Tourism Queensland launch “Queensland, Where Australia Shines”

Matt Burgess — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:19:57 +0000

(This is a bit of a “where have you been lately?” catch-up sort of post. You know the type…)

So, where have I been lately?

Those of you who know me personally know that three months ago, I started working at Tourism Queensland, in their Digital Marketing team. It was a crazy time to start at a new place, with so much exciting stuff happening… particularly in the Digi Marketing team. Today, a lot of that work became public with the launch of Tourism Queensland’s new global brand, “Queensland, Where Australia Shines“. Check out the new video below…

Part of the new brand involves a brand new look for the Queensland Holidays website, will looks pretty darn cool I think. The Queensland Youtube channel has also had a major face-lift… and there’s still more to come.

If you’re interested in learning more about the reactions to the launch, you can read media releases on Tourism Queensland’s corporate website, and we also have a page on Queensland Holidays dedicated to the new launch which you can find here: Tourism Queensland launch new brand, “Queensland, Where Australia Shines”.

I’m back from Vanuatu… prepare for a photo onslaught.

Matt Burgess — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:00:04 +0000

So I’m back from my recent trip to the Vanuatu Islands… and although it rained (every. single. day… bar one, which was overcast anyway), it was still a fabulous trip.
The people in Vanuatu are some of the friendliest I’ve ever met (not surprising when you consider that Vanuatu has been voted the “Happiest Place in the World” 3 years running now; although, to be honest, I’m not sure how you quantify something like that.

In many ways, Port Vila (which was the main town near where we were staying, Iririki Island) reminded me of South Africa… careening “mini-buses”, and slack to none road-rules were the order of the day.

Unfortunately we were there at the wrong time of the year to travel to Pentacost to see the original vine “bungee” jumping, and the weather was so bad that flights to Tanna to see the world’s most accessible active volcano were cancelled for the entire week. In all… the weather was not the most co-operative.

That said, a holiday is what you make of it, and the girlfriend and I had some great times kayaking, snorkeling, and touring Efate (whether it was with a tour minibus, canoeing in a wood cutout up the river, all terrain buggy tours, or solo trips to outstanding features like the Mele Cascade… see pics of all below).

I’ll probably update this with more information later, but I’ve returned to an absolute MOUNTAIN of emails from under which I’m still struggling to extricate myself… so for now, enjoy these photos.

Hope you all behaved.

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Tourism Queensland launch “Queensland, Where Australia Shines”

I’m back from Vanuatu… prepare for a photo onslaught.