Author Archives: Ben Southall

Kayak training out of Manly….

Been putting in some serious training over the last few weeks in preparation for next years kayaking expedition which I’ll unveil to you all in good time! Plans are being made to discover some incredible parts of the Great Barrier…

Travel – it’s about discovering new places…

Every once in a while I have the idea to go somewhere completely different, somewhere I haven’t been before, somewhere I know nothing about. Now that could be as far away as the other side of the world to a…

Have you played our new game yet??

The launching of something as huge as Tourism Queensland’s ‘Sunshine Exchange’ game may somehow have passed you by…how I am not exactly sure?!

But if you haven’t yet flown KoKo the Koala or PoPo the Panda through the varied…

Another superb Gold Coast weekend…

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Where on earth do I start this blog? It’s been such a busy weekend down here on the Gold Coast and it’s all because of one of Queensland’s most popular sporting events is happening here…

Sea Kayaking…

It’s been a busy weekend already with concerts and rugby games but when the offer to head out on the ocean is made I simply cannot refuse. I love the water and having the chance to head out with a…

Life in Brisbane…

As it’s my first real stay in Brisbane since moving here at the start of the year I’ve got the chance to soak up some of the events which go on in this great city and this weekend has been…

Holiday over – back to Queensland…

Back in the driving seat I suppose! After a month away relaxing in South Africa; running double marathons, giving presentations to digital marketing companies and the media and attending a couple of weddings I thought it was about time I…

…and now it’s Juweon’s turn!

It’s May, 2010. Rewind almost exactly 1 year back, I was living a half reality, half Internet sensation. I take that back. It was a full-blown Internet sensation, more than an Internet sensation, it was a new media sensation. The…

Away from the blog for a couple of weeks…

I thought I’d better write a little update just to let everyone know that I haven’t neglected my duties as the man with The Best Job in the World….I’ve snuck away on holiday to South Africa for a few weeks!

Into the desert and Dubai…

Visions of dust, sand and extreme heat punctuated by some of the most architecturally impressive and stunning buildings in the world -That’s what I thought Dubai was all about before landing there for the first time last week.

It’s amazing…

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