Get paid 70k to lie on a beach

Time is ticking for potential applicants who now have just 36 days left to apply for a job which has labelled itself as ‘the best job in the world’.

The job description matches no other. The successful applicant must live on Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays, Australia for six months.

They will earn a very healthy £69,000 for doing so and in return they must take part in activities such as diving, snorkelling and sailing and then report back to the Queensland tourism offices while making a weekly travel blog about their experiences there.

The chosen contender for the job will be provided with a luxurious three bedroom apartment on Hamilton Island, over looking the sea. The flat has a fantastic view of the sea and surrounding beaches, and comes with an outdoor hot tub.

As if this weren’t enough, the applicant’s flights will be paid for. A chosen friend or family member’s flights will also be paid for and they too can live in the apartment described free of charge.

What is the catch? There is no catch to this job, but by advertising such a dreamy job, the island reef tourism board have created a media frenzy about the post and has been labelled as ‘the biggest PR stunt ever’ by one Australian newspaper.

There are currently over 2,000 applicants and another 10,000 hopefuls are expected to apply.

Applicants’ auditions can be viewed on You Tube. Some have gone to extreme measures to try and persuade the judges that they should be the chosen one. One woman from Australia has tattooed their slogan on her arm, and another man from Texas in the USA has told them that he will do laundry for all Australian habitants if he wins.

Judges will fly 11 shortlisted applicants out to the Hamilton Island for an interview in May, and the job will commence as of this July.