0:00:02 > 0:00:04They're the Brits who race to the rescue down under.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Multiple patient, critical.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Everyday heroes saving lives.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Five miles to run.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Battling fires...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Do not go out now! It's too late.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15It can be extremely dangerous.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17..and fighting crime.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- Put your arm down. - Police, open the door.
0:00:19 > 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- NEWSREADER:- The search continues for a British tourist
0:00:35 > 0:00:37who hasn't been since he went for a swim.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39You never quite know what you're in for, what's going to happen.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41332, mate, on the head in.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Very high impact. He's really quite critically injured.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Brits on blue lights, under blue skies.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Today down under,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58a farmer's fighting for his life.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01It's up to British pilot, Mike, to save him.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04An 88-year-old male has been stabbed by a cow horn
0:01:04 > 0:01:05in the abdomen.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Flight nurse Juanita comes to the rescue of a cancer patient.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Can't get in to Young, we'll have a look, erm,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15to see if we can get her in to one of the other airports.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And policeman, Rob, is on the hunt for drugs.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22There's a little bit of cannabis in your wallet.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23Anything else on you?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Ambulance emergency, what channel suburb?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37It's midday in Australia's cattle country
0:01:37 > 0:01:40and an elderly famer desperately needs help.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Yeah.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50OK.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53He is 160 miles from the nearest trauma unit.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55And he's losing blood fast.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07British helicopter pilot, Mike De Winton,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09is charged with saving his life.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11'There's an 88-year-old male there
0:02:11 > 0:02:15'that's been stabbed by a cow horn in the abdomen.'
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Mike's rescue chopper can reach 160mph.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21But the flight will take more than an hour.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23It may not be fast enough.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Give you a call as soon as we're able. You guys got anybody else?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- 'OK, thank you.'- No problem. Thanks for that. Bye.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- RADIO:- Medical control, this is Westpac 1,
0:02:33 > 0:02:34we have five POB
0:02:34 > 0:02:37starting at Newcastle Helicopter Base for Stroud.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41We have an ETA of approximately 12:25.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43One, two, two five.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Westpac 1 Company, thank you.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- 223 take off. - Hey, you guys, left up,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50nose to the right, vertical climb to about 80 feet, rolling,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53looking for about, er, 80 feet and 40 knots.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55You've got traffic over to Westpac 1, medi-vac 412,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59to come airborne Westpac base, tracking north for the...
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Stroud area, Westpac 1.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- INDISTINCT - Go and turn left.- 30 feet.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13A local paramedic team has reached the injured farmer.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16John Murray has a massive wound in his thigh
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and has lost a lot of blood.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23We'll go round a right turn and come in over the top of the trees straight towards him.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- OK.- Got the cattle in the, er, park,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29so they'll be beyond us on the left-hand side.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30OK, got it.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO - A horse is bolting.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Cattle are on the move.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Coming over the top of the trees there now. Well clear.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- About 80% power there. - Roger that.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Come in four, five...
0:03:51 > 0:03:54four, three. Two, one. Hold.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57John and his family have been waiting more than an hour
0:03:57 > 0:03:59for the rescue helicopter to arrive.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Yes, that's pretty good, right above a bit high.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05INDISTINCT
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Here we go, the patient is in the 12 o'clock now, about 100 metres.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Go out the right hand door, please
0:04:15 > 0:04:17and just watch out for the slope on the left.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Pilot Mike has landed the medics seconds from their patient.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- So, John, have you got any health problems at all?- No.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Only that I'm getting old.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33- OK, all right, you're not on any medications at all?- No.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36So you weren't injured in your chest at all, John?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38It's just in your leg?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- I think so.- He needs a transfusion.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42It's just below the groin,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44so I think it'll be a femoral artery vein,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46so it's not going to be tourniquet-able.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48OK, so what I think we need to do,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50I think it's going to be, what's it going to be?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54It's a vascular thing, so I think...
