0:00:02 > 0:00:04They're the Brits who race to the rescue down under.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Multiple patients critical.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Everyday heroes saving lives.
0:00:09 > 0:00:1112 miles to run.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- Battling fires...- If you don't come out now, it's too late.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16It can be extremely dangerous.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17And fighting crime.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Put your arm down.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Police! Open the door!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22From the big city to the outback.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Our policing district is bigger than the whole of the UK.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27From the bush...
0:00:27 > 0:00:30He's been crushed between one of those dingo diggers and a Ute.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32..To Bondi Beach.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35'The search continues for a British tourist who hasn't been seen
0:00:35 > 0:00:37'since he went for a swim.'
0:00:37 > 0:00:40You never quite know what you're in for or what's going to happen.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42332, mate, on the head in.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Very high impact. He's really quite critically injured.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Brits on blue lights under blue skies.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Today, down under, a British nurse comes to the rescue of a man
0:00:58 > 0:01:00fighting for his life.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03We're just struggling a little bit with his ventilation at the moment.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08British policewoman Carly is called to a party that's out of control.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Kids these days are not right in the head.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13They keep mobbing each other.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17And vet Lucy finds koalas are far from cuddly.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20They can, uh, inflict a nasty wound.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22These claws can sort of go right through your hand.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39In a country as big as Australia, even a minor accident can kill.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44'40K west of Singleton?'
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Distance can be the difference between life and death.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Many motorists die after country road accidents that they
0:01:53 > 0:01:55would have survived in the UK.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Jim Stuart is fighting for his life in a small hospital
0:02:04 > 0:02:08in the town of Lismore after a head-on crash on a country road.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12His aorta, the main artery in his chest, is torn.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17If the tear completes and it bursts, he would die within minutes.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Sometimes the tear can dissect through
0:02:19 > 0:02:21the layers of the blood vessel.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Depending which way it goes, it can go backwards to the heart
0:02:24 > 0:02:26and essentially cause a heart attack.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32The British nurse who could save his life is based 450 miles away
0:02:32 > 0:02:35at Sydney's International Airport.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Juanita Ameghino is preparing to fly to Jim's beside,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43before transporting him to a bigger hospital for surgery.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47So I've got kit number six and I'll make sure I've got two lots of
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Ondansetron.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51This is the ambulance of the outback,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55a converted executive plane containing an intensive care unit.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59So, almost everything but the kitchen sink. Look at it.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Nurse Juanita and a doctor must carry everything
0:03:02 > 0:03:06they need to keep Jim alive until they can reach the operating
0:03:06 > 0:03:10theatre at the John Hunter Hospital in the city of Newcastle.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14He's a 59-year-old man and he's got a little tear in his aorta.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17But he's got other injuries as well, he's got vascular injuries
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and he's got neurological injuries,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22so we're transferring him from Lismore which is right up on
0:03:22 > 0:03:25the north coast of New South Wales down to John Hunter, where they've
0:03:25 > 0:03:28got the specialities, the vascular speciality and the neurological
0:03:28 > 0:03:32speciality so that he's in the right place if he deteriorates.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39This is a critical mission for Juanita and the team.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Their patient is unstable
0:03:41 > 0:03:45and has internal injuries that could cause him to bleed to death.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49This is a priority-one retrieval, a doctor's coming with me.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52It's very difficult to clinically manage
0:03:52 > 0:03:54a patient by yourself if they're deteriorating on the plane.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57And also if the patient's ventilated, then it makes it much,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59much easier to have two people on board.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Even by Australian standards, it's a long mission.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09It takes two hours before they reach Jim's
0:04:09 > 0:04:12bedside in the town of Lismore.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Confused the whole time. - OK.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22But stable observations at scene and throughout transport.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Jim's condition is not improving.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31He's got a nasty and complicated uh, pelvis fracture.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34So I think that's where probably the majority of his blood loss has gone.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37So a vertical shear.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Jim? Jim? Hi, my name's Juanita.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I'm the flight nurse.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Going to take you down to John Hunter Hospital.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Can you squeeze my hand here
0:04:48 > 0:04:50if you understand what I've just said to you?
