The Englishman who won the "best job in the world" as caretaker of Queensland's Hamilton Island says he will be pining for Britain's soggy summer as he soaks up the sun in Australia.

In an interview with The Sun newspaper, Ben Southall says he loves summer in Britain, "despite the weather."

"I'll miss the long days we have. The island may boast a tropical climate but it gets dark at 8pm," he said.

Mr Southall told the paper he will also pine for traditional roast dinners, saying: "It will be far too hot to cook anything like that."

The 34-year-old beat more than 34,000 applicants for the six-month $150,000 contract to live and work on Hamilton Island as a caretaker.