Christmas Tree 4858 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 British Man Wins 'Best Job In The World' A British man has won the contest to become caretaker of an Australian tropical island on the Great Barrier Reef - dubbed the 'best job in the world'. Charity fundraiser Ben Southall, 34, from Hampshire will earn £70,000 for six months' work on Hamilton Island. He was one of four Brits who made it to the final of the worldwide competition organised by Tourism Queensland, to find a suitable candidate. Around 34,000 people applied for the job, which also comes with a luxury three-bedroom villa. Part of Mr Southall's duties will be to have as much fun as possible including swimming, snorkelling and sailing. In exchange he will have the arduous task of reporting on what he is doing via a weekly blog, photo diaries and video updates. Tourism Queensland are delighted with the success of their advertising campaign, which they say earned them nearly £70m worth of free publicity. Within days of its launch they received 60-second videos from hopeful applicants all over the world as news of the job spread on social networking sites. "This has all been about the power of people passing things on, largely through YouTube," said Tim Burrowes, editor of Australian media and marketing website Mumbrella. The final 16 contestants included students, journalists, TV presenters, photographers, a radio DJ, a teacher and an actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 What a twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Not about Shearer then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Not about Shearer then. Going by that photo he is doing his best Shearer impression mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Not about Shearer then. Going by that photo he is doing his best Shearer impression mind. Thought it was Boris Becker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Not about Shearer then. Going by that photo he is doing his best Shearer impression mind. Thought it was Boris Becker. Gemmill concealing a royal flush tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Not about Shearer then. Going by that photo he is doing his best Shearer impression mind. Thought it was Boris Becker. Gemmill concealing a royal flush tbh. Damien Duff tbh. Who looks like a mong, which brings us back to Gemmill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Not about Shearer then. Going by that photo he is doing his best Shearer impression mind. Thought it was Boris Becker. Gemmill concealing a royal flush tbh. Damien Duff tbh. Who looks like a mong, which brings us back to Gemmill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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