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Yeah, so I have this expiratory 26th of October, RH negative.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Yeah.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02The accident happened when John was helping his son, Glen,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- with the cattle. - We were trying to move a heifer,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08which has been having difficultly calving,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and it got out of the Ute,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13erm, and the heifer's a bit of a wild one,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16erm, and she must have, I didn't see it,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19but she must have turned around and raced back at him
0:05:19 > 0:05:20and she's horned,
0:05:20 > 0:05:26erm, and she quite obviously got a horn in to his right thigh area.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Pilot Mike knows that the speed of his helicopter
0:05:29 > 0:05:31could help save John's life.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35The property we're on now is probably an hour to two hours' drive
0:05:35 > 0:05:36from the nearest hospital,
0:05:36 > 0:05:41so access is really quite difficult, erm, and also, erm,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44the regional ambulances do a tremendous job,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46but they've got huge distances to cover just to get here,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48so, er, this job, you know,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51the ambulance only got here about five minutes before we did.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Judging by what we're seeing at the moment, he's actually got
0:05:54 > 0:05:57quite a significant injury and a lot of bleeding, so, medical crew
0:05:57 > 0:06:00are trying to stabilise him before we take him back to the hospital.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04But stabilising John could be impossible.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The position of the wound means flying doctor Mary
0:06:07 > 0:06:10can't use a tourniquet to staunch the flow of blood.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Unless they're careful, moving him may kill him.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- RADIO:- Partly cloudy, it's 08.02, Thursday 29th October.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Good morning. I'm Sarah Forster.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Cloudy at times today,
0:06:31 > 0:06:35as we head for top temperatures of 22 degrees on the coast and 25...
0:06:36 > 0:06:38On the banks of Sydney Harbour,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41British flight nurse, Juanita Ameghino,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44finds yoga is the cure for the stress of her job.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47I started yoga seven years ago.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51I wish I'd started it 27 years ago.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It definitely, definitely works.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56You just slow your breathing down,
0:06:56 > 0:06:58your brain starts thinking clearly
0:06:58 > 0:07:02and so that really helps, as well, with my nursing.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08Juanita has a high-flying job, based at Sydney's International Airport,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12she crews the small planes that are the ambulances of the Outback.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I'm proud to call myself a British-trained nurse.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It's really nice to be able to take that patient,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19knowing that they're critically ill
0:07:19 > 0:07:22and continue giving them that clinical care in the environment,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24like a very small plane,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27getting them to the other side and getting them to the hospital,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30where they can receive definitive care. It's great. It's what we do.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- Now, are you comfortable there, Michelle?- Yes.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- As comfortable as can be expected? - Yeah.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Juanita will bring you something to eat and some booze later on!
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Michelle Richards is heading home from surgery in Sydney
0:07:44 > 0:07:48to the small town of Young, an hour's flight away.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50I've flown in little planes before but, you know,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54never in this sort of vulnerable lying-down position.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58So I'm feeling quite comfortable but nervous.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Few of Juanita's flights are routine.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08OK, homeward bound.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Let's do it.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16In Australia, the distances between the hospitals is so vast,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20it would take you three hours to even get to a base hospital.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22So then, if you wanted to get to a specialist hospital,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25sometimes you're looking at six, seven, eight hours' driving.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28In England, of course, you could get on a road ambulance
0:08:28 > 0:08:29and you could be there in 20 minutes,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31there's hospitals dotted everywhere.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37The plane can carry up to three patients at a time.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40And they need to pick up another before Michelle arrives home.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44We are going to Griffith first, yes.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47It's about an hour and a quarter to get to Griffith.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Now, I've got the kettle on. Would you like a cup of tea?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- Really?- Yes.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57No, I don't think I will, actually. I'm sure...
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- No, I'm all right.- All right.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02See, there's nothing I can't do.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09So I understand that your family
0:09:09 > 0:09:12have been involved in the G-Nome Project?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Yes, that's right.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16It was discovered a number of years ago
0:09:16 > 0:09:19that the family had a genetic disorder
0:09:19 > 0:09:23and the family ended up being perfect candidates
0:09:23 > 0:09:27to help out with the human G-Nome.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Michelle's recovering from an operation
0:09:30 > 0:09:34to remove a thyroid tumour caused by the family genetic disorder.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36But first, they need to pick up a pensioner
0:09:36 > 0:09:39diagnosed with a slow heartbeat.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41So Saturday morning, I went over backwards.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46I've been in hospital for a week, waiting to be sort of sorted out
0:09:46 > 0:09:47and they're going to send me down
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and have this pacemaker put in, an angiogram,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53to see if there's any blockage, besides that.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Bob's your uncle, I hope I come home and be able to...
