YOU SMELL LIKE FISH – BUT IT’S WORTH IT
FORGET the old Queensland tourism campaign – Chrissa Athousis reckons she has the best job in the world.
The 26-year-old works as a dolphin trainer at Sea World and is constantly reminded that her job is the envy of all. With apologies to the international competition which gave a lucky winner the job of caretaker in the Whitsundays, she thinks this gig is better.
“Every single day people tell us we’ve got the best job in the world,” she said.
“In the middle of winter it can get pretty cold and you smell like fish a lot of the time, but we go home with a smile on our face every single day.”
She certainly had no complaints during a quick dip with Scooter, a 34year-old offshore bottlenose dolphin who was born at Sea World, before park opening hours this week.
For more than 25 years people have been enjoying encounters with dolphins at Sea World, and it goes down as one of the 26 things all Queenslanders should have on their bucket list.