RENEE MONTAGNE, Host:
Yesterday on our show we told you about a really special job opportunity in Queensland, Australia. The tourism authorities there are looking for an island caretaker. That job involves swimming, snorkeling, and strolling along the islands of the Great Barrier Reef - also blogging about it. The salary for this six-month job is about $100,000. Well, yesterday 150 people had applied, a mere 150. But once word got around, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the site, which crashed.
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MONTAGNE: Still, more than 350 people have managed to submit applications from as far away as the Vatican City and Mongolia.
STEVE INSKEEP, Host:
And Washington? Washington?
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INSKEEP: Just checking.
MONTAGNE: That's the business news on Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
INSKEEP: And I'm Steve Inskeep.