Best job in the world ?

[moviemaniac4]

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.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/od_afp/lifestyleaustraliatourismoffbeat_20090113032028

[cyberpyrot]

this screams babes only need apply

[Holeman]

this screams babes only need apply

Yeah, I can't see them hiring a fat dude with a hairy back for this job.

[ChrisM]

Yeah, I can't see them hiring a fat dude with a hairy back for this job.

Maybe that nekkid guy from one of the first Survivor shows. Was it Rick, Rich????

[CDogg79]

Dude, I need to apply for this.

[Spawnomite]

I'm going to apply just for the hell of it.

[EDBSIP]

its better them I have right now ;)

[moviemaniac4]

I'm going to apply just for the hell of it.

Spawnomite: "Waitaminute......this is not what is in the brochure" !!!!

http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/5d/images.art.com/images/-/Small-Island-off-Coast--C11855431.jpeg

HELP !!!

[Ed Gein]

That's pretty cool. I tried to look at the application, but the link doesn't work...

[moviemaniac4]

lol....

Maybe it crashed after all the requests.....

[Alkatrazzz]

Yeah, I can't see them hiring a fat dude with a hairy back for this job.


hey if they would take me, i'd be willing to get it waxed!

[Avatar_of_Chaos]

hey if they would take me, i'd be willing to get it waxed!

DO EEET

[Spawnomite]

Spawnomite: "Waitaminute......this is not what is in the brochure" !!!!

http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/5d/images.art.com/images/-/Small-Island-off-Coast--C11855431.jpeg

HELP !!!That's a quaint looking place. ;)

[zayco]

genius marketing ploy to up Australian Tourism

[ChrisM]

Thinking of the subject of the thread, I would say the answer begins with a "B".

[jt4470]

Hey..I'm on a beautiful tropical island right now!
Only the pay sucks and the hours are long...
>_<

[moviemaniac4]

Told you it was going to crash......

Demand for "best job in the world" crashes website


Wed Jan 14, 12:52 am ET

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – The chance to be the caretaker of a tiny tropical island in Australia has sparked so much interest around the world that a rush of applications crashed the website advertising the post.

The job, which offers a salary of $105,000 to spend six months on the Great Barrier Reef island of Hamilton, has been inundated with hundreds of thousands of prospective candidates.

An official from the state of Queensland, which is offering the position, said the job was created as an antidote to the global economic slump and was being advertised in 18 countries including the United States and China.

Local media said technicians had to restore the website (www.islandreefjob.com) after it could not cope with the volume of interest and crashed for several hours. Some sections are still not up and running.

Duties for the so-called "best job in the world" include feeding ocean fish, cleaning a pool and collecting deliveries of mail that arrive by plane.

The successful candidate will have to go scuba diving, snorkeling and hiking and enjoy at least 25 nearby island resorts. Thrown in is a luxury three-bedroom home and transportation to and from the island.

No skills, nor experience is needed, and there is no age requirement. The job starts in July.

[Viking Spawn]

Looks lonely in that pic.

[AdrianMonk]

I'd apply but I have allergies........to GREAT WHITE SHARKS!!!!!

[Filthyrich]

I smell fraud. This rich guy is probably gonna end up hunting you for sport or something

[Jutty]

wonder how u get paid? carrier pidgeon? ,,and if so where u gonna spend it,im guessin they dont have a postal service lol

[TsunamiZ]

I smell fraud. This rich guy is probably gonna end up hunting you for sport or something

lol