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=[|The Best Job in The World]=

also see (www.islandreefjob.com)
Tourism chiefs in [|Australia] are advertising for the post of caretaker of Hamilton island, in the Great Barrier Reef, the "jewel in the crown" of the Whitsunday islands, where work requires "minimum effort" and involves "relaxed" duties such as feeding turtles, watching whales, and picking up the island's post. And best of all, the job pays an astonishing £70,000 a year with a 3 bedroom house on the beach and variety of other perks. Aplicants must be aged 18 or over - sorry. Mr worthing is trying his luck though!

UPDATE: A British man beat 34,000 other applicants Wednesday to win, what has been dubbed, "the best job in the world" -- to stroll the white sands of a tropical island in Queensland, Australia, file weekly reports online to a global audience and earn a cool $100,000. Ben Southall will move into a three-bedroom beach home overlooking the Great Barrier Reef. For the winner, Ben Southall, the six-month assignment is a far cry from his old job as a fundraiser. "I love discovering new places," Southall said in his hyperkinetic minute-long application video for the position. "Last year, I drove all around Africa, I crossed deserts, climbed mountains, run marathons, bungee jump, mountain-bike, scuba-dive and snorkel everywhere because I'm practically a fish myself." Oh, and he rode an ostrich. He will move into a three-bedroom beach home overlooking the tropical island's Great Barrier Reef