0:04:50 > 0:04:51He's barely conscious.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Squeeze my hand, mate.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57I'm definitely getting not obeying commands.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59And non-verbal.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04X-rays confirm the tear in Jim's aorta is leaking slowly.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06It could get worse at any time.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09But I think for us, because we're going to be moving him,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- they reckon it might be quite a good idea.- Yep.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14And um, particularly if they're not tubing him,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- at least we can roll him. - OK.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22The team decide to anaesthetise Jim and take control of his breathing.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26They have to paralyse him and feed a tube down his windpipe.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Right, plan - so that's my plan A, is to put a tube and booty in...
0:05:31 > 0:05:34..it's a direct lower-arm laryngoscopy...
0:05:34 > 0:05:35I've got you an eight and a seven.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Oh, you're a legend, thank you very much. Do you mind testing the cuff on the eight, is that OK?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Yep.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Although they have done this many times, it's still a dangerous procedure.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46MACHINE BEEPS
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Don't worry, blood pressure's good, sats are 98 and stable.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I've got the booty.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58We are in, I'm at 24 at the teeth.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00OK, booty out, please.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Booty out.- Thank you.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05All good.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07All good? Perfect.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Jim is now unconscious and getting assistance with his breathing.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17On my count one, two, three.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Stop.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Juanita and the team time head to the airport to begin Jim's flight.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Going up.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30He is still in a critical condition.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34If the tear gets worse, his life will rest in the hands of this
0:06:34 > 0:06:37team in this small plane.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57With a population of 1.8 million people and rising,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Perth is one of Australia's fastest-growing cities.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03British police officers Carly Hall
0:07:03 > 0:07:08and Andy Motson have an ever-expanding beat to police.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Half the residents who live here are from abroad.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25My husband by trade is a carpenter.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30So seven years ago, we moved to Australia on his visa.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33We came over in 2008 and it was all
0:07:33 > 0:07:38because of advertising that they were taking British cops.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Um, very good move.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Wouldn't go back.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Yeah, we love it over here and it was the best thing we ever did.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49This is...we class as home now.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53It's all under construction, it's just new
0:07:53 > 0:07:55suburbs that are getting built.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It's nearly midnight and there's an emergency call.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01A member of the public's reported that as they've been
0:08:01 > 0:08:06walking across this address, they've seen persons in here with torches.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09It's a house that's a new house that's under construction.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Whatever the neighbours saw has gone.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Just regarding this house that you've seen the torches in,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33is it a single story one or is it a double storey?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36So, one with the skip outside, is it, blue skip?
0:08:36 > 0:08:40There's nothing at all here. OK, no problem.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43If there's any more problems, just give us a ring.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Bye.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Carly moved down under from the Midlands.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Andy used to do nights on the streets of Middlesbrough
0:08:52 > 0:08:55where life in uniform was rather different.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00Town centre was just drunks, drunks and drugs. Unfortunately.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04But Saturday night in Western Australia is starting to
0:09:04 > 0:09:06remind them of home.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10So we've got a 328, which is a disturbance
0:09:10 > 0:09:13and the job reads there's approximately 50 youths
0:09:13 > 0:09:16on the street...believes there's a party going on there.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19He's drove past, someone's kicked his car,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23unknown if there's any damage at this time.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Acting loud and unruly on the street.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31So we'll have a look and see what they're... Is going on.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34November 107...
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Where've you come from?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- I'm just waiting for the bus. - Where you going to?- Pardon?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Where are you going to?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41INDISTINCT
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Right, boys, keep walking.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Keep walking, mate.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48They send one lot of guests on their way.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51But there's news of more trouble a few streets away.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54So the initial... obviously there's a party that's started
0:09:54 > 0:09:57earlier on in the evening which police attended,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59which was the first location we went to.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04And then from there, they've been dispersed and they've all started
0:10:04 > 0:10:08fighting just behind the original location in the backstreets here.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13'We're going to need more cars here, please.'
0:10:14 > 0:10:19Andy and Carly are in one of nine units sent to the scene.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23'I think there was a 382...'
