Oh, and 25,000 Australian dollars ($23,000) for his trouble. Doug Slater won the most votes in an online poll run by Tourism Western Australia and will now rack up the miles ferrying passengers to the top 11 tourist sites in Australia's largest state. An international competition is now under way to choose the passengers for what the tourism department is calling “The Extraordinary Taxi Ride,” part of an AU$5.6 million ($5.1 million) state tourism campaign. The competition is open to residents of Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia and Germany. The journey begins April 9, and each leg of travel takes between four to nine days. “There's ... lots to see and show,” Slater said after his win was announced Friday. “This is about getting the message out, doing something different.”