0:09:57 > 0:09:59..be, er, fit.
0:09:59 > 0:10:0374-year-old Merv began work as a butcher here,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06in the small town of Griffith, at 12
0:10:06 > 0:10:08and only recently retired.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Now he needs surgery in Sydney.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I love the people we pick up.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16They're very country people, very laid back.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21A lot of them are farmers. A lot of them have done really hard work.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23See? I just do as I'm told.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24They don't make a fuss.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27They're very, very grateful to the Royal Flying Doctors' Service.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I love that.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Now, we can just... Oooh, just get that moon boot.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- You won't fit it.- No, the moon boot won't fit, Merv. Otherwise...
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Full reclining seat. We've got a little TV here, all right?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Later on, we'll fill that up with booze for you.- Oh, right.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43We're going to lift you up,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45pop you into the back of the plane.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46But there's a problem...
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- How long before we take...? - Before we take off?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- Oh, I don't know yet. - You don't know.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- We've got a few things we've got to work out with the weather.- Oh, yeah.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Rain and high winds are sweeping in from the sea.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Visibility is falling fast at their next destination.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Young is marginal.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- We have a go. - We'll have a go? Sure.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Michelle needs to get back to Young.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11If we can't get into Young,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14we'll have a look to see if we can get her into
0:11:14 > 0:11:16one of the other airports closer.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Maybe to Forbes or to Parks,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21cos we don't want to have to take her all the way back to Sydney.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Bit of a wasted round journey.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27I mean, I know that my company is scintillating at the best of times,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30but we don't want to have to do that to you, do we?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Until the low cloud on their route clears,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Juanita and her patients will be grounded in the bush.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50On a remote farm in Australia's Hunter Valley,
0:11:50 > 0:11:55former Royal Navy pilot Mike De Winton's helicopter
0:11:55 > 0:11:58is injured farmer John Murray's only hope of survival.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02He's losing blood fast after being gored by a cow.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05So what I want to do, we'll get some blood going and...
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Flying doctor Mary knows that, without careful handling,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11John could bleed to death in minutes.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- Second line is what we need.- Yep.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16And I want to try and pack pressure dressing onto this,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18before we then move him.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Cos I think it's going to start bleeding significantly
0:12:20 > 0:12:22once we start trying to move him.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24His wife Wendy is by his side.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Mum and Dad have been here for 54 years.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Mum, maybe five years ago, had a fall off a horse
0:12:33 > 0:12:36and was similarly medevacked to the John Hunter Hospital.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38She had some broken ribs.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40It's up to you, Wendy.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42If you want to come with us, we've got space in the aircraft.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44If you want to nip up to the house
0:12:44 > 0:12:47and grab some stuff quickly for Wendy, I'm happy for you to do that.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48So, John...
0:12:48 > 0:12:50So everything looks OK.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Obviously, we're concerned about this wound to your groin.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54We need to get you to the John Hunter quickly.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57We'll get another line in you, once we get you to the helicopter.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59We just want to carry you over there,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01get you out of the blinding sun.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05This is Australia's most famous wine-growing region
0:13:05 > 0:13:08and every year the Hunter Valley raises millions
0:13:08 > 0:13:11to keep the rescue choppers in the air.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13But for John and Wendy today,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Westpac 1 and its British pilot are priceless.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Watch your fingers now. Make sure the wheel's on, OK?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21So watch your fingers.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24OK, I've got it. Do you want to get the top end?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30They're just wiring up for sound, OK?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Few Aussie farmers retire.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35And Mike knows that, even at 88,
0:13:35 > 0:13:36men like John are tough.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I think his son's been helping him here for a period of time, as well,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42so it's pretty impressive, actually.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44You see this guy's 88
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and he's wandering around the paddocks chasing his cattle up.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48It's pretty good. It's pretty good.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I wish I could do that.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53I don't think I'd be flying in when I'm 88!
