Few tempted to apply for ‘the best job in the world’
Despite the dire economic forecast, soaring unemployment and seemingly endless winter, Australian tourism chiefs revealed there is relatively little interest in their dream vacancy from the Irish. They have opened a worldwide search for their new island caretaker, willing to spend six months exploring the land and waters around the Great Barrier Reef for €76,000.
The post would involve moving to a rent-free three-bedroom villa, complete with pool, on Hamilton Island in Australia’s tropical Whitsunday Islands.
