It's fair to say I don't know a great deal about Survivor Australia or any of its international counterparts.
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I've never watched a minute of it on television and I wouldn't know tiki from tacky and I didn't recognise the theme music when someone played it to me last week.
Nevertheless I couldn't be more pleased that the next season of Survivor Australia will be filmed in Cloncurry in the coming months.
Season 6 of the TV Week Logie and ACCTA Award-winning format, produced by Endemol Shine Australia for Network 10 and hosted by Jonathan LaPaglia, will inject an estimated $14.6 million into the state's economy and create 150 jobs for Queensland crew.
The news released last week was so big it was announced by the Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
She said Queensland had competitive incentives, fantastically diverse locations, best-in-the-business local crew and one of the world's most COVID-safe environments.
"From big-budget feature films to hit TV series, and now one of Australia's best-loved reality shows, there really is no limit to the scope, scale and volume of what's coming through our door," the Premier said.
Unsurprisingly Mayor Greg Campbell is ecstatic his town was chosen and believes a third of that $14.6m would be spent in Cloncurry alone.
They will be filming on private property but the town will see the benefit.
"The production team will be headquartered in the Community Precinct as well as a good portion of the crew," Cr Campbell said. "They will be accommodated at various places around town including motels, they'll be going out to dinner at the pub, we will definitely notice that the crew is here."
These things don't happen by accident. Cloncurry was pro-active and chased down the opportunity when it presented itself last year being ready to impress location scouts when the idea was first surfaced.
Along with Winton it is establishing a reputation for its gorgeous locales the film and TV industry is keen to exploit.
Other shires in the region, including Mount Isa, need to take notice and absorb the lessons.