Saturday

As the storm chasers pursue the tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 2010, dissent grows amongst Sean's crew as TIV2 continues to miss intercepts, and Byron Turk quits the team. Reed brings in his girlfriend, television meteorologist Ginger Zee, temporarily booting Chris out of his seat in the Dominator.

After surviving a heart attack 15 years ago, newly retired 55-year-old boating enthusiast Colin Stewart is embarking on a bold life adventure. He's planning to spend half the year cruising Britain's waterways on a high spec narrow boat named 'Tickin Along.'

A couple builds a nautical themed floating home in a marina with stunning sea and mountain views. This adventurous couple Glenn and Margaret love the water and enjoy kayaking. They want their float home to join a community of 20 floating homes on Vancouver’s North shore. After tracking down a designer with a flair for all things nautical they decide on a wish list for their home, which includes; port hole windows, arched doorways, a high barrel ceiling like the hull of a ship and a outdoor deck to enjoy the views. First a massive floating foundation is made using polystyrene blocks encased a concrete frame. Next the wooden frames go up and all the nautical curvy features installed. The biggest challenge is creating the high arch ceiling. Timbers called glulam beams are used which are extra strong and easy to curve. As launch day approaches everyone is excited; but the tow across Vancouver’s harbour to its mooring site does not run smooth. Windy weather makes for a precarious journey and there are near on collisions as the home is docked. Finally the home reaches its destination and Glenn and Margaret takes us round their spectacular maritime themed home.

A Dutch couple builds a dream floating apartment as their ‘starter home’. They want to moor it in the Netherlands’ capital, Amsterdam – the city of canals and a mecca for people who like to live on the water. For this young couple Roy and Rianne, a floating apartment is ideal as a cheap first time pad. They decide to use an old ship as the frame for their new home and find a boat builder to carry out the conversion. After meeting with him they decide they want an ultra modern layout with open plan living and seven new rooms. They also want the design to reflect the shape of the ship. Customized furniture and storage space follow the curves of the hull and the ship’s wheelhouse converts to a grand apartment entrance. The biggest challenge is to make the apartment warm enough to withstand the canal’s winter freezing temperatures. A 10cm thick layer of insulation coats the entire hull! The date is set to tow the stunning apartment to Amsterdam – but a bad weather forecast forces the couple to launch the home early. The interior is not complete and the painters hitch a ride and continue decorating on route under pressure to finish before they dock. Finally the floating apartment enters the canals of Amsterdam and docks at Roy and Rianne’s mooring site with stunning views of the capital and the surrounding waters.

A house owner is determined to make her dream come true and build a stunning floating home using the latest in contemporary design. Susan Dunn has always enjoyed a sporting life on the water in Seattle Washington but now she wants to live on it – and in style! Susan employs a local architect who is renowned for designing ultra modern floating homes. After meeting with him she decides she wants a home with crisp clean exterior walls creating a façade of simple beauty. Inside a graceful floating stairway will lead up to an open plan living space. Bi folding doors will open out onto a west facing deck with a glass roof and teak slat blinds. This ingenious design allows Susan to enjoy her views in privacy but also to merge the deck into the living space for entertaining on a modern and grand scale. At the back is an east facing deck that catches the morning sun for Susan to enjoy her breakfast alfresco. A build yard in Seattle is tasked to construct this massive stunning design and every detail proves to be a challenge. Once complete the contemporary floating home is towed to it’s mooring. On route the floating ‘work of art’ attracts a lot of attention but finally it makes it to it’s new home with a float home community on Seattle’s Lake Union.

