If you’ve had it with office politics and working your way up the corporate ladder, Australia has the job for you. Yes, the land down under is offering the alleged “Best Job In The World” to an international field of applicants - so what is it?
Well, one lucky employee will be whisked away to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef and asked to tackle the stressful position of Island Caretaker, where the daily grind will include going for long walks on the beach, snorkeling along the reef, and a “few minor tasks.” Not just anyone qualifies for this cushy career; all candidates must be excellent communicators in the English language (check) and good swimmers (check, if you count the doggy paddle). In addition, the happiest hired gun on the globe will have the opportunity to become a ce-web-rity as they will be asked to post weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates to the world wide webnet.
Despite being given an ample salary of $105,000 (U.S), being housed in a comfortable rent-free, three-bedroom apartment equipped with a pool and supplied with a golf buggy, there is one catch: Australia has just about every deadly animal in the world living in it’s confines. So, we have our suspicions that this is some sort of sadistic science experiment in which the Australian government is taking bets on how soon this “lucky” person is going to get stung by a box jellyfish while going for a morning snorkel. That said, sign us up.
