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Aussie Salvage Squad explores the high-stakes work of the men and women of Geographe Marine Salvage and Rescue.
2020
The team is called in to move a 20-ton excavator that has been bogged for months; their second job sees the team facing high stakes in a time dependant retrieval of an old vessel.
The team tries to remove two stolen vehicles from an old mine site, a task that involves a lot of moving parts.
An emergency SOS calls for team Salvage to rescue a runaway boat capsize at sea.
Team Salvage takes to the skies to remove a toxic vessel in a nature reserve, but access is the issue. It's a dramatic first for the team, and the budget is tight.
The team travel to the outback gold capital of Australia to move a $50,000 gold processing machine that is in serious trouble.
The team face off against a rising tide and a slim budget as they attempt to move a shipwrecked steel yacht that is buried deep in the sand of a beach in Western Australia.
The team explore a boat graveyard in Harvey Estuary, Western Australia, where they recover a ship called Endeavour II.
The team work to remove a derelict yacht from a popular swimming beach in Rockingham, Western Australia.
Team Salvage is tasked with retrieving a motorbike from an unstable mine shaft; it's a race against the clock to retrieve a vessel in trouble before a massive storm hits.
Team Salvage is tasked with removing a broken-down tractor from a Caravan Park in trouble with the law; Luke responds to a boat owner in desperate need of help.
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Team Salvage have to save a vessel that was stranded and stuck in a North Queensland mangrove forest. The only solution to save it is to hoist it out of the mud.
Team Salvages attempts to pull a damaged ship out of the mangrove jungle in one piece, as its owners are determined to keep it and repair it.
Team Salvage is towing a damaged yacht to a North Queensland boatyard. The vessel has a broken keel, no steering capacity and it's taking on water.
Team Salvage are in the middle of a major rescue, but things are not looking good. Their winch tank retriever is bogged, their salvage ute is bogged – and that’s just the start of their troubles.
The team head out during low tide to attempt the removal of a damaged pontoon, firstly by pumping out the sand that weighs it down.
Team Salvage is tasked with repairing and underwater pipeline and rescue a concrete houseboat from deep within the mangroves.
The concrete houseboat has collapsed, spilling trash everywhere. This forces the crew to split up into teams to complete the clean-up.
The team works on the tricky retrieval of a catamaran smashed against some rocks in Funnel Bay, North Queensland.
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