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Guys, what's going on? - Everything's cool.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37It obviously isn't, is it?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42What's going on? Come on, guys. Take them home.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Just worried about him?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Attacked my car up there.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Who was...what, over there?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Up the road. Number 71.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54The man claims his car has been damaged by some of the partygoers.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Kids these days are not right in the head!
0:10:58 > 0:10:59They keep mobbing each other!
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Mate, mate. Stay out of it. Stay out of it.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- The drunk guy...- You've all got five seconds.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Right, right. Move away. Why are you getting so upset?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Right, you need to calm...
0:11:10 > 0:11:12That's my brother right there they just mobbed!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Listen, you need to calm down.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15He came back with blood on his face.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17You need to calm down, all right?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Carly and Andy must keep them all apart.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Put your arm down. - My arms are down.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Put your arm down, put the phone down and tell us what's happened.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Bottle got chucked at a man tonight,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29the only that could save his skull was my hand.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32The young partygoer says he's been assaulted.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34No, these Africans they just started,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36they started on us down there.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Were you all from the same party?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Yeah. They're down there.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I think they're mobbing other boys as well.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- So was it a group or was it just one person?- Group. Group.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Do you want to make a statement if we found him, no? All right.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- We need you to get home, then, OK? - Yeah, I'll go, I'm going home right now.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- Do you want us to give you a lift home?- Nah, it's all right.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Start walking, guys, we need to get everyone out the area.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00INDISTINCT
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Oh, God. Just go!
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Carly and Andy have calmed things down, for now,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14but they know that with six hours of their shift remaining,
0:12:14 > 0:12:18this may not be the last incident that they face tonight.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- 'Good morning...' - INDISTINCT PILOT ANNOUNCEMENT
0:12:38 > 0:12:42In an air ambulance high above New South Wales, British flight
0:12:42 > 0:12:45nurse Juanita Armeghino is on a mission to save
0:12:45 > 0:12:48the life of road accident victim Jim Stuart.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I'm not able to pass that.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55He's being flown 400 miles to the city of Newcastle
0:12:55 > 0:12:57for emergency surgery.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59But his condition is deteriorating.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Carbon dioxide is building up in Jim's body.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Removing fluid from his lungs is proving difficult.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Gallons of stuff back here, Sam.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Juanita and Flying Doctor Sam Bendall are using
0:13:16 > 0:13:20all their years of experience to keep Jim stable.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23We've, um, I've just suctioned him.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26And he had gallons of stuff coming out.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29We're just struggling a little bit with his ventilation
0:13:29 > 0:13:32at the moment in regards to his end-tidal CO2, which we'd
0:13:32 > 0:13:35prefer to be down a little bit because of his head injury.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Dr Sam has had to reduce Jim's blood pressure with drugs to
0:13:44 > 0:13:47ease the strain on his leaking aorta.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50We did a bit of tweaking in-flight with his ventilation.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Bit of brainstorming between the two of us, which was good.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56And it's not perfect, but it's probably as
0:13:56 > 0:14:00realistically good as I'm going to get him, and the rest of him
0:14:00 > 0:14:03is actually pretty stable, so touch wood he stays that way.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Excellent. One step.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08After 90 minutes in the air, Jim's condition is slowly improving.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11But he's still critically ill.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Tonight, surgeons will try to save his life.
0:14:14 > 0:14:20So we've got a 40, 45-minute road trip now to take him
0:14:20 > 0:14:22to John Hunter Hospital where
0:14:22 > 0:14:26the Emergency Department have been informed and they're ready to
0:14:26 > 0:14:29receive us to take him straight up to the Intensive Care Unit.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32And hopefully be able to fix that aorta tear.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33And get him better.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I've got good hopes for him, he's going to be great.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45For several days, Jim's life remains in the balance.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47But the operation is a success.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52He was later released from intensive care.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07In the baking heat of the Australian interior,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Warakurna is one of the country's most remote communities and
0:15:10 > 0:15:17constable Kurt Weedon, from Kent, is half the police presence here.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Can I just have a quick look at your driving licence, please?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23One of just two officers upholding the law across thousands
0:15:23 > 0:15:26of square miles of red desert.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29How you doing, Serge? Just Michael here from Warakurna police.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Serge, I've put a job on, basically we're just going
0:15:32 > 0:15:35to conduct a patrol out to one of our sister communities here.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Today Kurt and Irish recruit Michael Noonan are on a highway patrol,
0:15:39 > 0:15:44checking traffic on dirt roads that often see only
0:15:44 > 0:15:46a handful of cars each day.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49We're now on our way to a place called Tjukarla
0:15:49 > 0:15:52and it's about 180km away from Warakurna.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- A little bit like driving on the beach.- Yeah.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59It's got no permanent police officers,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02so it's something you have to do quite...
