where he and his 3 brothers grew up and roamed the outback paddocks and opal fields. This episode is in memory of "The Ned Kelly Gang, Ned, Bev, Travis, Dallas, and Kelsey Kelly.

What do you do when a brown snake confronts you in an Opal Mine? Move backward as fast as you can! Follow my brother Pete's experience as an Opal Miner and his up close, and personal moment with a deadly Australian brown snake.

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The Opal Fields are smack bang on the edge of reality, in other words, surrounded by crops, cattle, sheep, and wheat farming. So, when you live on the opal fields, the edge of reality can be as close as the paddock next door. My guest this week, Liz Powell, lives on the Edge of Reality at the charming 100-year-old cattle and cropping, "Morella Station", which hugs 35,000 acres of black soil plains and rocky ridges.

Go to my Instagram page at: Opal Fields Back Home, for photos of Liz and her hard-working team.

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Music content used courtesy of Mark July - Today is the Day