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Don't think anybody would trust me.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56What seat do you want, Mary?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59But the team's patient is growing weaker.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02John is losing blood almost as fast as the medics can replace it.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Just going to get you comfortable. Are you warm enough at the moment?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07OK, takeoff.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10OK, so coming up, nose to the right.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11So I go across the corner there.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14So I'll go vertical climb, as much power as I can get, then we'll roll.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19OK, so a good, positive rate of climb. I'm going to roll now.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23It's 160 miles to hospital.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25An hour-long flight.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27At speed, it comes alive.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Lovely.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Westpac 1 identified,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37one to five miles north of Lampier.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42John has been given almost all of the blood the chopper is carrying.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Westpac 1, cleared direct, John Hunter Hospital. Notified 15.00.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53Good afternoon from Westpac 1. We've departed the scene for the hospital.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57We have an ETA at John Hunter of approximately 13 minutes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03But John is resilient.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Thanks to several transfusions,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09he survives to reach the trauma unit in the city of Newcastle.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11He undergoes emergency surgery
0:15:11 > 0:15:14and is soon well enough to return to the Hunter Valley
0:15:14 > 0:15:17and to the cattle that almost killed him.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30The city of Perth is a paradise for the young and the adventurous.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34The climate has made this one of the world's fastest-growing cities,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36with a healthy, wealthy population
0:15:36 > 0:15:38and an outdoor lifestyle.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42For British police officers, life at the nick isn't bad, either.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Oh, Sunday morning, nice and casual.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Er, washing the car.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49You see, all that training's not wasted!
0:15:49 > 0:15:51One of the teams each time
0:15:51 > 0:15:53is nominated to cook breakfast for the other team.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56I think, in the UK, you'd get your barbecue on maybe...
0:15:56 > 0:15:57once or twice a year.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Out here, there's once or twice a year when you can't put it on.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08But what the tourist brochures don't tell you
0:16:08 > 0:16:10about life in Western Australia
0:16:10 > 0:16:12is the feeling of isolation.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Set sail from this shoreline
0:16:16 > 0:16:21and the next place you'll see is Madagascar, 4,000 miles away.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Antarctica's actually nearer.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27And not everyone is happy here.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31To me, with the youths over here,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34I think there's more problems with self-harm
0:16:34 > 0:16:37and alcohol, compared with what I'd dealt with in the UK.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41It seems to be, like, the in thing for the young people today
0:16:41 > 0:16:43to cut themselves and to self-harm.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47And especially with the poms that are over here,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50you think, "God, you've got a fantastic life here.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53"Live it, instead of doing whatever you're doing."
0:16:53 > 0:16:57When the sun goes down, the British officers sometimes see
0:16:57 > 0:17:00the toll life down under takes on settlers.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Officers Rob Rickson and Colin Todd have been sent to an incident
0:17:05 > 0:17:09in a new upmarket housing estate involving two teenagers.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Two kids are self-harming, one's unconscious
0:17:12 > 0:17:14and another one's got razors.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- Just be careful, mate.- Yeah.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38There are two girls in a state of distress.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- No, she's moving, she's moving, she's moving.- Lie down.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47The ambulance is just pulling up on scene now.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51One has severe cuts to her arm. Both appear to have taken drugs.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54She's had two tonic chronic seizures since we've been here.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55- Since you've been here?- Yeah.- OK.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- Cut herself anywhere else at all? - Not that I can see.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01She's got scarring on her other arm,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- so it'll be a job to get a line in. - Yeah, I have the same with...
0:18:04 > 0:18:05GIRL STARTS TO MOAN
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Lie down. Don't kick, don't kick.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Just relax for us. Lie down.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- You want to just give a lift from here?- Sure mate.- Up.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15And we'll head feet to the kerb.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Got it?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21What did you cut yourself with, mate?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22SHE MOANS
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- It's bleeding pretty well, eh? - Yeah, it is.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27- You got that on?- Yeah.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Relax.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Just stay still, so we can help you, please.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- It's not helping your cause, mate, all right?- It's not at all.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I'm still alive!
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Suicide's the biggest cause of death among young people down under.
