If you were thinking about applying for that 'dream job' on Australia's Hamilton Island, bad news I'm afraid - the secret's out.

The Australian Tourist Board outdid itself in advertising the £70,000-a-year "best job in the world" caretaking on the tropical island, which comes with a three-bedroom villa with pool, requires no qualifications and will allow ample time for snorkelling, swimming, sailing and sunning yourself on one of the world's most beautiful locations.

And the workload? Just 12 hours per month, which includes producing a video diary to advertise the island, on the Great Barrier Reef, updating a blog, feeding the fish and collecting the post. How hard can that be?

The ad's website has already crashed, and 2,000 video applications have come in so far. You have until 22 February...