0:16:02 > 0:16:05as regular as you can, just to reassure them we're still there.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Even though we're 200km away.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Australia still attracts migrants from all over the world
0:16:11 > 0:16:15and the first vehicle they stop contains yet more Brits.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Have you seen the old boy who's been walking from City Beach?
0:16:19 > 0:16:20No.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22He's walking to Alice Springs.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23You're joking. Where is he now?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25When I went back three weeks ago, I saw him.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30It turns out Kurt and the occupants were near-neighbours in South London.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- So how long have you been out?- '82.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- Oh, so you've been a long time, then.- Yeah.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Yeah. So where are you from?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- Tottenham, originally.- Tottenham. - But here I live in Caversham.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43How random is that? You're driving out here in the middle of Australia, literally
0:16:43 > 0:16:44in the middle of Australia,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46five of us, and not one person's from Australia.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Driving in the outback takes a terrible toll on cars
0:16:56 > 0:16:59and many owners are forced to cannibalise their old
0:16:59 > 0:17:02vehicles just to stay on the road.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06You see all the car wrecks.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I mean, I didn't realise there was this many,
0:17:11 > 0:17:12I mean, that is ridiculous.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15The trouble is when they're burnt-out like that, what do you do with them?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18It's just such a waste on the landscape, innit?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20You couldn't even dig a massive hole and bury 'em.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23The car needs to be well maintained
0:17:23 > 0:17:25and a lot of locals don't do that,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28so they'll head off knowing that
0:17:28 > 0:17:30they don't have enough fuel in their car.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Local man Lyall is an aboriginal tribal elder,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48a man of influence in the community.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50But he's broken down.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Lyall has a really good relationship with the police, don't you?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56So we come out and we speak to Lyall quite often.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Uh, and any problems Lyall has out there, he contacts the police
0:18:00 > 0:18:03and lets us know and we work well together.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04So, excellent.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Lyall, have you got a problem with your car today?- Yeah.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10What's happened? Ah. Anything we can help you with?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Ah, should be OK.- You're going to be OK?- I have somebody coming now.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Oh, someone's coming out, are they?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Where you going to?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Lyall's a mechanic, he's learnt as a mechanic, as well.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23So he'll be able to fix it, whereas I'm no good with cars,
0:18:23 > 0:18:24so I'd be rubbish.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26HE CHUCKLES
0:18:26 > 0:18:27We'll see you next time, Lyall.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Out here, motoring can be a matter of life and death.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33You need a permit to use these roads.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35People can be easily caught out.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42You get a lot of backpackers coming through, but they
0:18:42 > 0:18:44don't realise how severe the conditions are.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47So they'll either drive up from Perth,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50or drive over from Alice Springs, and it's not until they get
0:18:50 > 0:18:53on the road that they realise that they've made a mistake.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I've travelled from the roadhouse,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05which is about 340km, uh, by myself and I got a blow out.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Middle of the summer. Absolutely boiling hot.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Never, never changed a wheel before on a 4X4.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Burnt up my arms cos the desert sun was
0:19:17 > 0:19:19so hot it just scorched the ground.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21So that was an experience that I went through that
0:19:21 > 0:19:23I don't want to go through again.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26But that's why it's so important to keep our vehicles maintained.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28You could be literally 400,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31500km away from the nearest fuel-filling place.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34So you need to make sure that both tanks are always full.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39The last thing you want to do out here is run out of petrol.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40This is remote Australia,
0:19:40 > 0:19:44few police officers are posted here permanently.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49Kurt is here for five weeks and he wants a souvenir.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51We're on the boarder of Northern Territories
0:19:51 > 0:19:54in Western Australia, something for the scrapbook.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Cos I've not been here before.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02A typical shift in the UK, it would be four nightclubs
0:20:02 > 0:20:04to police, people fighting
0:20:04 > 0:20:07and drink-driving, and...
