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that job? Australia offers 'best job in world' on paradise island Buzz Up Send Email IM Share Digg Facebook Newsvine del.icio.us Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print Mon Jan 12, 10:16 pm ET AFP/File – An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls "the best job in the world" -- … SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls "the best job in the world" -- earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months. The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the winner's home country to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland's state government announced on Tuesday. In return, the "island caretaker" will be expected to stroll the white sands, snorkel the reef, take care of "a few minor tasks" -- and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates. The successful applicant, who will stay rent-free in a three-bedroom beach home complete with plunge pool and golf buggy, must be a good swimmer, excellent communicator and be able to speak and write English. "They'll also have to talk to media from time to time about what they're doing so they can't be too shy and they'll have to love the sea, the sun, the outdoors," said acting state Premier Paul Lucas. "The fact that they will be paid to explore the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, swim, snorkel and generally live the Queensland lifestyle makes this undoubtedly the best job in the world." Lucas said the campaign was part of a drive to protect the state's 18 billion Australian dollar a year tourism industry during the tough economic climate caused by the global financial meltdown. "Traditional tourism advertising just doesn't cut it sometimes and we are thinking outside the box by launching this campaign." Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said some people might question whether it was risky to let an unknown person become an unofficial tourism spokesperson for the state. "I think the biggest risk will be that the successful candidate won't want to go home at the end of the six months," she said. "This is a legitimate job which is open to anyone and everyone." Applications are open until February 22. Eleven shortlisted candidates will be flown to Hamilton Island in early May for the final selection process and the six month contract will commence on July 1. Job-seekers can apply on . Islandreefjob.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/od_afp/lifestyleaustraliatourismoffbeat_20090113032028 i have said before that everytime some one ask if i you life is like a movie what movie would you want it to live in and i always said i want to be tom hanks in CASTAWAY. and i think i got thumbs down for that answer but now i noticed that a lot of people want that job.

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1. There is no possible way I could concentrate long enough to read all that .. I have A.D.D.
2. Oh, I saw the add this morning... That would be my dream job!!! I think someone with some experience in the tourism industrie could make it.
3. i didnt read it but hell ya i want to get paid 6 million to sit around on an island and do whatever i want! But sadly im too young to apply
4. they wouldn't have to ask me twice
5. I used to work on Hamilton island. But I partied and drank too much, and burnt myself out. I couldn't face that again.
6. k! try disabilities sux as labled that! beach butt or dole bludger scum of earth since 1800s so whats new? & if all rubber safety reinforced glass with domed inbuilt shelves tubes containers enclosures would make more beach butts to enjoy our lives in style not in poverty cluttered nasty ghetto holes these terrorist scum govts left us in!
7. Gee, yeah, it would really suck getting paid about $105,000 for six months to live on a beautiful island, go snorkeling, and talk to the world...