Tourism Queensland's Island Caretaker Ben Southall will hang up his wetsuit and snorkel on 31 December 2009 after an action-packed six months in the Best Job in the World.
To mark this special occasion Tourism Queensland will host a formal farewell to Ben on Monday 15 December, thanking him for his contribution to the Queensland tourism industry.
Click here for images from the Island Caretaker farewell event on Hamilton Island.
Tourism Queensland has prepared a range of copyright-free documents for media to download including information on the Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef, a locations fact sheets, story ideas, maps, media clips, images and much more.
Find out more about Ben Southall, the 34 year-old Briton who beat more than 34,000 applicants from around the world to be named as Tourism Queensland’s Islands of the Great Barrier Reef Island Caretaker; Blue Pearl, the beautiful three-bedroom home on Hamilton island where the Island Caretaker will live for the next six months and Fact Sheets and Top Tips on all the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef.
Tourism Queensland's ground-breaking Best Job in the World campaign for the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef has won 8 awards in the prestigious Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival - the advertising industry's equivalent of the Oscars.
Please click on the links below.
Islands of the Great Barrier Reef fact sheets
For more information, contact Tourism Queensland.
