I’m sitting at my desk last Wednesday when I notice a new mail arrive. I was expecting a new follower notification from Twitter or an email from a friend about pints or whatever. What I got was something entirely different. This was an invitation to take part in a competition called the Awesome Tour of Sydney. 20 participants are travelling to London on the first of August to compete to win a trip for themselves and a friend plus a pair of tickets for your community (the visitors to their site). I’m going to be in that group of 20. The competition itself will last for 6 weeks and involve a number of challenges. How did they find me? I’d written a blog meme in May and mentioned how I’d like to travel more. Next stop London I suppose. 
10 Responses to Sydney y’say?
Lottie 22.07.09
Jealous. You will be kind to your avid followers now won’t you Anto? Lovely handome funny kind Anto.
Anthony 22.07.09
@Lottie: Flattery will get you everywhere. Wait..
Sinéad 23.07.09
Wow good luck dude!!! We’ll be crossing our fingers for ya. x
Darren 25.07.09
Sir, good luck. It’s a great opportunity. Tour of Sydney – Awesome!!
Anthony 26.07.09
@Sinead, @Darren: Thanks folks.
Phil 28.07.09
i got the same email… see ya there
anthony 28.07.09
@Phil: I can understand the skepticism but I checked into this, it’s not as if I read an email and posted to the blog. I’d talked to them by phone and knew it wasn’t a scam. I’ve just received flight confirmations and hotel rooms so will be there on Saturday to find out the details.
Ian Healy 01.08.09
Nice! Only spotted your blog now when it was in your description on twitter….