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If you’re looking for success stories of social media, then you should check out Queensland Tourism board’s latest marketing idea.

It’s a contest called The Best Job in the World – basically it’s an open video audition for the newly created ‘Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef’.  This is a 6 month contract (with a salary of $105K Australian plus expenses) and the responsibilities are to share your experience with the world via blog, video and interviews.

The process is closed now, but they received 34,684 applications and they’ve now narrowed it down to the top 50 finalists.  They will interview the final 11 applicants, with the top vote-getter being automatically selected in addition to the 10 finalists they choose.

Check out some of the amazing entries below:

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