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Divers can experience coral spawning in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia this November
Oct 31st, 2011 at 5:30PM: In 1981, the first scientific observation of coral spawning took place. Coral spawning can be thought of as a coral orgy or sex on the Great Barrier Reef, with the process beginning six months prior when eggs and sperm begin to form in the coral. Certain factors must be present for the coral spawning to take place, such as water temperatures being 27 degrees Celsius and a full moon (the spawning ...
Photo Gallery: Queensland, Australia
Oct 12th, 2011 at 5:00PM: Usually we're uncomfortable posting direct press pitches, but these pictures are too good to resist. Queensland, Australia, is often regarded as one of the most beautiful destinations in the world. Home to various UNESCO World Heritage Sites, beautiful beaches, breathtaking city skylines, a tropical climate, and wildlife that you can experience up-close, it is no wonder that 2.1 million people ...Win a trip to dive the Great Barrier Reef
Aug 23rd, 2011 at 8:00AM: PADI, the Professional Association of Dive Instructors, is closing in on a very impressive milestone, and to celebrate they're giving away a very impressive trip. The organization that has trained more scuba divers than any other, is now approaching their 20 millionth certification, and the lucky person who earns that distinction will win a trip for two to dive Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
...Queensland Tourism's "Best Job in the World" campaign is back with Million Dollar Memo
Mar 17th, 2011 at 5:15PM: Tourism Queensland – the team behind the successful Best Job in the World campaign – today launched the Million Dollar Memo – a new campaign targeting the global incentive travel market by offering companies and workplaces around the world the opportunity to compete for AUD $1,000,000 worth of travel experiences to Queensland, Australia.
"Great companies are built by the great ...Australia's Kakadu National Park floods trap tourists after they ignore closed road signs
Jan 5th, 2011 at 11:00AM: What is it with German tourists and Australia's Northern Territory? If they're not getting eaten by crocodiles or succumbing to dehydration, they're blatantly ignoring road signs and driving their way into croc-infested floodwaters. NT News online reports that four wayward Germans visiting remote Kakadu National Park drove their rented four-wheel-drive--allegedly at 80mph, no less--through the ...Crocodile Dundee pub is for sale
Oct 13th, 2010 at 9:00AM: Want to buy a piece of movie history? Wrestle crocodiles and relive the 1980s? Now you can, because the Walkabout Creek Hotel, location of some of the most memorable scenes from the 1986 hit film Crocodile Dundee, is up for sale.
Located in the small town of McKinlay in Queensland, northeast Australia, it's on the Matilda Highway and gets good business from both Australians and tourists. It was ...Daily Pampering: Queensland's ReefSleep lets travelers sleep on the Great Barrier Reef
Jul 21st, 2010 at 4:00PM: You've slept under the stars, but have you ever tried to slumber in the ocean? Now you can, thanks to a new sleep chamber set up in Queensland, Australia.
Adventure seekers can enjoy the wonders of Queensland's Great Barrier Reef inside Fantasea ReefSleep's private underwater viewing chamber, no air tank needed. This might just be the underwater explorations dream come true - Reefsleep allows ...World's most eco-friendly beaches to visit now
Jul 20th, 2010 at 10:00AM: If your idea of heaven isn't a beach packed with crisping bodies, balls of crude, or the lingering whiff of raw sewage, don't worry. CNN has provided a list sandy idylls that retain their purity, even though a few, like Oahu's Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, are major tourist attractions, or located in tourism hotspots. Not surprisingly, most of these places are located on preserves or otherwise ...Racy ad campaign raises eyebrows down under
Feb 7th, 2010 at 9:00AM: A new ad campaign is causing quite a stir down under. Billboards have recently begun appearing along roadsides in Queensland, Australia inviting travelers to "Get High", Get Wet", and "Get Laid" in Mission Beach, a town that appeals to adventurous travelers looking to go kayaking or scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Traditionally, Mission Beach isn't seen as a destination where backpackers ...Two Floridians win Tasmania leg of travel contest
Oct 31st, 2009 at 4:00PM:
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Two American girls from Florida are about to find themselves pretty far from home. Dara Simkin and Catherine Fleming won the Tasmania leg of the WorldNomads.com Van-Tastic Adventure. This is the first time an American team has won the Australia contest. On ...
