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Job benefits included a large salary, free lodging in a multi million-dollar villa, and transportation there and around the islands.

The submission web site crashed two days following the launch of the campaign, from excessive visits and application video uploading.

The police report said that he "wanted to capture a video of himself jumping off the bridge, to gain attention of the recruiters" for this job.

The United Kingdom finalist Ben Southall, 34, a charity fundraiser and ostrich-rider from Petersfield, Hampshire, UK, was appointed as the new caretaker of the island on 6 May 2009.

[15] BBC Television made a one-hour documentary about the final stages of the campaign which was directed by Agnieszka Piotrowska.

Narrated by Toby Stephens, the film was broadcast on 2 July 2009 on BBC1 at 9pm, achieving the highest viewing figures for the whole week.

He set a world record to climb the tallest mountain in each Australian state (8) in the shortest ever time in April 2013 - the Aussie 8 expedition took 8 days.