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Driving around stuck in traffic.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Never really achieving much.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19To come out here in the middle of nowhere to see this and...
0:20:19 > 0:20:21fantastic landscape.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Brilliant.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Journey's end is the small town of Tjukarla.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Is that the store?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Yep. Oh, we seem to have a few people here.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37And the locals are pleased to see them.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40I've never been here before cos I'm from Laverton.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43There's a camel farm, is there? Oh, yeah, right, OK.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45INDISTINCT
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Cool, can I have a look at some camels?
0:20:48 > 0:20:53Kurt's seen wild camels in the desert, but a team of musterers
0:20:53 > 0:20:56have been rounding them up for export to the Middle East.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58This is a first.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00I've never ever seen the white camels before.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02They're saying they're quite rare. Quite valuable.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05When someone first told me that there were camels in Australia,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I thought that was a joke and I thought they was winding me up.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Cos they like to wind us British up and cos they know
0:21:10 > 0:21:14we're scared of spiders and snakes and they make up creatures.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Like a thing called a drop bear they told us
0:21:17 > 0:21:18about which doesn't really exist.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21So when they told me about camels, I thought they was making it up.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24But it was only when I come up to Blackstone and I saw them
0:21:24 > 0:21:25for the first time.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28They're kind of weird, aren't they?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Was it more hectic over there in England?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Yeah. I couldn't get to stand around doing
0:21:33 > 0:21:35stuff like this in England, let's put it that way.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Busy, busy, busy, yeah.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Football matches in England,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42there's 90,000 people yeah, and they all hate each other.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- So that's pretty full-on.- Yeah.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48There's quite a lot of... Well, in Laverton, you've got 12 coppers,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50seven of us are English.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Is it like a programme, or just...?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55There was. Basically, back in 2006, I think it was,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58when you had the big mining boom.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00So no-one wanted to do police work and they thought,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04well, what's the point of being a policeman when you can, you know,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07for whatever how much they get, I can go up the mines and just do an
0:22:07 > 0:22:09easier job, maybe cleaning or something for 120 grand.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11So no-one joined.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14So they thought, "Let's go, go to a country...speaks the same language."
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Everyone wanted to leave England,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19so loads of people went.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22That one in the middle, that's a big one,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- that white one, the third one, innit?- Yeah, big Brutus.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Thanks for that, chaps, I appreciate your time, I enjoyed that.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Cheers, fellas, see you later.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Have a good one, mate, might see yous on the road.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38For Kurt and Michael, it's time to head back to base in Worakurna.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43It could be weeks before Tjukarla sees another police officer.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, are a national park where
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Australia's wildlife enjoys legal protection,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04they cover 7,000 square miles.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07And when there's an animal emergency up here,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10it's newly arrived British vet Lucy King
0:23:10 > 0:23:13who's expected to come to the rescue.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Are you OK to just tip that when we get it in?- Yep.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19The first patient is a tawny frogmouth.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I wasn't sure if it was struggling to breathe,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23because it was doing this.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26But there's another rare bird waiting in a box.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Um, I think it's a magpie. Unknown animal in a box.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32A member of the public has brought it in.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33It's a currawong.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39Hey, ooh. What happened to your eye, dude?
