[1][2] The story concerns a group of three road workers who stumble upon the world's biggest nugget of gold, and become instant millionaires — or so they think.

The road workers are mates from way back, and each weekend they go out to an old goldmining site hoping to strike it rich.

Bill Bennett had long wanted to make a film based on the John Steinbeck story The Pearl but was unable to get the rights.

[5] According to Variety the film "comes off as a too-obvious giftwrap of trademarked beer-scarfin’, back-slappin’ Aussie charm for the tourist trade.

Wearing “heart” on its sleeve like a sailor’s tattoo, poking at dumb-and-dumber formulae without braving full-blown Farrelly Brothers-type yocks, this slick mediocrity looks to be a mild B.O.