Best Job in the World- Queensland Australia-Ben Southall
Australia or rather the State of Queensland issued a job advertisement as billed as the best job in the World. Essentially you got paid $150,000 to have a six month holiday on Queensland Whitsunday Islands and all you had to do was blog about it each day. It turned into a marketing dream with thousands applying for the job from around the World and generating publicity that money big money can only buy.
Six months lounging on an island in the Great Barrier Reef was billed as the best job in the world and, when almost 35,000 applicants seemed to agree, the job advertisement was hailed as one of the most effective PR stunts.
A young British clean-cut charity worker has been chosen as the person out of thousands of applicants to carry on a marketing campaign in Australia. Ben Southall. The competition that has generated tens of millions of dollars in free publicity for tourism in the Australian state of Queensland.
Ben Southall, 34, from Petersfield, Hampshire, said that it felt amazing to be chosen to be the caretaker of Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays. He won over the judges’ panel with his stunts, which included riding an ostrich and snorkeling in the Thames.
Tourism Queensland promised a A$150,000 (£74,000) salary and a rent-free, three-bedroom beach-side villa in return for snorkeling and feeding tropical fish 12 hours a month. What more could a young person ask for a paid jaunt to Australia to stay to blog to enjoy some of the most picturesque islands in the World.
Ben Southall gets to meet the Queenslan Premier
With special thanks to the following tourism operators who have supported Ben’s travel during July 2009:
Hamilton Island www.hamiltonisland.com.au
Air Whitsunday
www.airwhitsunday.com.au
Voyager
www.cruisewhitsundays.com.au
Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park
www.tjapukai.com.au
Hinterland Aviation
www.hinterlandaviation.com.au
Voyages Lizard Island
www.lizardisland.com.au
Cairns Seaplanes
www.cairnsseaplanes.com.au
Green Island
www.greatadventures.com.au
Angsana Resort & Spa
www.angsana.com.au
Palm Cove Watersports Tours
www.palmcovewatersports.com
Pangaea Boat
www.mikehorn.com
Sebel Reef House & Spa
www.reefhouse.com.au
Hayman Island
www.hayman.com.auFantasea Adventure Cruising www.fantasea.com.auExplore Whitsundays
www.explorewhitsundays.com.auDate
