World’s best job apparently keeps you busy

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After only three weeks, Ben Southall, the 34-year-old Briton who won Australia’s much-touted, Cannes Lion-winning “Best Job in the World” is already receiving criticism that he’s falling down on it. Specifically, he’s accused of not updating his blog enough. Since July 1, he’s written seven entries, which, according to at least some of the 94,000 people who signed up to receive automatic updates, is not nearly enough. Tourism Queensland has also come under fire for giving Southall completely packed itineraries with no time to explore the reef privately or “to be more creative, humorous or personal in his reporting.”

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