Briton lands 'best job in the world'.Summary: Briton Ben Southall has landed the "best job in the world" as caretaker of an Australian tropical island. Briton Ben Southall has landed the "best job in the world" as caretaker of an Australian tropical island. The 34-year-old charity fundraiser was picked for the job on Hamilton Island There is more than one Hamilton Island:
publicized contest by Tourism Queensland. The innovative marketing campaign attracted nearly 34,700 video entries from nearly 200 countries and surpassed all expectations in promoting tourism in the Australian state Noun 1. Australian state - one of the several states constituting Australia province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" . The job description? Explore the islands of the Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef, largest complex of coral reef in the world, c.1,250 mi (2,000 km) long, in the Coral Sea, forming a natural breakwater for the coast of Queensland, NE Australia. for six months and report back to Tourism Queensland and the world via blogs, a photo diary, video updates and interviews. Also, if you feel like it, feed the fish, collect the mail and clean the pool - and collect a wage of nearly Au75,000 (A$150,000). The "Best Job in the World" campaign began in January with Tourism Queensland launching an advertising campaign centered around the lure lure the skin-covered object which runs on a monorail on a Greyhound racing track and which the dogs are schooled to chase. The lure must be kept 30 to 40 ft ahead of the leading dog so that the field is stretched out. of a job that is more like a paid holiday. Within days, the campaign went viral as applicants from all over the world sent in 60-second video applications and news of the contest spread on social networking sites A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. such as YouTube and Facebook. After being selected, Mr Southall said: "Just getting involved in the media, all of the activities and all of the things we have done has been an incredible challenge, it's been very testing. "We've failed in sleeping for the last few nights I think, we have all been very nervous today but to go away now as the island caretaker for Tourism Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef is an extreme honour. "I hope I can fill the boots as much as everybody is expecting, my swimming hopefully is up to standard and I look forward to all of the new roles and the responsibilities that the task involves." Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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