This offbeat four-part series follows the exploits of the Bush Mechanics as they travel through the rugged central region of Australia. In each episode, the Bush Mechanics, from the remote Aboriginal Warlpiri community of Yuendumu, are presented with a new set of challenges - catching a car thief, getting a nephew out of jail, racing to an outback rock concert, and traveling thousands of miles to gather pearl shells for a rainmaking ceremony. As they traverse the desert in their dilapidated vehicles, they solve multiple car problems with wacky and inventive bush repair techniques

BUSH MECHANICS 4: THE RAINMAKERS
With the country in the grip of severe drought, the Bush Mechanics are summoned by the rainmaker Jungala to go to Broome in search of rainmaking pearl shells. In the old days, Jungala would have traded bush tobacco for the valuable shells, but now he trades today's commodity - a motorcar he painted with the Rain Dreaming. As Jungala sings them on a safe journey, the Bush Mechanics are beset with dust storms, fires and unfamiliar landscapes as they travel to saltwater country to trade an old Ford V8 for the magical pearl shells.

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