’Best job’ Briton lands on island in Australia
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Temmuz 02, 2009 00:00
SYDNEY - The Briton who won a competition for the "Best Job in the World" arrived on Australia's idyllic Hamilton Island on Wednesday to begin his leisurely six-month posting in the tropical paradise. Ben Southall, 34, started work by sending a video blog from the Brisbane airport departure lounge where he filmed himself alongside his girlfriend, Breanna Watkins.
"This is the bit I've been waiting for, to start the job on Hamilton Island," he said. "When we get there we're going to explore our house, and it's the first chance to drive the golf buggy as well, which is one of the massive perks of the job."
The outgoing charity fundraiser beat thousands of competitors for the job in a hugely successful marketing campaign that captured the world's imagination and earned international awards for its creators.
His brief as "caretaker" is to snorkel, swim and sail around the balmy Whitsunday Islands and send daily blogs and video blogs with the aim of promoting the destination for Tourism Queensland.
Southall earlier courted controversy when he admitted he would miss Britain's long summer days and traditional roast dinners, prompting newspapers to accuse him of being a "whining pom."
"So when asked about the things I'd miss about the UK it appears I have to play my cards close to my chest for fear of reprisal by the tabloid newspapers both here and in Australia!" he said in a posting this month.
The outgoing charity fundraiser beat thousands of competitors for the job in a hugely successful marketing campaign that captured the world's imagination and earned international awards for its creators.
His brief as "caretaker" is to snorkel, swim and sail around the balmy Whitsunday Islands and send daily blogs and video blogs with the aim of promoting the destination for Tourism Queensland.
Southall earlier courted controversy when he admitted he would miss Britain's long summer days and traditional roast dinners, prompting newspapers to accuse him of being a "whining pom."
"So when asked about the things I'd miss about the UK it appears I have to play my cards close to my chest for fear of reprisal by the tabloid newspapers both here and in Australia!" he said in a posting this month.