Whiplash scene

[PM2K]

Anyone ever see this one?

Whiplash
Australian TV series
Fire Rock
The introduction contains geological data about Australia's bubbling hot springs.
A white man enters a sacred cave, full of primitive paintings on the walls. He never comes out alive.
He turns out to be David Clauson, one of Cobb's finest agents, so Chris Cobb rides in to Kuwala to help his wife Ella. On her hand is her wedding present, an opal ring. Apparently David and his brother Walter had been in search of treasure in The Turumba, but the legend almost holds true, "no white man that's been there has ever got back alive." So you can't blame Walter for not wanting to go there in quest of David. But he does, along with Ella, Chris and Dan reluctantly agreeing to their joining in the search. An aborigine tracker leads the way, at a shilling a day.
There are some impressive sights and sounds of The Burning Land, it's "like looking at The Pit of Hell." "We stay here, we die," warns our tracker. That night they camp by trees, Dan rightly perceiving that Ella is "trouble." But Chris must guess, for there she is, making eyes at him!
After some scouting alone, Chris finds David's body. End of quest. But Walter meanwhile has entered the cave and greedily snatched a giant opal. That will anger the aborigines, though for the moment Walter has got out successfully despite the legend. But he soon falls ill, is it superstition? Or as Chris suspects, poisoning?
"Spirit people punish," explains the tracker, in support of the former theory. But Chris is searching for berries, antidote to the suspected poison. While he's gone, Ella exposes her true motives, she poisoned Walter so she can get rich. She only married her husband for similar reasons. She gallops off with her prize, but meets a poetic end as she drops her opal, and trying to recover it in quicksand, is gobbled up herself, "a horrible way to die."
"Spirit people punish," repeats our tracker.

[claykid]

found this it sounds like it might be your episode

23. Fire Rock

Ella Clausen.......Delia Williams
Walter Clausen.......Kevin Golsby
Kogarah.......Robert Tudawali
David Clausen.......Alistair Roberts

Script.......Michael Plant
Director.......John Meredyth Lucas
Producer.......Ben Fox
Associate Producer.......John Meredyth Lucas

Synopsis: A trusted Cobb & Co. agent disappears in the ‘Taroomba’, a sacred Aboriginal burial ground which is rich in opal. His wife, taking full advantage of the attraction that her beauty has for men, persuades Cobb to lead a search party - with surprising results.

its unfortunate though that it does not appear to be on dvd or video at the current time this show also starts Peter Graves as one of the good guys

[Duncan Edwards]

It's been a long time now but I did some searching for this without success. If anyone turns it up I'd love to know.

[General Woundwort]

This site purports to have each episode - including this one - on dvd, for sale for 31.95 USD:
http://www.timesforgottendvd.com/index. ... uctId=1048

Caveat emptor; this may or may not be a highly reputable site. I have no idea at this time.

As written there:

...Australian adventure series about an American named Christopher Cobb who established the first stagecoach line in 1840s New South Wales, Australia.
DISC THREE
Fire Rock
The Hunters
Stage Freight
Portrait In Gunpowder
The Wreckers
Storm River
Flood Tide
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