What is the best job in the world?

As we have been posting, Tourism Australia’s recent Best Job in the World competition has been incredibly popular around the world. It’s now in the finalist stage with the winners to be announced on June 21st.

The competition included six incredible jobs in Australia including: Chief Funster, Outback Adventurer, Park Ranger, Taste Manager, Wildlife Caretaker and Lifestyle Photographer.

In anyone’s books these jobs do sound pretty cool. But what’s your vote? What do you think is the best job in the world?

Send us a message on Facebook, Twitter or write your responses here. To get the ball rolling here are some of ours, not in any particular order:

1. Travel show host
2. Spa reviewer
3. Island caretaker
4. Ski or dive instructor
5. Beer or wine taster

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Finalists chosen for the Best Job in the World

Pic: Tourism Australia.

According to Tourism Australia the best job in the world involves gazing at sunsets, patting koalas, diving with seals, tasting great wine and food and living down under. We’re guessing you probably agree with them! If you did you may have been one of the 330,000 entrants to their recent competition, the Best Job in the World, you may even have been one of the 18 selected as a finalist!

Save money and do more – VIP Backpackers on YouTube

If you want to get an inside view into the tours, hostels and the FUN that VIP Backpackers offers, check out our latest promotional video on the VIP Backpackers YouTube channel. The video features discounts to an array of activities along the East Coast such as diving, sailing, 4WDing, parachuting, surfing and more. Check it out…

Our motto at VIP Backpackers is save money and do more! So if the promo has convinced you, click here to get your very own VIP Backpackers card and start saving now.

New newsletter now online: Winter in New Zealand

Pic: Cardrona Alpine Resort.

Our latest newsletter is now online featuring all the sweet things winter brings to New Zealand.

Not only are the winter months in NZ a great time to get your boarding/skiing legs pumping into action, but it’s also a great time to see world class events such as the world heli championships, the North Face Freeski open, some gnarly BMX action and even a Jaffa race down the steepest street in the world – we kid you not! (Jaffas are orange coated chocolate balls made by Cadbury).

For all this and more check it out here.

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Hope you’re enjoying the VIP Backpacker’s Travel Blog. If there are any travel topics you want covered feel free to contact Jo at viplounge@vipbackpackers.com

Best job in the world – the shortlisted applications

If you were one of the 30,000 hopefuls in the recent round of Australia’s “best job in the world” openings, then you will want to check out the short listed applications that went live yesterday.

Positions available included chief funster, lifestyle photograph, outback adventurer, park ranger, taste manager and wildlife caretaker in six of Australia’s states and territories. Applicants had 30 seconds to indicate in a video why they were the best person for the job. Click here to see the successful applicants.

And if you missed all the hype this time around here’s the promotional video to see what it’s all about:

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Hope you’re enjoying the VIP Backpacker’s Travel Blog. There’ll be an update added every other Friday, so keep tuning in to keep your travel dreams alive! If there are any travel topics you want covered feel free to contact me, Jo, at blog@vipbackpackers.com