Mark and Holly Junak have wanted to live on a floating home all their life. When a mooring became free in Chichester Marina, UK, they decided to take the plunge and build a floating home from scratch. They hire award winning architect Richard Coutts to come up with a sleek modern single storey design with a roof terrace and floor to ceiling windows. It's down to float home builder Jeremy Ireland-Wheeler to build it. He is a veteran of over 40 float home builds.  The floating concrete base that the house will sit on is made in The Netherlands. The Dutch team must pour tons of concrete around a reinforced steel mesh to form a huge hollow box, weighing in at 40 tons! It is then loaded onto a special truck and driven to the ferry port in the nick of time, where it takes the short sea crossing to the UK. Once in Chichester Marina, the team must lower it using a heavy duty crane, into the water in a tense operation. Not knowing whether it will float evenly, they release the cables and it sits perfectly in the water. Now builder Jeremy constructs a 26 ton house at his workshop 45 miles away. Using insulated pre-cut wooden panels, he must assemble the pieces like a giant jigsaw puzzle! He builds special hatches to allow weights to be added to balance the house when it's on the water. As he cannot exceed a certain height, he builds the roof deck into a cleverly designed recess, allowing for the perfect party deck. Up against the clock, he finishes the house with stylish cedar panels to protect it. Then it's wrapped in 2500 sq feet of plastic, like a giant Christmas present! It’s now ready to be lifted onto a truck for its journey to the marina. The problem is, it barely fits out of the workshop door! After a mighty struggle, they get it out and it causes traffic mayhem on the narrow streets leading to the highway. On arrival at the marina, it is lowered onto the waiting floating base but one end overhangs too far. After some heart stopping adjustments they finally get it in place. Mark and Holly can now move in and 3 weeks later we see their minimalist, ultra modern, floating home, overlooking the lily-pads and the swans. The perfect relaxing retreat. 

This week at Gallery 63, a signed Evel Knievel cape and photos jumps on to the auction block; an antique Heberlein violin looks to make sweet music at auction; and a vintage phone booth dials the Gallery 63 crew into some old school fun.

This week at Gallery 63, country music superstar Clay Walker, visits to auction off a selection of his personal items to raise money and awareness for his organization Band Against MS. Also, a seller brings in a vintage game caller that he claims can attract a variety of wild animals, including crows!

This week at Gallery 63, a turn-of-the-century haberdashery is delivered for auction; a Massage-A-Belt exercise machine shakes up the crew and hopefully brings some bids; and Paul hopes a vintage Gulf Oil drum – drums up bids at auction!

This week at Gallery 63, a rare Pannonia motorcycle hopes to rev up the Gallery 63 crowd. An old school 1930s classroom printer is auctioned off. And a Michael Jackson “Thriller” sales award makes it to the block in hopes of thrilling the crowd.

This week at Gallery 63, Paul goes on a pick and comes back with a vintage shoeshine stand; an authentic bomb squad suit is put on the block; and a seller brings in a pair of WWI binoculars that were part of World War I era “Eyes for the Navy” program.

This week a seller comes in with a meteorite from outer space, Jon, the newest employee, picks up items from a cluttered house, and a weapons collector brings in a 100-year-old vampire killing kit.

Big Dog moves to its new home, but old tensions still flare between Derek and Justin. The Viking rig overcomes killer snakes and killer hangovers to reach oil. Josh and his young crew take over on the Longhorn and oilman Mike LaMonica isn’t happy about it.

Big Dog’s Driller Justin is losing patience with Derek, the rig’s worm. Josh and the young Longhorn crew drill into poison gas. Oilman Mike LaMonica rushes to the Viking rig when Wayne’s crew faces a crisis that could cost them the well.

On the Longhorn rig, young Driller Josh’s unsafe performance puts both his crew and his job in jeopardy. Tensions between Big Dog's Driller Justin and his worm, Derek, finally come to a head. Wayne’s Viking rig makes an unexpected find and oilman Mike LaMonica might have discovered a new reservoir of Black Gold.

Marcus, Linden and Dale desperately need new ground before intense heat shuts down their operation, while the Poseidon Crew's hope for a 1000-ounce nugget is slipping through their fingers, as Shane and Russell take the biggest gamble of their season.

In Victoria, heavy rains threaten to shut down the Poseidon Crew, while in tropical Queensland, Jacqui and Andrew struggle through 40-degree Celsius heat as the Goldtimers negotiate a lucrative deal to sell their mining rights.

The Ferals hit a run of nuggets that could transform their final two weeks of their season as the Gold Retrievers are rocked by a medical emergency while Marcus, Linden and Dale use high tech salt coils to salvage a disastrous season.