Launched a month ago, the Australian tourism authority has received 515,308 applications from more than 287,000 people.

Six applicants will be chosen to move to Australia and receive $100,000 (almost €80,000). The six jobs are a park ranger, a lifestyle photographer, a taste master, a chief funster, a wildlife caretaker and an outback adventurer.

For example, you could put yourself in the running for chief funster for New South Wales, based in Sydney. If that doesn’t suit, there is also a six month contract as ‘taste master’ in Western Australia, or as the job spec puts it: “eat your way around the state”.

The idea behind the campaign is to put the Working Holiday Visa Maker Programme on the radar of 18 to 30 year olds that are thinking about working and travelling in the country.

Tourism Australia’s regional general manager Rodney Harrex said: "The huge response to the 'Best Jobs' recruitment drive, and the increasing demand for Working Holiday Visas shows that young Brits are looking to live the Aussie lifestyle, swapping the challenging economic environment here for a new adventure down under."

Have you applied for the best job in the world yet?@australia Entries close on 10th April. Be in it to win it!ow.ly/jJVHE

— WYSTC (@WYSTC) April 4, 2013

Following on from the ‘best job in the world’ competition in 2009, which led to Englishman Ben Southall securing a position as caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef’s HamiltonIsland, Tourism Australia has now advertised the six similar roles.

If you fancy being paid €78,000 to be a ‘chief funster’ then you had better dust off your CV, as the deadline for applications is April 10th.

All you have to do is upload a video of why you should get the job so get in there fast if you think you’ve got what it takes.