BEST GIG AND THAT’S NAKED TRUTH
TYSON Mayr has taken the best job in the world, applied a little bit of “raw” ambition, and turned it into a passion project paying his bills.
The Gold Coaster known as The Naked Traveller threw in his white collar job in 2009 to go in search of adventure and passion abroad — he has since been to almost 90 countries.
The 31-year-old, who won travel start-up Jauntaroo’s Best Job Around the World competition in 2014 and appeared on I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! a year later, travelling around the globe, running his own media company Tyson Travel Productions.
“I quit my job when I was 23, working in commercial real estate at Broadbeach, I was making a lot of money and winning awards but I realised I’d never been on a plane, never been overseas.”
Mr Mayr won the Best Job in the World competition three years ago, beating 4000 entrants from 99 countries.
“Everything I was doing until that point (travelling the world on a shoestring budget) helped me land the competition but the actual competition was my apprenticeship for what I am doing now.”