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Kick Start a Travel Writing Career with the World Nomads Ambassador Program

WORLDWIDE | Friday, 8 December 2006 | Views [13111]

The World Nomads Ambassador Van

Do you dream about capturing an Uluru sunset on video, swimming with dolphins in Monkey Mia, photographing the breaks along the Great Ocean Road, podcasting a dance party under a full moon and chilling-out in the rainforests of Northern Queensland... And then writing about it for the whole world to read?

Then you could be the ideal World Nomads Ambassador !!

WE WANT YOU ! to travel all over the Australian countryside, write about it, blog it, vodcast and podcast it on the World Nomads website – vehicle and technical requirements provided free of charge – and you could be on your way to a career as a travel writer. Or at least a travel tragic.

World Nomads is looking for a minimum of 16 ‘Adventure Ambassadors’ to share in a huge, two-year Aussie road trip. Travellers Auto Barn will provide the Ambassador van (which bears little resemblance to its Indian namesake) and if you make the grade and get selected as an Ambassador, you can drive off into the countryside, exploring the great Aussie continent at will, for up to six weeks.

This is not a competition, this is a monumental challenge for would-be travel blogger extraordinaires !

What you'll need to be

The selection process will be based on the following

* You must have a monumental spirit for adventure and a desire to share your adventures through blogs, podcasts & vidcasts.

* You must be comfortable with the use of laptop computers, mobile phones & iPods; in a nutshell, you can't be a technophobe.

* You must be over 21 and hold a valid overseas drivers licence.

* You must be already travelling in Australia and prepared to travel to the designated pick up point to take over the Ambassador van from the previous Nomads. However, you'll be able to choose your own route for the 6 weeks you have the van.

What we'll provide to help you

* The World Nomads Ambassador van (provided by Travellers Auto Barn) to get you and your travelling partner/s around Australia in comfort, safety and lashings of World Nomads style !

* A total travel writer / blogger toolkit including laptop computer, iPod & audio recording gear, Nokia N-Series phone, Lonely Planet guidebook and other goodies to kit you up and help you record your adventure. * Connection to the web throughout Australia from Global Gossip

* A trek to Uluru for 2 lucky travel bloggers from Intrepid Travel

* Your World Nomads travel journal so you can share your adventure with friends, family and the big wide online world!

* If you also want to do some paid work after your blogging Adventure, Adecco will help find the perfect job for you in Aus.

What you'll have to do as the World Nomads Ambassador

* When you're on the road, you'll need to post a minimum of three (3) written journal entries per week, a minumum of 2 audio podcasts per trip and/or a minimum of 2 vidcasts per trip.

* As part of your journal commitments above, you must use your Lonely Planet guide book to source a unique destination once a week and write, record or film it as a 'Great guidebook moment'.

* You'll need to cover the running costs of the van (fuel, oil etc) as well as your living expenses (food, alcohol etc).

* You'll need to abide by the terms of a standard car rental agreement - including having a valid driver's licence and a credit card, as well as the terms & conditions set out by World Nomads whilst you're an Ambassador ( i.e. Don't get arrested for driving the car and roof surfing nude down the main street of Sydney !!)

Remeber, the selection process will be based on applicants’ skills, availability, eagerness – and a monumental appetite for adventure. This is must, so if you prefer to sit at home and watch re-runs of the Nanny, don't apply!!

Want to join this Nomadic road trip? APPLY HERE

or... Find out who's in the Van right now?

The World Nomads Ambassador Team

World Nomads decided we couldn't do this on our own so we've teamed up with the following companies to help build the World Nomads Ambassador program.

Travellers Auto Barn (The Wheels):
The number 1 provider of Car, Camper Van, 4WD sales and rentals in Australia and the guys who have provided the beautiful van to hold our World Nomads Ambassadors. We've also asked Pete Burke from Travellers Auto Barn to write a blog on how-to, what-not-to, and what-to-look-out-for when buying or hiring a vehicle on your travels.

Lonely Planet ( The Knowledge ):
Lonely Planet, the world best known providers of travel guidebooks, information and advice have come on board to support the Ambassador program. They're going to help our Ambassadors uncover the hidden gems of Australia and promote their blogs to the great wide world !

Nokia ( The Wizardry ):
We decided we wanted our Ambassadors to be on the cutting edge of travel blogging technology so Nokia are going to support the program by providing the ultimate blogging camera phone from the N-Series to test out mobile blogging.

Intrepid Travel ( The Adventurer ):
Intrepid Travel have been supporting travellers by providing a wide range of adventure trips, and now they're proudly supporting our World Nomads. Two lucky groups of Ambassadors we be given an Intrepid adventure into the Red Heart of Australia...stay tuned for that one !

Adecco Adecco ( The Juice ):
As our Ambassadors are either here or in Australia already post trip, we want to give them the opportunity to tap into the Aussie job market, to earn some coin, and keep them in Australia or gainfully employed well after they've enthralled us all with their Ambassador escapades. As the world leading employment services company, Adecco can help keep our Ambassadors travelling.