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Title: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Xuri on January 13, 2009, 04:30:46 AM Wanted: Paradise island 'caretaker' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7823812.stm)
Quote Tourism officials in Australia are describing it as "the best job in the world". Best. Job. EVER! (ever)They want someone to work on a tropical island off the Queensland coast. No formal qualifications are needed but candidates must be willing to swim, snorkel, dive and sail. In return, the successful applicant will receive a salary of A$150,000 ($103,000, £70,000) for six months and get to live rent-free in a three-bedroom villa, complete with pool. Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Trippy on January 13, 2009, 05:19:26 AM Is there a satellite Internet connection or something down there?
Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Xuri on January 13, 2009, 05:28:54 AM I assume so. Apparently keeping a blog, photo diary and doing video updates is included in the job description.
Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Trippy on January 13, 2009, 07:03:20 AM OIC, the job is actually to be a "promoter" of the island for tourism. I thought it was more about actually, you know, taking care of the island.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/od_afp/lifestyleaustraliatourismoffbeat Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Segoris on January 13, 2009, 07:32:22 AM With so many people unemployed, and so many others just looking for an amazing gig like this, I'd fucking hate to be the recruiter/HR people to sort through all the applicants. It sucks enough having ~100 applications to sort through for a position. Now to have what I would guess to be easily over a hundred thousand applicants, especially now that your job listing is a yahoo news story....
Yes, I'm bored enough to throw my name in the hat.... Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Furiously on January 13, 2009, 08:12:04 AM It's going to someone's attractive neice anyways.
Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Draegan on January 13, 2009, 08:51:03 AM Yeah it's going to end up being someone from a modeling agency or attractive young actress/actor. The common dredges like us have no chance.
It's a shame because I'm a damn good snorkeler. I'm even certified to dive down to 150-200 feet below the surface. Their loss if they don't want to see my pale irish/german ass on film. Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: HaemishM on January 13, 2009, 08:51:56 AM I'm not pretty enough for this job. :oh_i_see:
Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Salamok on January 13, 2009, 09:52:20 AM Wanted: Paradise island 'caretaker' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7823812.stm) Quote Tourism officials in Australia are describing it as "the best job in the world". Best. Job. EVER! (ever)They want someone to work on a tropical island off the Queensland coast. No formal qualifications are needed but candidates must be willing to swim, snorkel, dive and sail. In return, the successful applicant will receive a salary of A$150,000 ($103,000, £70,000) for six months and get to live rent-free in a three-bedroom villa, complete with pool. what a coinky dink, before I even opened this post and saw it was Australia i was thinking to myself "gee the last suckers that fell for this deal got a one way trip to Australia". Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Trippy on February 28, 2009, 12:59:24 AM Vote for your favorite caretaker starting Tuesday! :awesome_for_real:
'World's Best Job' Web site flooded in final hours BRISBANE, Australia – A lucky 200 people have been shortlisted for the chance to become the caretaker of a tropical Australian island, dubbed by promoters as the "Best Job in the World." But tourism officials acknowledged Friday that many last-minute applications were lost because the Web site was flooded with traffic. Nearly 35,000 people submitted video applications for the job with Tourism Queensland, which pays a salary of 150,000 Australian dollars ($97,000) to relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for six months while writing a blog to promote the island. The job is part of a AU$1.7 million campaign to publicize the charms of northeastern Queensland state. Anthony Hayes, Tourism Queensland's chief executive, said a wave of 7,500 applications hit the Web site in the 72 hours before Monday's deadline. "This massive amount of traffic understandably slowed the site down and regretfully some people weren't able to get their video application in on time," he said. "It has been frankly heartbreaking because people have gone to so much trouble, and we have lost some fantastic applications. But to be fair to everyone, we have to be consistent." The tourism board will announce 50 finalists Tuesday on its Web site. The public will then have until March 24 to vote for their favorite applicant. The top vote-getter and 10 other people chosen by the tourism board will be flown to Hamilton Island for interviews. The winner will be announced May 6, and the job begins July 1. Title: Re: Ever wanted to be the caretaker of a tropical island? Now's your chance. Post by: Trippy on May 05, 2009, 11:21:36 PM Ze winnah!
British man wins Australian island dream job (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090506/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_world_s_best_job) |