Farin Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Australia offers up 'best job': lounge in paradise [smaller]AP | 01/13/09 | Link[/smaller] SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Position: Island caretaker. Duties: Lazing around Australia's Great Barrier Reef for six months. Salary: 150,000 Australian dollars ($100,000). Unemployed, take heart — the aforementioned job ad is for real. Billing it the "Best Job in the World," the tourism department in Australia's Queensland state on Tuesday said it was seeking one lucky person to spend half a year relaxing on Hamilton Island, part of the country's Whitsunday Islands, while promoting the island on a blog. The move is part of a AU$1.7 million campaign to boost tourism in the state. In exchange for the plush salary, free accommodation in an oceanfront villa and airfare from the winner's home country, the "employee" will be required to stroll the island's white sand beaches, snorkel, maybe take a dip in the pool — and post photos and videos of his or her experiences on a weekly blog. "It'll be huge," Tourism Whitsundays chief executive Peter O'Reilly said, adding he expected thousands will apply. Applications are open until Feb. 22 and 11 finalists will be flown to Hamilton Island in May for the final selection process. The job begins on July 1. On the Net: * Best Job in the World: http://www.islandreefjob.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 I'd apply, but I have uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Oh wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 crikey! I want that job! I can feed fish, I can swim... and I can write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I'm not much of a swimmer, but hell, I have until July to learn, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 crikey! I want that job! I can feed fish, I can swim... and I can write. I can do that too, AND I'm closer Who needs uni anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 I applied! Go in and give me a good rating!! The link won't work, so I just copy and paste it... www.islandreefjob.com/applicants/watch/T3bj_l2PXCs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 (see my reply in Announcements) but the link works fine for me btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Me too. The url didn't. Way to go Shawna! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hey I had a good idea just now! Go to a school library and use every computer to give yourself a higher rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Great idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Different browsers work too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hey I had a good idea just now! Go to a school library and use every computer to give yourself a higher rating. I'm gonna do that at school Monday. Every computer in the lab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 If you were to win, they might check the voting ip block and see it all came from a library :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 and that's okay, because I'm going to have all my classmates rate it from different computers in the lab, so it's all different people, no? edit: I don't honestly thing that has much to do with it anyway... I think the folks on the Board short list these themselves, and then after that there's a chance it'll come down to an actual vote by the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Shawna, we will vote for you... and we will support you... and when you win, we´ll go and stay with you for awhile, suntanning and having drinks just to keep you company while you work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 There's only 18,000 or so people that I have to beat to have a shot at this. No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 There's only 18,000 or so people that I have to beat to have a shot at this. No problem. You know what that means? Bad News for the other 17,999. You have a worldwide network here at SF. For those inclined to do so, promote Shawna on Facebook, MySpace or other mechanisms of the young. As for me, I just sent messages by Pony Express, carrier pigeon and telegraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 What, no granite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Cave paintings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 ah, hieroglyphs. Myself, I'm sending out smoke signals. The fire department is on high alert. We're up to 19,000 and change, BTW. So up the ante. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Word is that the select few who are being considered for the short list have been contacted. I have shaken my e-mail box and roughed up the post man, and still nothing. *sigh* this must mean that the Aussies are not as charmed by me as I am. I am henceforth staging a protest. Boycott Australia! Just kiddin'. I want to go there too bad to ever boycott!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBB Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Let's just boycott Hamilton Island. That seems like a fair and proportionate response. LBBBB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 They probably selected somebody that's really lame too. Like some piece of eye-candy or somebody that really isn't all that ambitious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 'World's Best Job' Web site flooded in final hours 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. ___ On the Net: Best Job in the World: http://www.islandreefjob.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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