have teamed up with renowned Queensland authors Nick Earls and Rebecca Sparrow, along with
tourism ambassador Ben Southall, to give budding travel writers the opportunity to win a Queensland
holiday by telling the world what a Queensland holiday means to them. The competition closes this
Friday, 6 August, at 1 pm. So I urge everyone to get writing.
The competition is being run through Tourism Queensland’s Facebook page and it has already
received great support, with 363 entries on display. About 800 people have signed up as a Queensland
Facebook fan since the campaign commenced about two weeks ago. That brings the total number of
Tourism Queensland Facebook fans up to 30,000. The competition is open to a global audience and the
winners will be announced next week.
It is about sharing Queensland holiday stories and experiences. The stories which are already up
there on the Facebook page show a passion for Queensland—‘A Queensland Holiday is ...?’ Here is
what people are saying—
