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Tourism Queensland’s dream job to be caretaker of Hamilton Island, a remote, sun drenched atoll on the Great Barrier Reef, has been whittled down to 50 candidates from 22 countries.

The marketing campaign seduced 34,800 applicants that want to work in Australia for $150,000 a year job, in a multi-million dollar villa (for free), with all travel expenses paid.

The job itself includes producing videos for the web, keeping a blog and updating the photo diary for the whole of Hamilton Island (five square kilometres).

The catch?

So it sounds too good to be true and for some it could be, for others it might get better. The job only lasts for 6 months. Sure you get a great salary, a stunning location and you can even bring a friend or your family along with you but six months sounds like a very short time. Some people I’ve spoken to say it would take them 6 months to get to know their job and into a routine. By the time this fortunate individual gets into their job it will be time for them to go home.

I haven’t studied the finalists, if you want you can view them here and even leave a vote, I just hope they pick someone intelligent, knows how to engage their audience and doesn’t behave like a Big Brother participant.

Did you apply?

Canada leads the way with 7 successful entrants, followed by the US (6), Australia (6) and UK (4).

Finalists from eighteen other countries including Ireland, India, China, Japan, France, Russia and the Netherlands will also battle it out for the chance to fly to the island and pitch to relocate to Australia for six months. The lucky finalist can bring a friend or family and is expected to start work on 1 July 2009.

The cunning advertising campaign has brought unprecedented worldwide exposure to Tourism Queensland, highlighting the natural beauty the territory offers but giving little hope to the many thousands of job applicants wanting to move to Australia with only one job to fill.

Real opportunities

For more realistic opportunities for you to live and work in Australia, with the added benefit of Australian citizenship after four years, forward your CV to Global Visas today or complete our online assessment form on this page.

Global Visas has exciting opportunities for qualified:

• Managers and administrators
• Computing professionals
• Engineers
• Medical practitioners

You may qualify if you:

• are under 45
• speak English
• have recent paid employment of 12 months in the last 24

Forward your CV to jobsaustralia@globalvisas.com