Best Job On The World?

Ben Southall, who won ‘the best job in the world’, had a brush with death after being stung by a poisonous jellyfish.

Southall, 34, beat out nearly 35,000 applicants from around the world earlier this year to be awarded the $100k six-month job as ‘caretaker’ of a string of islands on the famous Great Barrier Reef.

After enjoying a post-Christmas jet ski session with some friends he climbed off the back of the ski and onto the beach and felt a small bee-like sting on his forearm. What he didn’t realize at the time was that he had been stung by an Irukandji jellyfish, which is no bigger than a fingernail but can be deadly.

Luckily, Ben says he’s now feeling 100 per cent again.

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