My Island Caretaker Winner - A Briton!

For details of Ben, please click the link: Islandcaretaker

Taken from his journal as part of the blog task:

Coral absolutely everywhere and in all shapes, sizes and colours with a multitude of fish swimming around them – almost too many to count and understandably so, with 1500 species of fish calling the Great Barrier Reef their home. I’ve dived in some amazing other locations in the world before but the sheer concentration of corals here really blew every other experience out of the water (no pun intended). Stag coral, Finger coral, Brain coral all vying for position, gripping at every available place along the reef looking akin to an underwater forest. I’ve seen the rainforests of central Africa and now I was witnessing the underwater equivalent in Queensland!

My Top 16 Islandcaretakers' Highlights

CONGRATULATIONS TO BEN (UK) AND TO THE REST OF THE FINALISTS!

My Thoughts on Top 16 Finalists Blogs

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF for having a quick post concerning the BLOGS (powered by Tumblr) written by the top 16 finalists as part of the selection process of TQ. Aside from their personal blogs, it is interesting to find out how they embarked on their quest to become the islandcaretaker. Despite the hectic schedule, some of them managed to maintain their personal blogs - trying their best to bring GBR to us - so far but yet so near!
Im providing you the links of the blogs prepared by each of the finalists.

This is not the only criteria for TQ's decision, but personally, the blog somehow shows how effective the "chosen one"to promote this wold heritage to the world. I extracted some interesting phrases from their journals - describing the places they have visited, and the activities they have experienced vying for the islandreefjob!

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My Island Caretaker Winner

Since I was not lucky to be shortlisted, Im supporting one or two of them for the ultimate job of the lifetime. So, to my readers/supporters, who is your choice to become the first IslandCaretaker of GBR? Cast your vote now and have the chance to win a special prize. You have to write a comment stating your final choice from the top 16 finalists to be come the islandreefjob taker! Good luck...

My updates for the top 16

Snorkeling lesson for the top 16. Courtesy of Yahoo UK News.

For additional updates, visit this link: Ning community

My thank you message to my supporters

WELL, I DID NOT HAVE A FORMAL announcement about the outcome of my application. Unfortunately, I was not fortunate to be selected for the 50 candidates being shortlisted by Tourism Queensland. I will take this opportunity to thanks everyone who initially voted for my video application. Being unsuccessful in my quest, there were positive things happened during my campaign which opened new opportunities and rekindle friendships.

As I mentioned in my blog banner, I will still maintain this site as part of my travelling experience. Rest assured that, when the time comes that I will visit the Great Barrier Reef, I will post here my experiences while visiting the world heritage site, including my trips to Queensland as a whole. There is a big chance that I will be back to Brissy to attend my UQ's (Uni of Qld) formal graduation in the near future.

Again, thank you and Im looking forward to seeing Hamilton Island!

My Slumjob Islandcaretakers Playlist

As the voting closed 4 days ago, Im posting my own top 7 video applications for the next stage of the job search - islandcaretaker in one of the islands of GBR. Good luck and please dont forget to send us postcards from Queensland.


For the results, visit this link:IslandReefJob

My Personal Endorsement - Anny Chih (Canada)

THIS IS MY PERSONAL endorsement to one of the top 50 shortlisted candidates for the best job in the world - the island caretaker of one of the islands in the Great Barrier Reef. Anny's video clip will show why she is capable for the position! You can vote everyday (every 24 hours) using your email addresses!

You can visit her blogsite as well at: Anny Chih

My fifth batch of the fav video applications

This is my personal selection of the top ten favourite candidates for the best job in the world. This is the last part of my playlist of candidates to complete my TOP 50 that I personally thought that have the qualification and personality as the island caretaker. I will be happy to accept their invitations to join them in the Great Barrier Reef. Good luck. Rey (digitalenvironmentalist)



Again, this is my own choice of clips and I know you have your own list of potentials. Thanks for James shorlist application link and Hailey's discussion on 50 hopefulls which provided me easy way to find some of them and watched their videos.

Watch out for the second to the last batch of my ten top video application playlist. Keep watching... who knows you are in my list. For updates and detailed selection of my playlist, visit my my youtube channel, Worldbestjob2009.

If you havent seen the first three batches, watch the playlists here: My top ten fav vid playlist part 1, My top ten fav vid playlist part 2 , My top ten fav playlist part 3 and My top ten fav playlist 4. Dont miss my finale batch of hopefulls, "Slumdog Playlist" which gives more surprises, fun and entertainment for everyone!

Note: For easy viewing, just click the solid "arrow" at the middle of the screen or at both sides which will directly go to the next video without really opening the youtube link. You can watch the videos simultaneously without clicking the arrows as well, otherwise you want to skip from one to the other.

My fourth batch of the best video applications

This is my personal selection of the top ten favourite candidates for the best job in the world. This is the fourth part of my playlist of candidates that I personally thought that have the qualification and personality as the island caretaker. I will be happy to accept their invitations to join them in the Great Barrier Reef. Good luck. Rey (digitalenvironmentalist)



Again, this is my own choice of clips and I know you have your own list of potentials. Thanks for James shorlist application link and Hailey's discussion on 50 hopefulls which provided me easy way to find some of them and watched their videos.

Watch out for the second to the last batch of my ten top video application playlist. Keep watching... who knows you are in my list. For updates and detailed selection of my playlist, visit my my youtube channel, Worldbestjob2009.

If you havent seen the first three batches, watch the playlists here: My top ten fav vid playlist part 1 and My top ten fav vid playlist part 2 and My top ten fav playlist part 3. Dont miss my finale batch of hopefulls, "Slumdog Playlist" which gives more surprises, fun and entertainment for everyone!

Note: For easy viewing, just click the solid "arrow" at the middle of the screen or at both sides which will directly go to the next video without really opening the youtube link. You can watch the videos simultaneously without clicking the arrows as well, otherwise you want to skip from one to the other.