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Starting 1 July, Britain Ben Southall will be reporting for duty at the best job in the world.
The four-month-long contest, put on by Tourism Queensland, called on contestants to create a video as to why they’d be well-suited for the job. The “job” is caretaker of Hamilton Island, an Australian island that overlooks the Great Barrier Reef. Oh, and he gets paid $150,000 for six months of this “work;” posting video blogs and pretty much snorkeling and hanging on the beach the whole time.
Southall had previously been a tour guide, charity fundraiser and events manager. Read more…
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