Extraordinary Taxis Ride "comp" Western Australia

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GypsyDrifter
GypsyDrifter
WA
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13 Feb 2010 1:11pm
Have you heard about this?...I wonder if you can take your gear?

Only 15 days till passenger recruitment starts.

Link:- to story :- http://tinyurl.com/y96wwlk

Imagine hopping into a taxi and saying "Can you take us around Western Australia?" This is what happens when the driver says yes.

In 2010 'extraordinary' comes to life with a new take on the epic road trip: a 9-week journey to explore the people, stories, sights and experiences of Western Australia - in a taxi.

First we'll find our extraordinary taxi driver. A real local character who loves this great state, knows their way around it and is up for showcasing some of our best kept secrets. Along for different legs of the ride will be passengers from around Australia and the world, who have won their place by giving an extraordinary reason for coming on The Extraordinary Taxi Ride. A young guy wants to propose to his girlfriend as they swim with the world's biggest fish - the gentle whale shark - on Ningaloo reef? We might invite him to take the plunge.

We'll explore many of the extraordinary corners of Western Australia in 11 legs, from the whitest beach in Australia at Lucky Bay in Esperance to the tiger striped Bungle Bungle Range in World Heritage Listed Purnululu National Park in the Kimberley. Everyone around the world can take part in one way or another: from voting for our Cabbie and suggesting their own must-see stops, to applying to be passengers, or following videos of what our taxi driver and passengers are actually seeing and experiencing as the journey unfolds.

Get ready to experience extraordinary.
shark
shark
WA
361 posts
WA, 361 posts
13 Feb 2010 9:23pm
Sorry but it would seem to me to be another gimmicky attempt to create a tourism brand for WA that is doomed to be forgotten in 6 months, ala "where the ****en hell are you".
I dont know how they went about it but I bet WA would kill to have half of NZ's "100% pure" brand. Still going after 10 or 15 years, shops around the world and still 100% identifiable as NZ.

And I hope they dont get a Perth driver. My regular experience is of a foreigner who struggles to find Fremantle and refuses any fare less than $20.
GypsyDrifter
GypsyDrifter
WA
2371 posts
WA, 2371 posts
15 Feb 2010 5:02pm
shark said...

Sorry but it would seem to me to be another gimmicky attempt to create a tourism brand for WA that is doomed to be forgotten in 6 months, ala "where the ****en hell are you".

And I hope they dont get a Perth driver. My regular experience is of a foreigner who struggles to find Fremantle and refuses any fare less than $20.


Yes...I personally though WA must have been jealous of all the attention QLD got for their promotion...I get the feeling this Taxis ride comes a pretty pathetic second to living in the lap of Tropical Paradise... seriously...a taxis ride of WA verses living on the great barrier reef...mmmm (no contest ) I am a sandgropper through and through and I love all the sights in WA...but this does not jump out at you as something VERY exciting to do
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