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Moving down under has meant treating hundreds of exotic species
0:23:44 > 0:23:48she's never even seen before, and today she's off on a training day
0:23:48 > 0:23:53at one of Sydney's biggest zoos to get up to speed on her new patients.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57I'm in Featherdale Wildlife Park in Sydney. My boss Reece in
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Katoomba has arranged for me to meet up with Robert, who's the vet here.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04He specialises in Australian wildlife.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07I'm really, really excited, it's an amazing opportunity for me
0:24:07 > 0:24:10to learn about the wildlife, but also it's a once in a lifetime
0:24:10 > 0:24:13chance to get hands-on experience with some of these animals.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I'm really excited. I'm really lucky.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Now, remember koalas bite and scratch.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26I know they're cute, but they can inflict a nasty wound.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28These claws can sort of go right through your hand.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31So you've got to be aware of that.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33And the way you get a koala to stay down is just
0:24:33 > 0:24:36put your hand on top of their head and she won't climb up.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41But again you've got to be careful with her teeth.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44They can get quite aggressive territorially, can't they, koalas?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Ah, they do, they do, yeah.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Particularly the males in mating season.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Yeah, there's a bit of biffo.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52You know that term in the UK? Biffo?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- Uh...- Argy-bargy.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Argy-bargy, yeah. Bit of argy-bargy.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57- That's it.- OK.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05'So this is a really good opportunity.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07'As it turns into summertime, we get
0:25:07 > 0:25:08'a lot more wildlife coming in,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11'so I'm going to be seeing a lot more in the clinic
0:25:11 > 0:25:12'and I need to be able to know what to do
0:25:12 > 0:25:14'and how to handle them.'
0:25:14 > 0:25:17And Lucy will be taking her life in her hands dealing with
0:25:17 > 0:25:20some of Australia's reptile residents.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22I'm interested in everything.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24I'd like to have a look at some of the snakes.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27We've seen a few snakes, but Reece tends to deal with those,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29cos we're all scared.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32With handling snakes it's like, she's non-venomous
0:25:32 > 0:25:35so we're not worried about being invenomated.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38But still, like, if she bit you, it would hurt,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41all those sharp little teeth there.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45So, most of the time when you handle a snake like this, it won't bite.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48But, you know, you just got to be careful
0:25:48 > 0:25:53and it's always better to have a couple of people holding her,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58because the worst thing you could do is, you know, drop her.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01You know, like, if all of a sudden you let go
0:26:01 > 0:26:04and then she dangled, that would put a lot of pressure on the spine.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05OK.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10What do you feed these guys?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12So we can feed 'em small fish.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15But we often feed 'em small mice or, you know,
0:26:15 > 0:26:17small bits of chicken.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Young chicken.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21I gave him a pilchard the other day and he did like it.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Ha-ha-ha! Not in tomato sauce.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24No, of course not.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Feeding the snake, that was a little bit scary.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32I'll try again and see if I do a better job.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37I think, has he opened his mouth?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Looks like he might have, no?
0:26:40 > 0:26:46- Not yet.- He's definitely interested, you can see that.- Yeah.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I handled a death adder which is one of the
0:26:48 > 0:26:51top ten venomous snakes in the world.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54And I held it but it, it was being restrained very
0:26:54 > 0:26:57well by a professional, so I wasn't at risk at all with that one.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I've had an amazing day.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06I'll go home and have lots of dreams of Australian indigenous animals.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Back in the Blue Mountains, Lucy soon gets the chance to put
0:27:12 > 0:27:15some of her new knowledge into practice.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Um, we've got a couple of blue tongues here.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22This one, I'm not going to get out, he's got a broken back.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25We just need to make sure he's got plenty of pain relief
0:27:25 > 0:27:28and is nice and rested and he should all heal up fine, so we're just
0:27:28 > 0:27:32keeping him here for, for now to make sure he is going to get better.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37Um, this little guy. Hey, little guy. I know...
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Oh, wriggly. Hey.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45So this is an eastern bluetongue.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48This fella came in because he was having trouble shedding.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51So a member of the public brought him in,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54and he was all sort of dry and crusty,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57and struggling to get all of his shed off properly.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59You can see he's got a little scar by his eye where
0:27:59 > 0:28:01one of the scales came off.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04So we've bathed him and made sure he's nice and hydrated
0:28:04 > 0:28:06so that he can finish his shed
0:28:06 > 0:28:11and can go off back into the wild again as soon as he's ready.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14But as the tourist season begins in the Blue Mountains, one thing
0:28:14 > 0:28:20is for certain, he won't be the last casualty brought into Lucy's clinic.