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Caretaker of Hamilton Island - best job in the world? What gets your vote?| 54 Replies: « back 1 2 3 next » |  Jo Trouble Jo McCarthy Post Count: 3150 Msg: #1 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | Shortlist candidates for the job of caretaker of Hamilton Island have been decided, and will be made public on 3 March. | Did any TravelBloggers apply? What would you nominate as the best job in the world/best place to work?  They are willing to pay $150,000 a year for someone to work 12 hours a day for six months while carrying out such duties as feeding turtles, watching whales and picking up the island's post. Queensland Tourism wants $150,000 caretaker for Hamilton Island -HeraldSun There were almost 35,000 video applications, but the incredible interest the job campaign inspired left some out in the cold.Tourism body under fire over 'dream job' - HeraldSun [Edited: 11:30 - Jo Trouble ]  Mell Mell Post Count: 14987 Msg: #2 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | Did any TravelBloggers apply?There have been a lot of first time posters on TravelBlog posting links to videos for us to watch, to help them win this competition. I removed them, because there were so many. Dont know if there are any established members who entered the competition. If you are an established blogger on this site and you entered the competition then post the link to your video here on this thread if that will help you win. :)  imcrazy8 Geoff D Post Count: 58 Msg: #3 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | i didnt apply, thought about it but opted not to... my friend from high school who lives in Hawaii did though... | Mell Mell Post Count: 14987 Msg: #4 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | my friend from high school who lives in Hawaii did thoughIs (s)he on the shortlist? Jo Trouble Jo McCarthy Post Count: 3150 Msg: #5 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | The short-list candidates might be under confidentiality contracts - we'll all know in a few days ;-) | I don't know if I could narrow 'best job in the world' down to just one ;-) Mell Mell Post Count: 14987 Msg: #6 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | I don't know if I could narrow 'best job in the world' down to just one ;-)I have seen some cool caretaker ones. But they would involve having a few years at least to spare. They are in nice locations but pay not so well, but probably enough to live on in those places. imcrazy8 Geoff D Post Count: 58 Msg: #7 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | not sure if he did or didnt | Mell Mell Post Count: 14987 Msg: #8 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | not sure if he did or didntLet us know if he wins and if he does, then maybe he will come on here and tell us about it and show photos if he has time. :) Jo Trouble Jo McCarthy Post Count: 3150 Msg: #9 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | The odds would have been about 1 in 35,000 when applications closed, and 1 in 50 for shortlist candidates. | Mell Mell Post Count: 14987 Msg: #10 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | Do you know anybody who entered, Jo? | Jo Trouble Jo McCarthy Post Count: 3150 Msg: #11 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | Not directly - friends of friends did. | Mell Mell Post Count: 14987 Msg: #12 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | Well, let us know if congratulations are due to them when the winner has been chosen. :) |  The Travel Camel Shane Dallas Post Count: 1065 Msg: #13 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | I gave this serious thought, and had my spiel almost figured, but decided against it. The quality of the better videos on the site were far greater than my abilities, and it looked as if the better videos had a lot of production quality - such as graphics and snappy editing. |  ConMel Irish Traveller Post Count: 96 Msg: #14 43 weeks ago, February 27th 2009 | I tried to apply, but it was on the first or second day, and the site had crashed due to all the traffic. So I didn't bother.... |  Rooj Marta Araujo Post Count: 2 Msg: #15 43 weeks ago, February 28th 2009 | I applied and I have been using travelblog for 4 years now. However, I haven't heard back from Tourism Queensland so I'm assuming I have been unsuccessful. Oh well :) |  Ali Ali Watters Post Count: 3913 Msg: #16 43 weeks ago, February 28th 2009 | Several of my friends applied - which is now splitting my loyalties ;) - so I won't vote! | I'm amazed at what a stroke of marketing genius this has been by the Queensland tourism board - $150,000 AUD, probably all in $500,000 AUD - and they're been on the front page of news papers, websites, talked about in forums :) - a masterpiece not just restricting it too Australians. If you have a video on the website - does that mean you're short listed? - 3 friends have so far... Jo Trouble Jo McCarthy Post Count: 3150 Msg: #17 43 weeks ago, February 28th 2009 | And the publicity about hopefuls not being able to enter because the site crashed....."any publicity is good publicity". | The Travel Camel Shane Dallas Post Count: 1065 Msg: #18 43 weeks ago, February 28th 2009 | All videos are currently available on the site, which means the entries have been accepted. | The 50 shortlisted videos and names will be announced on 2 March at 11:59pm UTC/GMT. Jo Trouble Jo McCarthy Post Count: 3150 Msg: #19 43 weeks ago, February 28th 2009 | The voting is now for the one wildcard entry to get into the final 11. | Wonder if the site manages the number of hits of people wanting to know the shortlist ;-)  fionapoulsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
