The Best Job in the World
Earn AUD$150,000 (S$156,646) to live on this island, watch whales and scuba dive.
It is the perfect job to help you forget freezing, credit-crunch Britain.
Tourist officials in Australia are looking for somebody to look after a desert island. Hamilton Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Glorious: The view from the balcony of the caretaker’s three-bedroom villa
They are willing to pay AUD$150,000 (S$156,646) for someone to work 12 hours a month for six months while carrying out such duties as feeding turtles, watching whales and picking up the island’s post.
No academic qualifications are needed, but good swimming skills and a love of snorkelling, scuba diving and other water sports are a must.
A passion for the great outdoors and the ability to speak English are also considered to be an advantage.
To good to be true? Ha Ha! It’s actually a tourism campaign by Tourism Queensland for Great Barrier Reef. But the money is real tho! Btw, saw another nice campaign for Sydney Festival 2009. 30 street pianos were place on the streets…
Check it out… http://www.streetpianos.com/sydney2009/
[Source: Straits Times]