0:18:41 > 0:18:4444 Aussies kill themselves each week,
0:18:44 > 0:18:46many of them under 25.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49How many of those tablets from the pot did you have?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51The clonazepam? How many clonazepam?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53All right, we'll need another one on there, eh?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I think the Medaz is working now.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Tell you what, sats are good.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Pulse, she's tachy, but expected.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04- Get rolling, eh?- Yeah.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Both girls will be treated in hospital.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12And they'll be offered psychiatric help.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15It could've been life-threatening if it was left.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Speaking to one of the girls,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20they suffer from personality disorders, both of them.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23So that's only going to make it worse,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26if you've a mixture of alcohol and prescription medication
0:19:26 > 0:19:28in situations like this.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Officers Colin and Rob say they're here to stay down under.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35But the Australian dream will always turn sour for some
0:19:35 > 0:19:39in the world's most isolated city.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51In the small town of Griffith, in New South Wales,
0:19:51 > 0:19:53British flight nurse Juanita Ameghino,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57pilot Bob Welch and their two patients are grounded,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59waiting for low cloud to lift.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01No, I'll get the 11 o'clock update,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04looking at an 11.15 departure out of here.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09And then we'll try and work the schedule from there.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Currently, as we stand at the moment, we're at Griffith,
0:20:12 > 0:20:17which is clear, but we still had to check with the weather forecast.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20And the pilot's just established that we are able to get into Young.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23We've just got to sit tight here for half an hour while the fog lifts.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27We do know what we're doing.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30We just maybe don't look like it all the time!
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Trust me, Merv. I'm a nurse.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Thousands wouldn't, but I believe you. Yeah.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Cancer patient Michelle Richens is flying home.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Pensioner Merv Hill is on his way to surgery for his heart condition.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I've just had a nice little... supposed to be a sedative,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50because I get claustrophobia.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53And they give me that
0:20:53 > 0:20:56and I'm feeling all right at the moment, yeah. Feels pretty good.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00So, I'll just lay back and relax.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02And don't panic.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13At last, they're clear for take-off.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20And as soon as I start to do anything, I run out of air.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21I can get a bit dizzy,
0:21:21 > 0:21:24so they reckon this pacemaker will stop that.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29So I'm hoping it'll give me back a bit of air,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32not quantity but a bit of quality life.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37Nurse Juanita, originally from Jersey, is reassuring Michelle.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40I always talk to the pilot, I say, "Is it OK to get up?"
0:21:40 > 0:21:44And they'll either say, "Yeah, go for it" or, "No, stay in your seat."
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Sometimes they say, "Yes, but be careful."
0:21:47 > 0:21:49So I stay low.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52And there's not much room between our head and the top of the plane,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55so, yeah, I don't want to become another patient.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Half an hour after take-off,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Michelle's touching down in her home town.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06I'm really glad I've landed back in Young.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08It would've been a big disappointment
0:22:08 > 0:22:12if I'd had to go back to Sydney, when I was on my way home.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16I'm looking forward to seeing all my family.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Bit of a long journey for Merv, isn't it?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- But you're comfortable, are you, now?- Yeah.- Yeah. All the best.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Thank you very much for your care.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32That's all right. And I'm so glad we made it to Young.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Yes. It was a bit of an adventure, wasn't it?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Didn't want to have to take her back to Sydney.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Michelle's soon back home and recovering from her surgery.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45But for Juanita and pilot Bob, there's more work to be done...
0:22:47 > 0:22:49We've just had clearance to get into Canberra.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52We thought we wouldn't be able to because of the weather.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54So into Canberra, we're going to pick up another patient
0:22:54 > 0:22:59to put on the plane with Merv and then we're going back to Sydney.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Then it'll be lunchtime!
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Merv arrived in Sydney in time for pacemaker surgery
0:23:07 > 0:23:09and after two weeks in hospital,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12he caught another flight back to his home in the bush.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Half the people in some parts of Perth emigrated from the UK
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and there are so many British newcomers,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33builders aim their ads at them.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- TV AD:- Our first home should be three storey with a sea view.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Oh, sure, mate! Quality built and cheap as.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45British police officers Rob Rickson and Colin Todd
0:23:45 > 0:23:50often find suspects are fellow ex pats, or their children.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55It's dusk and in a street, where a drug dealer is known to live,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57a teenager has aroused their suspicion.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58So why was you going down that road?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Well, I was going over there.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Not going to buy drugs?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06No.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- Do you buy drugs from down there? - No.- OK.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Stay there.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12What's in here, mate?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14What's in that Calypso bag?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Rob has little doubt why he's here at this time of night.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Just be honest with me.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- Yeah, OK, it's weed.- Cannabis?- Yeah.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- OK, have you got any other drugs on you?- No.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- Right, so you've got a bit of cannabis in your wallet.- Yeah.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- Anything else on you?- Er...
