Wanted: Someone to scuba dive, sunbake and get paid thousands of dollars. Oh, and you have to blog about it...

Tourism Queensland is currently on the search for someone to fill what they claim is "the best job in the world" - which just so happens to be as an independent journalist. 

The six-month-long position is based on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef off the north-east Australian coast, and requires the applicant to do weekly blogs, a photo diary, video updates and ongoing media interviews on their adventures. The job also comes with a handy $150, 000 salary (albeit in Australian dollars, but its still a pretty sweet deal). 

It just makes the prospect of becoming an independent journalist all the more appealing, doesn't it?