"Best job in the world" winner looking for assistants
Aug 14th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Ben Southall, the guy getting paid A$150,000 to gallivant around the Great Barrier Reef Region (and write about it) has come under fire for not blogging all that often. Tourism Queensland, who sponsored the "best job in the world" contest, blamed the lack of blog posts on poor Internet access and the fact that well, Ben's just too busy "working". Somehow, I don't think those of us who spend our ...Is the "best job in the world" winner too busy working to blog?
Jul 24th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Ben Southall became the envy of many when he beat out 34,000 other applicants and was awarded the "best job in the world" - the chance to spend six months in Australia's Great Barrier Reef region. He even got to bring his girlfriend along for the adventure. In exchange for priceless experiences and A$150,000, Southall was to detail his adventures on regular blog posts.
But, according to The ...Best job in the world promoting Great Barrier Reef includes a bonus
Jul 9th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Ben Southall, the British guy who won the "Best Job in the World" contest is now busy at work care-taking and exploring the islands of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia to promote them as destination hot spots. In case living on one island for six months sounds claustrophobic , there's no need to worry about Ben.
His girlfriend, a former Canadian gymnast, went with him for this gig that comes ...Work and play in Queenland, Australia: Whitsunday Islands
Jun 19th, 2009 at 4:30PM:
Whether you're on a working holiday while backpacking or on a more tradition vacation, if you're in Australia, you'll want to make your way to the Great Barrier Reef. Being that it's massive, there are several locations where you can go to explore the GBR, but perhaps the most beautiful is the Whitsunday Islands. Home to 74 islands, crystal clear waters and some of the best sailing, snorkeling ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia: Aborginial Nature Tour
Jun 18th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
Many things make Queensland different from the other Australian states, including its tropical climate, the presence of the Great Barrier Reef and the fact that its population is the fastest growing in the country. However, the aspect that intrigued me the most while I was there was its indigenous population. The size of the aboriginal population in Queensland is second only to New South Wales. ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia: Farm Work
Jun 17th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
So, you have your visa and you're ready to head to Australia for to earn some money while backpacking for a year or two but fruit picking just doesn't sound that interesting to you. Well, if you've been paying attention this week, you know that the Australian government considers many forms of manual labor to be Specified Work, and that's what lets you get a second visa (if you are from a ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia: Fruit Picking
Jun 16th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
Most people go on vacation to avoid work. But, as I discussed yesterday, many young people are going to Australia on Working Holiday visas and participating in Specified Work to extend their time in the country and put extra money in their pockets. One of the most popular forms of Specified Work is fruit picking. In Queensland, the fruit picking opportunities exist year-round because of the ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia: Visas
Jun 15th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
Australia is a tremendously easy country through which to backpack. It has superb infrastructure, seamless transportation systems that allow you to traverse its massive landscape and a surplus of affordable accommodations. It's no wonder that so many European and American teens are delaying their entrance into college or the "real world" for a year and are working their way through extended ...Work and play in Queensland, Australia
Jun 12th, 2009 at 2:00PM:
The mere mention of Australia typically steers a conversation in a few cliché directions. Most likely, the Sydney Opera House, koalas and kangaroos, the outback and/or Crocodile Dundee will be discussed. Sadly, for many Americans, those few snippets of Aussie culture (and bad American cinema) are all that is known about the land down under. But, for more and more young people from Europe ...Brit gets "best job in the world"
May 6th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Ben Southall will spend six months swimming, blogging and soaking in the sun. Tourism Queensland picked the Brit from 16 finalists yesterday – not to mention 34,700 video entries from nearly 200 countries. The job pays A$150,000 (US$110,000) for Southall's "efforts."
His thoughts: "I hope I can fill the boots as much as everybody is expecting, my swimming hopefully is up to standard and I ...