0:24:30 > 0:24:31You know I'm going to search you.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35So probably may as... Just tell me where it is, mate.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37What have you got on you?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39I can't really remember what I put in my bag.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41You don't know what you've got in there?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I can't remember what I put in my bag. I don't have a good memory.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46OK, you remember what you put in there?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47- What?- What have you put in there?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Rob is beginning to lose patience with his suspect.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- Look, I don't remember.- OK, you're making this really difficult.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- Let me grab this off you.- Oh, sorry, I actually don't remember.- OK.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Sure, mate.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59So there's drugs in your bag
0:24:59 > 0:25:02and you just don't know what they are, or where you put them?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04No, I know where I got them, but they're drugs.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06OK. Cannabis?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07- Yeah, it's cannabis.- OK.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10You're making it quite complicated for a bit of weed.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12What do you mean, complicated?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Well, you've got a bit of weed on you and I've asked you the question.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Most people would just answer it, straight
0:25:18 > 0:25:19rather than saying all this,
0:25:19 > 0:25:23"I don't I don't know where it is and I don't know what it is."
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Should be a bag of cannabis in there, as well.- It's not cannabis.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Pills.- Oh, yeah, they're pills.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32It's not looking good for their suspect, but he has an explanation.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Those are prescription Stilnox.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Prescription...?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- Stilnox.- What are they for? - Sleeping pills.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42If you've got a prescription, why are they in a Calypso bag?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Oh, it's just the way I hold them.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Like, stuff falls out of my pockets all the time.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Why...? So they come in a bottle or in a blister pack?
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- No, they come in, like, a little thing. I just...- In a thing?
0:25:53 > 0:25:57The contents of his bag look suspicious.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- OK, let's- ID. Yeah.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Colin is going to check out his record.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09What's been in these deal bags, mate? Speed?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Speed?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Well, it's a white powder.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13- White powder?- Yeah.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Well, they're in your bag.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22But despite the fact he admits to possessing cannabis,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Rob can't find it.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26And the powder could be innocent.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I don't know, like, what it is, if it's a white powder.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Well, you tell me what was it.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32That one's got three bits of tobacco in it
0:26:32 > 0:26:34and the other two have got white powder in them.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Is there tobacco? I don't smoke.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39For a non-smoker, he's well-equipped to start the habit.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Who carries an ashtray with them with cigarette butts in it?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48OK, mate, do you want me to pack that up or do you want to pack it?
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Yeah, if you want to pack it.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51You'll probably do a better job than I will.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- So where you from, mate? - Here.- From Australia?- Yeah.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58You were born here?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01The police are puzzled by the teenager's accent.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05It sounds more transatlantic than British or Australian.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Rob subjects him to a cultural quiz.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Do you know what Fosters is?
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Er, 481.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- Sorry?- 481.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Which he fails spectacularly.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17481?
0:27:17 > 0:27:18481, yeah.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20OK. OK.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23The search for illegal drugs has drawn a blank.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Whatever their suspicions, it's clear the teenager
0:27:26 > 0:27:28is not about to commit the crime of the century.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Their suspect is free to go.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- You want to get that packed up in case your bus comes.- Oh, yeah.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Don't want to miss it, do you?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38But Rob is concerned he may become a victim of crime later on tonight.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Just watch yourself walking about with all that gear.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Don't want someone take it off you,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- especially as your laptop and that's poking out the top.- Yeah, yeah.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48And just, if you're going to carry your pills and that round with you,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Calypso bags isn't the way.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- If you get stopped by the police, they'll turn you over.- Yeah, cool.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- All right, buddy?- Yeah. - Here's your bus, mate.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Exit one relieved teenager.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Leaving behind two bemused British police officers.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04I don't think he's very streetwise.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06You asked what Fosters is.
0:28:06 > 0:28:084187 or something.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13- It's not even worth...- But he's got three empty deal bags on him
0:28:13 > 0:28:15with powder in it.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- And he's two doors away from a drug dealer.- I know.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Yet, he walked down the street and then...- Did he turn around?
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Yeah, he was walking down here and then I stopped and looked at you
0:28:23 > 0:28:27and then, when I looked back, he was back up here again walking this way.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Yeah. I never seen him turn around.