Australian advert for 'best job in the world'

It's not surprising really that after all the publicity surrounding the clever Australian advert for the position with Tourism Queensland for the "best job in the world" drew so many applications from around the world - a quarter of them British - that the website crashed. The job as Island Caretaker is a newly created position located on the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. The Best Job In The World Edited to update: Four Brits in shortlist for 'best job in the world' Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Four lucky Britons have made it past 34,000 applicants to get onto the 50-strong shortlist for "the best job in the world". (link via metro.co.uk)