BRITON Ben Southall said he’ll miss his mother’s Sunday roast as he began what’s been dubbed the “Best Job in the World” — a six-month contract to serve as caretaker of a tropical Australian island.

Irishman George Karellas has missed out on the dream job as caretaker of a tropical Australian island.

AN Irishman hoping to land what has been dubbed The Best Job In The World will know today if he has made the final cut.

A Meath man has arrived on Hamilton Island in Australia in a bid to win the Best Job in the World.

Noel Baker finds the idea of riding out the recession in sunnier climes is steadily gaining momentum.

IT may be only a matter of time before Hamilton Island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has its own St Patrick’s Day parade.

Australian tourism officials shortlisted 200 applicants out of nearly 35,000 who submitted video applications for a dream job as caretaker of a tropical island.

TENS of thousands of people from more than 200 countries have applied for “the best job in the world” — being paid to loll about on an Australian island — according to officials.

ONLY 39 people from Ireland have applied for the post of an island caretaker in the Great Barrier Reef, billed as the “best job in the world.”

Tourism officials in Australia’s Queensland state have been inundated with applications for what they’re billing as the Best Job in the World – a 150,000 Australian dollar (€75,475) contract to relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for six months.

A representative for Mischa Barton has hit out at money-hungry publications printing unflattering photos of the actress - insisting the images were manipulated in a bid to sell more magazine copies.

Mischa Barton has kickstarted a bitter war of words with a paparazzo who snapped her sunbathing topless in Australia.

Six people were killed today when their light plane crashed and burst into flames soon after it took off from a luxury Australian holiday isle.

A British tourist has apparently become the first person in the world to die from the sting of the peanut-sized Irukandji jellyfish.

A tourist was in a critical condition today after he was stung by a potentially deadly peanut-sized jellyfish off Australia’s northeast coast.

George Harrison has left the bulk of his almost £200m fortune to his wife and son.

A memorial to George Harrison will reportedly be erected near his Australian hideaway on the Great Barrier Reef.