Island Caretaker wanted!
As the rest of us get up at 6am to start our slow and arduous journey to the office today, one lucky individual will have what will end being the best job in the world.
Queensland, Australia tourism is hurting. Despite having some of the most amazingly beautiful terrain and tourist destinations in the world, the world’s financial crisis is really hitting the area hard. With hotel bookings down sharply, Queensland’s tourism board is taking it upon themselves to fix the problem:
They’re giving job seekers the chance to get paid $150,000 (AU$) to live six months rent free on the Great Barrier Reef. (Good luck getting onto the site. Apparently this sounds appealing to the entire world.)
The successful candidate will be asked to keep a blog and photo diary in exchange for six months rent-free on Hamilton Island as part of a $150,000 salary package that includes return airfares and travel insurance.
Australians and overseas applicants must be willing to “swim, snorkel, make friends with locals and generally enjoy the tropical Queensland climate and lifestyle”. Sounds really hard, doesn’t it? Tough life. They’re pretty much asking the successfull applicant to do what many of us are doing already: blog, photograph, and enjoy the world around us.
Pretty tough, huh?
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that sounds a very good job
okay, very good is an understatement, that is the kind of job I would want 
hahahah!
betchai’s last blog post..Ramona Dam from Lake Poway
I would be apply in the wink of an eye, but I am married and hubby can’t take leave for several months ;-( SY
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I read this elsewhere, and, of course, I applied. Hopefully the worldwide economic situation clears up and beautiful locales like this won’t have to rely on gimmicks to draw attention.
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I’m one of the many applicants anxiously awaiting to see who will make it to the top 50.
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Hey, thought I’d let you know that I’ve created an iteractive table of Tourism Queensland’s Top Fifty candidates for “The Best Job in the World”. Stop by and see how your favorites rank in point totals.
Get involved! Rank them yourself and I’ll include your numbers in the table.
http://randsco.com/bestjob.php/2009/03/07/sorting_the_tourism_queensland_top_50
scott kimler’s last blog post..Sorting the TQ Top 50 / 45
hey,
that job sounds great i would like to know more about it.. how can i join? it will be my first time if given a chance!