Tasmania has launched a tongue-in-cheek “odd jobs” initiative to spice up tourism throughout its winter months.
The Australian island state is providing folks the chance to swap the “day by day grind” of their job for an uncommon momentary function through the low season.
Paranormal investigator, wombat walker and stargazer are among the many 10 jobs being marketed.
Whereas the positions are unpaid, profitable candidates can have all their bills – together with journey, meals and inns – coated by the Tasmanian vacationer board.
The paranormal investigator function is voluntary and only for at some point, Tourism Tasmania mentioned.
It’s open to these with an curiosity in “historical past and thriller” and entails choosing up on paranormal exercise utilizing “the most recent ghost-hunting tools” at Willow Court docket, one among Australia’s oldest asylums.
One other function is as an “oyster organiser”, which entails sorting, cleansing and categorising oysters freshly harvested from Nice Oyster Bay.
Importantly, there may also be alternatives to “taste-test” the oysters – although in line with Tourism Tasmania, that is “purely for high quality management”.
Practice fanatics are invited to use for the “puffer nut” function, one other one-day job wherein the applicant will be a part of the crew on the Lynchford Categorical steam practice because it travels alongside the Tasmanian west coast.
Additionally being sought are stargazers serious about becoming a member of Tasmania’s Astronomical Society for an evening to look at the skies.
There are additionally jobs for truffle hunters, “wine whisperers” and wombat walkers keen to take the marsupials “on their morning waddle”.
Tourism Tasmania says that 1.25 million folks visited the island final yr – greater than the earlier yr, however nonetheless shy of the 1.35 million guests in 2019, earlier than the pandemic.
Winter runs from Might to August in Tasmania, the place temperatures sometimes fall between 3-11C, Tourism Tasmania mentioned.
“As temperatures drop throughout winter, we all know Australians are looking for a well-being enhance and a break from the day by day grind,” Lindene Cleary, the authority’s chief advertising and marketing officer informed native media.
Solely grownup residents at the moment residing in Australia are eligible to use for the roles, and should clarify why they need to swap their day jobs for one of many “odd jobs” in underneath 50 phrases.
